Front matter
Reading edition
THE
EXPLOITS OF
CAPTAIN
O’HAGAN
BY
SAX ROHMER
Author of “The Yellow Claw,”
“Dr. Fu Manchu,” etc.
Bookfinger
New York City
1968
Portions of this book appeared serially in McClure’s
Magazine during 1913-14
First Printed, Jarrolds, London,
December, 1916
First American Edition
Contents
Exploit the First
He Patronises Pamela
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I.The Hat of Mr. Parkins11
II.“The Art of Gentle Thought”17
III.Pamela Returns25
IV.A Musical Interlude31
Exploit the Second
He Clears the Course for True Love
I.The Gloomy Cavalier51
II.The Other60
III.Natural Selection66
IV.At Fig Tree Court72
Exploit the Third
He Meets the Leopard Lady
I.The Boom-Maker87
II.La Belle Lotus95
III.The Boom102
IV.Echoes of the Boom110
V.Belcher the Thorough119
Exploit the Fourth
He Buries an Old Love
I.The Lonely Lady125
II.At the Stage Door131
III.In the Dressing-Room140
IV.The Snows of the Yukon149
Exploit the Fifth
He Deals with Don Juan
I.Haverley of the Greys159
II.According ot Myuku168
III.Introducing Donohue171
IV.Donohue’s Orders178
V.Revelations184
VI.Donohue Again189
Exploit the Sixth
He Honors the Grand Duke
I.We Meet the Duke195
II.We Improve the Acquaintance201
III.The Maid and the Ring215
IV.The Conspirators219
A NECESSARY FOREWORD.
In presenting for perusal a selection of private notes dealing with the sometimes eccentric doings of my gallant friend and compatriot, Captain the Hon. Bernard O’Hagan, V.C., D.S.O., I desire in the first place to assure my reader that O’Hagan is in no degree related to anyone else of the name.
Recent circumstances have led him to resume military duties; but the splendid response of Democracy to the trumpet-call “Pro Patrià” has in no way unsettled his singular opinions. In the face of evidence to the contrary which many regard as conclusive, he maintains that the ideal form of government is government by an absolute monarchy.
It forms no part of my plan either to support or to seek to disprove the theories of Captain O’Hagan. In justice to my distinguished friend, I must add that support and opposition alike are matters of indifference to him. He stands alone—aloof—aloft. Neither as apologist nor as eulogist do I pen these lines, but merely as the chronicler of remarkable events in the career of a remarkable man.
EXPLOIT THE FIRST.
HE PATRONISES PAMELA.