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Title: Mrs. Raffles
Being the Adventures of an Amateur Crackswoman

Author: John Kendrick Bangs

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Language: English

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MRS. RAFFLES

Being the Adventures of an Amateur Crackswoman

Narrated by Bunny

Edited by

JOHN KENDRICK BANGS

Illustrated by Albert Levering

[Illustration: "'IT'S FINE, BUNNY,' SHE CRIED"]

New York and London
Harper & Brothers Publishers
1905

Copyright, 1905, by Harper & Brothers.
All rights reserved.
Published October, 1905.

Contents

CHAPTER PAGE

I. THE ADVENTURE OF THE _HERALD_ PERSONAL 1

II. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NEWPORT VILLA 14

III. THE ADVENTURE OF MRS. GASTER'S MAID 28

IV. THE PEARL ROPE OF MRS. GUSHINGTON-ANDREWS 42

V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE STEEL BONDS 56

VI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE FRESH-AIR FUND 69

VII. THE ADVENTURE OF MRS. ROCKERBILT'S TIARA 84

VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE CARNEGIE LIBRARY 99

IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE HOLD-UP 115

X. THE ADVENTURE OF MRS. SHADD'S MUSICALE 132

XI. THE ADVENTURE OF MRS. INNITT'S COOK 150

XII. THE LAST ADVENTURE 165

Illustrations

"'IT'S FINE, BUNNY,' SHE CRIED" _Frontispiece_

"THIS I WOULD SE