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Title: The Rider in Khaki
A Novel

Author: Nat Gould

Release Date: March 11, 2008 [EBook #24804]

Language: English

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THE RIDER IN KHAKI

_A NOVEL_

BY

NAT GOULD

NEW YORK

FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY

PUBLISHERS

Copyright, 1918, by

FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY

_All rights reserved_

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I. "WILL HE MARRY HER?"
II. TRENT PARK
III. "HE'S A SPY"
IV. THE AUSTRALIAN GIRL
V. ROBIN HOOD'S SPEED
VI. A FLYING FILLY
VII. A WALK AND A TALK
VIII. FRASER'S INFORMATION
IX. THE MAN UNDER THE LAMP
X. CARL MAKES LOVE
XI. THE BARON'S TIP
XII. A FINE FINISH
XIII. ALAN IS BLIND
XIV. INSIDE THE KEEP
XV. A SUDDEN PROPOSAL
XVI. JANE'S LOVE AFFAIR
XVII. THE LAY OF THE LAND
XVIII. TOM'S WEAKNESS
XIX. HALF A HEAD
XX. TWO STAYERS
XXI. THE RAID
XXII. JANE SUSPECTS
XXIII. ALAN'S DANGER
XXIV. TAKEN PRISONER
XXV. ALIVE AND WELL
XXVI. THE RIDER IN KHAKI
XXVII. THE STEEPLECHASE
XXVIII. JANE'S DISCLOSURES
XXIX. A SPLASH IN THE DARK
XXX. NEWS FROM HOME

THE RIDER IN KHAKI

CHAPTER I

"WILL HE MARRY HER?"

"Do you think he will marry her?" asked Harry Morby.

"Does anybody know what he will do," replied Vincent Newport,
discussing their host Alan Chesney, of Trent Park, a beautiful estate
in Nottinghamshire, close to the Dukeries, Sherwood Forest, and the
picturesque village of Ollerton.

In the billiard room they had just finished a game of a hundred up, it
was an even battle but Morby won by a few points; they were Chesney's
friends, captains in the same regiment--the Guards--from which Alan
Chesney resigned his commission some twelve months ago. Why he
resigned was best known to himself; they had not heard the reason;
nobody in the regiment appeared to have any idea.

"She's a splendid woman," said Harry, with a sigh.

"Granted, perhaps one of the most conspicuous of