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The Official Chaperon C. O. D. The Man Inside The Lost Despatch The Trevor Case
D. APPLETON & COMPANY, NEW YORK
THE OFFICIAL CHAPERON
BY
NATALIE SUMNER LINCOLN AUTHOR of “C. O. D.,” “THE TREVOR CASE,” ETC.
ILLUSTRATED
NEW YORK AND LONDON D. APPLETON AND COMPANY 1915
Copyright, 1915, by D. APPLETON AND COMPANY Printed in the United States of America
Marjorie Langdon
To My Brother
GEORGE GOULD LINCOLN
“We twa hae run about the braes, And pu’d the gowans fine; But we’ve wandered mony a weary foot Sin auld lang syne.”
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I. An Ill Wind 1
II. Missing 7
III. Questions and Queries 18
IV. Tempting Fate 28
V. Give and Take 37
VI. At Fort Myer 47
VII. Treasure Trove 61
VIII. The Only Woman 76
IX. Gay Deceivers 89
X. In the Cold, Gray Dawn 104
XI. Great Expectations 115
XII. A Tangled Web 129
XIII. Duncan’s Dilemma 143
XIV. The Philanderer 159
XV. In Sheep’s Clothing 169
XVI. A Tug of War 177
XVII. Out of the Frying-Pan 191
XVIII. Light-Fingered Gentry 204
XIX. False Witness 222
XX. Watchful Waiting 240
XXI. The Storm Center 255
XXII. “Toujours Sans Tache” 272
XXIII. The Hearing Ear 282
XXIV. The Kingdom of the Blind 294
XXV. Phantoms of the Night 304
XXVI. Uncovered 317
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Marjorie Langdon Frontispiece
FACING PAGE
“She was about to call her by name, when Janet quietly took up a diamond sunburst” 100
“Barnard again inspected Mrs. J. Calhoun-Cooper. ‘She looks like an Indian begum’” 214
THE OFFICIAL CHAPERON