The Gay Adventure: A Romance

The Gay Adventure: A Romance

CHAPTER I. The Impoverished Hero and the Surpassing Damsel CHAPTER II. Behind the Scenes CHAPTER III. Confidences CHAPTER IV. Breakers Ahead! CHAPTER V. The Plot Thickens CHAPTER VI. The History of Henry Brown CHAPTER VII. Mr. Hedderwick's First Adventure CHAPTER VIII. A Tale and Its Consequences CHAPTER IX. Enter Tony Wild CHAPTER X. How to Dress on Nothing a Year CHAPTER XI. At the Happy Heart CHAPTER XII. Crossed Orbits CHAPTER XIII. Rather Stagy CHAPTER XIV. A Rise in the World CHAPTER XV. A Change of Lodging CHAPTER XVI. A Letter and Some Reflections CHAPTER XVII. Off With the Old Love CHAPTER XVIII. Tony at Work and Play CHAPTER XIX. The Plot Again Thickens CHAPTER XX. Thrill Upon Thrill CHAPTER XXI. The Thorny Path CHAPTER XXII. A Telegram and Sundries CHAPTER XXIII. Still Running CHAPTER XXIV. CertaintyAha! CHAPTER XXV. The God of the Machine CHAPTER XXVI. The Usual Thing Mr. Lionel Mortimer was a young gentleman of few intentions and no private means. Good-humored, by no means ill-looking, and with engaging manners, he was the type of man of whom one would have prophesied great things. His natural gaiety and address were more than enough to carry him over the early stages of acquaintanceship, but subsequent meetings were doomed to end in disillusion. His cheerful outlook on life would be as much to your taste as ever; but the want of a definite aim and an obvious inability to convert his talents into cash made you shake your head doubtfully. A charming fellow, of course, but unpractical ... the kind of man who is popular with all but match-making mothers. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 33823
Author: Bird, Richard
Release Date: Oct 1, 2010
Format: eBook
Language: English

Contributors

Illustrator: Wilson, F. Vaux (Francis Vaux), 1874-1938