Excuse Me!
Rupert Hughes
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EXCUSE ME!
EXCUSE ME!
_By_ RUPERT HUGHES Author of "The Old Nest"
WITH FIVE ILLUSTRATIONS
A. L. BURT COMPANY PUBLISHERS NEW YORK
Copyright, 1911, by THE H. K. FLY COMPANY
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I. The Wreck of the Taxicab 9
II. The Early Birds and the Worm 16
III. In Darkest Chicago 26
IV. A Mouse and a Mountain 35
V. A Queen Among Women 47
VI. A Conspiracy in Satin 53
VII. The Masked Minister 60
VIII. A Mixed Pickle 65
IX. All Aboard! 75
X. Excess Baggage 84
XI. A Chance Rencounter 88
XII. The Needle in the Haystack 92
XIII. Hostilities Begin 99
XIV. The Dormitory on Wheels 103
XV. A Premature Divorce 106
XVI. Good Night, All! 115
XVII. Last Call for Breakfast 122
XVIII. In the Composite Car 128
XIX. Foiled! 139
XX. Foiled Again! 142
XXI. Matrimony To and Fro 147
XXII. In the Smoking Room 156
XXIII Through a Tunnel 164
XXIV. The Train Butcher 173
XXV. The Train Wrecker 180
XXVI. Delilah and the Conductor 186
XXVII. The Dog-on Dog Again 191
XXVIII. The Woman-Hater's Relapse 203
XXIX. Jealousy Comes Aboard 213
XXX. A Wedding on Wheels 222
XXXI. Foiled Yet Again 227
XXXII. The Empty Berth 233
XXXIII. Fresh Trouble Daily 237
XXXIV. The Complete Divorcer 252
XXXV. Mr. and Mrs. Little Jimmie 266
XXXVI. A Duel for a Bracelet 273
XXXVII. Down Brakes! 278
XXXVIII. Hands Up! 284
XXXIX. Wolves in the Fold 296
XL. A Hero in Spite of Himself 304
XLI. Clickety-Clickety-Clickety 308
ILLUSTRATIONS
No tips were to be expected from such transients _Frontispiece_
PAGE
"Now it's my vacation, and I'm going to smoke up" 62
Marjorie fairly forced the dog on him 94
Down upon the unsuspecting elopers came this miraculous cloudburst of ironical rice 118
"Why, Richard--Chauncey!--er--Billy! I'm amazed at you! Let go, or I'll scream!" 276
EXCUSE ME!
