Wells David Dwight. His Lordship's Leopard: A Truthful Narration of Some Impossible Facts
WARNING!
PART I. AMERICA
CHAPTER I. IN WHICH CECIL BANBOROUGH ACHIEVES FAME AND THE "DAILY LEADER" A "SCOOP."
CHAPTER II. IN WHICH CECIL BANBOROUGH ATTEMPTS TO DRIVE PUBLIC OPINION
CHAPTER III. IN WHICH CECIL BANBOROUGH DRIVES A BLACK MARIA
CHAPTER IV. IN WHICH THE BLACK MARIA RECEIVES A NEW INMATE
CHAPTER V. IN WHICH THE PARTY RECEIVES A NEW IMPETUS
CHAPTER VI. IN WHICH THE BISHOP OF BLANFORD RECEIVES A BLACK EYE
CHAPTER VII. IN WHICH A LINE IS DRAWN AND CROSSED
CHAPTER VIII. IN WHICH A LOCKET IS ACCEPTED AND A RING REFUSED
PART II. ENGLAND
CHAPTER I. IN WHICH MRS. MACKINTOSH ADMIRES JONAH
CHAPTER II. IN WHICH THE ENEMY ARRIVES
CHAPTER III. IN WHICH PEACE IS PROPOSED AND WAR DECLARED
CHAPTER IV. IN WHICH THE BISHOP IS ABDUCTED
CHAPTER V. IN WHICH THE BISHOP EATS JAM TART, AND MISS MATILDA HUMBLE-PIE
CHAPTER VI. IN WHICH MISS ARMINSTER PROPOSES TO MARRY AGAIN
CHAPTER VII. IN WHICH MISS ARMINSTER VERIFIES THE PROVERB
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Cecil Banborough stood at one of the front windows of a club which faced on Fifth Avenue, his hands in his pockets, and a cigarette in his mouth, idly watching the varied life of the great thoroughfare. He had returned to the city that morning after a two weeks' absence in the South, and, having finished his lunch, was wondering how he could manage to put in the time till the 4:30 express left for Meadowbrook. 2 p. m., he reflected ruefully, was an hour when New York had no use and no resources for men of leisure like himself.
All these matters, important as they doubtless were, did not interest Cecil Banborough, and indeed were quite dwarfed by the fact that this uncalled-for war had diverted the press from its natural functions, and for the time being had thrown utterly into the shade his new sensational novel, "The Purple Kangaroo." His meditations were, however, interrupted by the sound of voices using perfectly good English, but with an accent which bespoke a European parentage.
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"Oh, the New Rochelle robbery," suggested the driver.
Cecil acquiesced, drawing a quiet sigh of relief that his random shot had hit the mark.
