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Title: Scally
The Story of a Perfect Gentleman

Author: Ian Hay

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SCALLY

The Story of a Perfect Gentleman

by

IAN HAY

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By Ian Hay

SCALLY: THE STORY OF A PERFECT GENTLEMAN. With Frontispiece.
A KNIGHT ON WHEELS.
HAPPY-GO-LUCKY. Illustrated by Charles E. Brock.
A SAFETY MATCH. With frontispiece.
A MAN'S MAN. With frontispiece.
THE RIGHT STUFF. With frontispiece.

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
BOSTON AND NEW YORK

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[Illustration: THE LEADING OBJECT PROVED TO BE A SMALL, WET, SHIVERING,
WHIMPERING PUPPY]

SCALLY

The Story of a Perfect Gentleman

by

IAN HAY

[Illustration]

Boston and New York
Houghton Mifflin Company
MDCCCCXV

Copyright, 1914, by the Curtis Publishing Company
Copyright, 1915, by Ian Hay Beith
All Rights Reserved

Published November 1915

SCALLY

SCALLY

THE STORY OF A PERFECT GENTLEMAN

I

"BETTERSEA trem? Right, miss!" My wife, who has been married long
enough to feel deeply gratified at being mistaken for a maiden lady,
smiled seraphically at the conductor, and allowed herself to be hoisted
up the steps of the majestic vehicle provided by a paternal county
council to convey passengers--at a loss to the ratepayers, I
understand--from the Embankment to Battersea.

Presently we ground our way round a curve and began to cross Westminster
Bridge. The cond