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The Governors By: Edward Phillips Oppenheim (1866-1946) |
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By E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM Author of "A Maker of History," "The Long Arm of
Mannister," "The Missioner," etc. 1909 ILLUSTRATED
BY WILL GREFÉ AND HOWARD SOMERVILLE CONTENTS
BOOK I. CHAPTER I. MR. PHINEAS DUGE II. COUSIN STELLA III. STORM CLOUDS IV. A MEETING OF GIANTS V. TREACHERY VI. MR. WEISS IN A HURRY VII. A PROFESSIONAL BURGLAR VIII. FIREARMS IX. CONSPIRATORS X. MR. NORRIS VINE XI. MR. LITTLESON, FLATTERER XII. STELLA SUCCEEDS XIII. BEARDING THE LION XIV. STELLA PROVES OBSTINATE XV. THE WARNING XVI. A TRUCE
BOOK II. I. MY NAME IS MILDMAY II. REFLECTIONS III. "WILL YOU MARRY ME?" IV. THE AMERICAN AMBASSADOR V. A QUESTION OF COURAGE VI. MR. MILDMAY AGAIN VII. AN APPOINTMENT VIII. DEFEATED IX. INGRATITUDE X. A NEW VENTURE XI. CONSCIENCE XII. DUKE OF MOWBRAY XIII. AN INTRODUCTION XIV. ANOTHER DISAPPEARANCE XV. MR. DUGE THREATENS XVI. TRAPPED XVII. MR. DUGE FAILS XVIII. ADVICE FOR MR. VINE XIX. THE CRISIS XX. BEWITCHED XXI. A LESSON LEARNED XXII. A SURPRISE XXIII. A DINNER PARTY LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
VIRGINIA "AS I DARESAY YOU KNOW, I AM NOT ON SPEAKING TERMS WITH MY FATHER!" ONE OF THE BLOCKS SPRANG UP A LITTLE WAY AND WAS EASILY REMOVED A BULLET WHISTLED ONLY A FEW INCHES FROM HIS HEAD PHINEAS DUGE DROPPED HIS CIGARETTE, AND FELL ON HIS KNEES BY HER SIDE "FOR GOD'S SAKE, TELL ME WHO HAS IT, MISS DUGE!" HE IMPLORED "ISN'T IT THE BUSINESS OF ANY MAN TO LOOK AFTER A CHILD LIKE YOU?" VIRGINIA, WITH A LITTLE MURMUR OF DELIGHT, RECOGNIZED MR. MILDMAY
STANDING BEFORE HER SIMULTANEOUSLY SHE HEARD A STEALTHY MOVEMENT OUTSIDE THEN HE CAME SLOWLY BACK, AND PUTTING HIS ARM AROUND VIRGINIA'S WAIST,
KISSED HER SHE THOUGHT NOTHING OF THE MOTIVE OF HER COMING, ONLY TO PLACE THE DOOR
BETWEEN HER AND THIS! HE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY OF WATCHING A SEARCH CONDUCTED UPON SCIENTIFIC
PRINCIPLES THEN IN THE MIDST OF HER WONDERING CAME THE ELUCIDATION OF THESE THINGS HE WAS ONLY JUST IN TIME TO SAVE HER FROM FALLING
THE GOVERNORS
BOOK I CHAPTER I
MR. PHINEAS DUGE Virginia, when she had torn herself away from the bosom of her sorrowing
but excited family, and boarded the car which passed only once a day
through the tiny village in Massachusetts, where all her life had been
spent, had felt herself, notwithstanding her nineteen years, a person of
consequence and dignity. Virginia, when four hours later she followed a
tall footman in wonderful livery through a stately suite of reception
rooms in one of the finest of Fifth Avenue mansions, felt herself
suddenly a very insignificant person. The roar and bustle of New York
were still in her ears. Bewildered as she had been by this first contact
with all the distracting influences of a great city, she was even more
distraught by the wonder and magnificence of these, her more immediate
surroundings. She, who had lived all her life in a simple farmhouse,
where every one worked, and a single servant was regarded as a luxury,
found herself suddenly in the palace of a millionaire, a palace made
perfect by the despoilment of more than one of the most ancient homes
in Europe. Very timidly, and with awed glances, she looked around her as she was
conducted in leisurely manner to the sanctum of the great man at whose
bidding she had come. The pictures on the walls, magnificent and
impressive even to her ignorant eyes; the hardwood floors, the wonderful
furniture, the statuary and flowers, the smooth tongued servants all
these things were an absolute revelation to her. She had read of such
things, even perhaps dreamed of them, but she had never imagined it
possible that she herself might be brought into actual contact
with them. At every step she took she felt her self confidence decreasing; her
clothes, made by the village dressmaker from an undoubted French model,
with which she had been more than satisfied only a few hours ago, seemed
suddenly dowdy and ill fashioned... Continue reading book >>
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