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Title: Prince or Chauffeur?
A Story of Newport

Author: Lawrence Perry

Illustrator: J. V. McFall

Release Date: August 25, 2007 [EBook #22390]

Language: English

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Produced by Al Haines

[Frontispiece: "We are what conditions make us, Miss Wellington," he
said.]

PRINCE OR CHAUFFEUR?

A STORY OF NEWPORT

BY

LAWRENCE PERRY

AUTHOR OF "DAN MERRITHEW," "FROM THE DEPTHS OF THINGS," "TWO TRAMPS,"
ETC.

WITH FOUR ILLUSTRATIONS BY

J. V. McFALL

CHICAGO

A. C. McCLURG & CO.

1911

COPYRIGHT

BY A. C. McCLURG & CO.

1911

Entered at Stationers' Hall, London, England

Published, March, 1911

TO

MY MOTHER

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I THE MIDNIGHT EXPRESS
II MISS WELLINGTON ENLARGES HER EXPERIENCE
III PRINCE VASSILI KOLTSOFF
IV THE TAME TORPEDO
V AT TRINITY
VI AN ENCOUNTER WITH A SPY
VII MISS WELLINGTON CROSSES SWORDS WITH A DIPLOMAT
VIII WHEN A PRINCE WOOS
IX ARMITAGE CHANGES HIS VOCATION
X JACK McCALL, AT YOUR SERVICE
XI THE DYING GLADIATOR
XII MISS HATCH SHOWS SHE LOVES A LOVER
XIII ANNE EXHIBITS THE PRINCE
XIV UNDERGROUND WIRES
XV ANNE AND SARA SEEK ADVENTURE
XVI THE ADVENTURE MATERIALIZES
XVII THE NIGHT ATTACK
XVIII ANNE WELLINGTON HAS HER FIRST TEST
XIX AN ENCOUNTER IN THE DARK
XX WITH REFERENCE TO THE DOT
XXI PLAIN SAILOR TALK
XXII THE BALL BEGINS
XXIII THE BALL CONTINUES
XXIV THE BALL ENDS
XXV THE EXPATRIATE
XXVI CONCLUSION

ILLUSTRATIONS

"We are what conditions make us, Miss Wellington,"
he said . . . . . . _Frontispiece_

"If you 'll allow me the honor of playing waiter,
I 'll be delighted to serve you in the cabin"

"Is n't it beautiful," murmured Anne. "So different
from being on the _Mayfair_, is n't it?"

To-night she was a professional beauty, "rigged
and trigged" for competition

PRINCE OR CHAUFFEUR?

CHAPTER I

THE MIDN