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A new tenderness swept over her
THE TRIFLERS
BY
FREDERICK ORIN BARTLETT
With Illustrations by George Ellis Wolfe
TORONTO THOMAS ALLEN BOSTON AND NEW YORK HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY 1917
TO ANN AND KENT
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
A NEW TENDERNESS SWEPT OVER HER . . . Frontispiece
"WE'RE TO BE MARRIED TO-MORROW?"
MONSIEUR'S EYES WARMED AS HE SLIPPED THE WRAP OVER MADAME'S SHOULDERS
"BECAUSE HE LOVES YOU," BREATHED BEATRICE
"DID N'T BEATRICE TELL ME YOU REGISTERED HERE WITH YOUR WIFE?"
"PETER!" SHE CRIED, FALLING BACK A STEP
"BUT, O GOD, IF HE WOULD COME!"
From drawings by George E. Wolfe
THE TRIFLERS
CHAPTER I
THE TROUBLE WITH MONTE
CHAPTER II
THE TROUBLE WITH MARJORY
CHAPTER III
A SUMMONS
CHAPTER IV
A PROPOSAL
CHAPTER V
PISTOLS
CHAPTER VI
GENDARMES AND ETHER
CHAPTER VII
THE ADVANTAGES OF BEING SHOT
CHAPTER VIII
DRAWBACKS OF RECOVERY
"We're to be married to-morrow?"
CHAPTER IX
BLUE AND GOLD
Monsieur's eyes warmed as he slipped the wrap over madame's shoulders
CHAPTER X
THE AFFAIR AT MAXIM'S
CHAPTER XI
A CANCELED RESERVATION
CHAPTER XII
A WEDDING JOURNEY
CHAPTER XIII
A WEDDING JOURNEY (continued)
CHAPTER XIV
THE BRIDE RUNS AWAY
CHAPTER XV
IN THE DARK
"Because he loves you," breathed Beatrice.
CHAPTER XVI
A WALK ON THE QUAY
CHAPTER XVII
JUST MONTE
CHAPTER XVIII
PETER
CHAPTER XIX
AN EXPLANATION
"Did n't Beatrice tell me you registered here with your wife?"
CHAPTER XX
PAYING LIKE A MAN
CHAPTER XXI
BACK TO SCHEDULE
CHAPTER XXII
A CONFESSION
CHAPTER XXIII
LETTERS
CHAPTER XXIV
THE BLIND SEE
"Peter!" she cried, falling back a step.
CHAPTER XXV
SO LONG
CHAPTER XXVI
FREEDOM
"But, O God, if he would come!"
CHAPTER XXVII
WAR
CHAPTER XXVIII
THE CORNICE ROAD
CHAPTER XXIX
BENEATH THE STARS
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