LADY BARBARITY
Reading edition
A ROMANCE
BY J. C. SNAITH
AUTHOR OF MISTRESS DOROTHY MARVIN AND FIERCEHEART, THE SOLDIER
NEW YORK D. APPLETON AND COMPANY 1899
Copyright, 1898, 1899, By D. APPLETON AND COMPANY.
All rights reserved.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER PAGE
I.— Deplores the scarcity of men 1
II.— The rebel appears 16
III.— The rebel disappears 29
IV.— Of an odd passage in the meadow 53
V.— I mix in the high political 66
VI.— I continue my night adventures 80
VII.— The spirit of the woods 106
VIII.— In which the hero is found to be a person of no descent whatever 118
IX.— Of the monstrous behaviour of Miss Prue 135
X.— I play Catherine to Mr. Dare’s Petruchio 154
XI.— I undergo an ordeal; I play with a fire 171
XII.— I defy dear Lady Grimstone 189
XIII.— I display my infinite resources 204
XIV.— In which the Captain’s wit becomes a rival of my own 220
XV.— The Captain trumps my trick 231
XVI.— In which I am wooed and won 247
XVII.— More alarums and excursions 258
XVIII.— In which the Captain’s comedy is played 272
XIX.— I suffer great adversity 286
XX.— I speak with the celebrated Mr. Snark 300
XXI.— I come to Tyburn tree 315
Epilogue 331
LADY BARBARITY.