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THE MONEY MOON

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THE MONEY MOON

A Romance

By

JEFFERY FARNOL

Author of "The Broad Highway," etc.

Frontispiece byA.I. KELLER

1911

To "JENNIFER"

The One and Only

Whose unswervingFAITHwas an InspirationWhoseGENEROSITYis a bye word;This book is dedicated as a mark ofGRATITUDEandAFFECTION

Jeffery Farnol Feb. 10, 1910

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I WHICH, BEING THE FIRST, IS, VERY PROPERLY, THE SHORTEST CHAPTER IN THE BOOK

II HOW GEORGE BELLEW SOUGHT COUNSEL OF HIS VALET

III WHICH CONCERNS ITSELF WITH A HAYCART, AND A BELLIGERENT WAGGONER

IV HOW SMALL PORGES IN LOOKING FOR A FORTUNE FOR ANOTHER, FOUND AN UNCLE FOR HIMSELF INSTEAD

V HOW BELLEW CAME TO ARCADIA

VI OF THE SAD CONDITION OF THE HAUNTING SPECTRE OF THE MIGHT HAVE BEEN

VII WHICH CONCERNS ITSELF AMONG OTHER MATTERS, WITH"THE OLD ADAM"

VIII WHICH TELLS OF MISS PRISCILLA, OF PEACHES, AND OF SERGEANT APPLEBY LATE OF THE19TH HUSSARS

IX IN WHICH MAY BE FOUND SOME DESCRIPTION OF ARCADIA, AND GOOSEBERRIES

X HOW BELLEW AND ADAM ENTERED INTO A SOLEMN LEAGUE AND COVENANT

XI OF THE"MAN WITH THE TIGER MARK"

XII IN WHICH MAY BE FOUND A FULL, TRUE, AND PARTICULAR ACCOUNT OF THE SALE

XIII HOW ANTHEA CAME HOME

XIV WHICH, AMONG OTHER THINGS, HAS TO DO WITH SHRIMPS, MUFFINS, AND TIN WHISTLES

XV IN WHICH ADAM EXPLAINS

XVI IN WHICH ADAM PROPOSES A GAME

XVII HOW BELLEW BEGAN THE GAME

XVIII HOW THE SERGEANT WENT UPON HIS GUARD

XIX IN WHICH PORGES BIG, AND PORGES SMALL DISCUSS THE SUBJECT OF MATRIMONY

XX WHICH RELATES A MOST EXTRAORDINARY CONVERSATION

XXI OF SHOES, AND SHIPS, AND SEALING WAX, AND THE THIRD FINGER OF THE LEFT HAND

XXII COMING EVENTS CAST THEIR SHADOWS BEFORE

XXIII HOW SMALL PORGES, IN HIS HOUR OF NEED, WAS DESERTED BY HIS UNCLE

XXIV IN WHICH SHALL BE FOUND MENTION OF A CERTAIN BLACK BAG

XXV THE CONSPIRATORS

XXVI HOW THE MONEY MOON ROSE

XXVII IN WHICH IS VERIFIED THE ADAGE OF THE CUP AND THE LIP

XXVIII WHICH TELLS HOW BELLEW LEFT DAPPLEMERE IN THE DAWN

XXIX OF THE MOON'S MESSAGE TO SMALL PORGES, AND HOW HE TOLD IT TO BELLEW IN A WHISPER

XXX HOW ANTHEA GAVE HER PROMISE

XXXI WHICH, BEING THE LAST, IS, VERY PROPERLY, THE LONGEST, IN THE BOOK

CHAPTER I

_Which, being the first, is, very properly, the shortest chapter in thebook_

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106