HORACE ANNESLEY VACHELL
Reading edition
AUTHOR OF SOME HAPPENINGS, QUINNEYS, BLINDS DOWN, LOOT, Etc.
NEW YORK
GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS
Copyright, 1918, By George H. Doran Company
Printed in the United States of America
TO THE MEMORY OF MY SON
RICHARD TANFIELD VACHELL
CAPTAIN, FIFTH FUSILIERS
CONTENTS
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IMOTHER AND SON11
IIFANCY BROOMFIELD27
IIIINTRODUCING MRS. MUCKLOW42
IVLE PAYS DU TENDRE57
VUNCLE70
VIFIRST IMPRESSIONS86
VIISECOND IMPRESSIONS101
VIIIRECRUITING116
IXPARSON'S METHODS130
XFANCY'S ORDEAL144
XITHE UNEXPECTED HAPPENS160
XIITHE EMPTY PEW174
XIIIFANCY CONSULTS THE CARDS190
XIVHYMENEAL203
XVLEANNESS OF SOUL217
XVISAINT WILLUM234
XVIIFOOL-WISDOM248
XVIIIMISSING!263
XIXSUSPENSE279
XXTHE TRAVELLER RETURNS294