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Title: My Brave and Gallant Gentleman
A Romance of British Columbia

Author: Robert Watson

Release Date: March 21, 2010 [EBook #31728]

Language: English

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MY BRAVE and GALLANT GENTLEMAN

A Romance of British Columbia

BY

ROBERT WATSON

McCLELLAND, GOODCHILD & STEWART

PUBLISHERS :: :: :: :: TORONTO

_Copyright, 1918,_

_By George H. Doran Company_

_Printed in the United States of America_

TO A LADY CALLED NAN

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I THE SECOND SON
II ANOTHER SECOND SON
III JIM THE BLACKSMITH
IV VISCOUNT HARRY, CAPTAIN OF THE GUARDS
V TOMMY FLYNN, THE HARLFORD BRUISER
VI ABOARD THE COASTER
VII K. B. HORSFAL, MILLIONAIRE
VIII GOLDEN CRESCENT
IX THE BOOZE ARTIST
X RITA OF THE SPANISH SONG
XI AN INFORMATIVE VISITOR
XII JOE CLARK, BULLY
XIII A VISIT, A DISCOVERY AND A KISS
XIV THE COMING OF MARY GRANT
XV "MUSIC HATH CHARMS--"
XVI THE DEVIL OF THE SEA
XVII GOOD MEDICINE
XVIII A MAID, A MOOD AND A SONG
XIX THE "GREEN-EYED MONSTER" AWAKES
XX FISHING!
XXI THE BEACHCOMBERS
XXII JAKE STOPS THE DRINK FOR GOOD
XXIII THE FIGHT IN THE WOODS
XXIV TWO MAIDS AND A MAN
XXV THE GHOUL
XXVI "HER KNIGHT PROVED TRUE"

MY BRAVE AND GALLANT GENTLEMAN

CHAPTER I

The Second Son

Lady Rosemary Granton! Strange how pleasant memories arise, how
disagreeable nightmares loom up before the mental vision at the sound
of a name!

Lady Rosemary Granton! As far back as I could remember, that name had
sounded familiar in my ears. As I grew from babyhood to boyhood, from
boyhood to youth, it was drummed into me by my father that Lady
Rosemary Granton, some day, would wed the future Earl of Brammerton and
Hazelmere. This apparently awful calamity did not cause me any mental
agony or loss of sleep, for the reason that I was merely The Honourable
George,