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Title: The Gay Adventure
A Romance
Author: Richard Bird
Illustrator: E. Vaun Wilson
Release Date: October 1, 2010 [EBook #33823]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ASCII
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THE GAY ADVENTURE
A ROMANCE
By RICHARD BIRD
_Author of_ THE FORWARD IN LOVE
WITH FRONTISPIECE BY
F. VAUX WILSON
INDIANAPOLIS
THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY
PUBLISHERS
COPYRIGHT 1914
THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY
PRESS OF
BRAUNWORTH & CO.
BOOKBINDERS AND PRINTERS
BROOKLYN, N. Y.
_TO BETTY_
_My book the Critics may abhor--_
_The Public, too. But, all the same,_
_This Page at least is Golden, for_
_It bears the imprint of your name._
[Illustration: It was Beatrice at last!]
CONTENTS
I THE IMPOVERISHED HERO AND THE SURPASSING DAMSEL
II BEHIND THE SCENES
III CONFIDENCES
IV BREAKERS AHEAD!
V THE PLOT THICKENS
VI THE HISTORY OF HENRY BROWN
VII MR. HEDDERWICK'S FIRST ADVENTURE
VIII A TALE AND ITS CONSEQUENCES
IX ENTER TONY WILD
X HOW TO DRESS ON NOTHING A YEAR
XI AT THE HAPPY HEART
XII CROSSED ORBITS
XIII RATHER STAGY
XIV A RISE IN THE WORLD
XV A CHANGE OF LODGING
XVI A LETTER AND SOME REFLECTIONS
XVII OFF WITH THE OLD LOVE
XVIII TONY AT WORK AND PLAY
XIX THE PLOT AGAIN THICKENS
XX THRILL UPON THRILL
XXI THE THORNY PATH
XXII A TELEGRAM AND SUNDRIES
XXIII STILL RUNNING
XXIV CERTAINTY--AHA!
XXV THE GOD OF THE MACHINE
XXVI THE USUAL THING
THE GAY ADVENTURE
CHAPTER I
THE IMPOVERISHED HERO AND THE SURPASSING DAMSEL
Mr. Lionel Mortimer was a young gentleman of few intentions and no
private means. Good-humored, by no means il
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