Category: Romance
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"Human beings are as we find them," observed Hood judicially, "but you're entirely too tragic about this whole business. If it isn't comedy, it's nothing. I'll wager the girl wh...
5. Chapter 5"Oh, yes, I was there!" she replied. "And, of course, I saw you; you were the star performer. At tea afterward I saw you again, surrounded by admirers." She laughed at his befud...
3. Chapter 3"Because you seem nice and well brought up for a burglar, and I liked your going up to the moon and poking your finger into it. That makes me feel that I'd like to know you."
4. Chapter 4"My dear boy, don't ask me such questions!" Hood remarked with an injured air. "You are guilty of the gravest error in sending telegrams without consulting me! How can we trust...
1. Chapter 1Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 25837-h.htm or 25837-h.zip: (https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/2/5/8/3/...
6. Chapter 6"If I hadn't found you by next Wednesday, I should have had to turn your property over to a dozen charitable institutions provided for by your father's will--and, by George, I'v...