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  MISS CAYLEY'S ADVENTURES

  RECENT FICTION

  By A. CONAN DOYLE.

  A Duet. 6s.

  By GRANT ALLEN.

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  London: GRANT RICHARDS, 1899

  ALL AGOG TO TEACH THE HIGHER MATHEMATICS.--_See page_142.]

  MISS CAYLEY'S ADVENTURES

  BYGRANT ALLEN

  WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY GORDON BROWNE

  LondonGRANT RICHARDS9 HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN, W.C.

  1899

  _Printed April 1899__Reprinted July 1899_

  CONTENTS

  PAGE

  1. THE ADVENTURE OF THE CANTANKEROUS OLD LADY 1

  2. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SUPERCILIOUS _ATTACHE_ 29

  3. THE ADVENTURE OF THE INQUISITIVE AMERICAN 59

  4. THE ADVENTURE OF THE AMATEUR COMMISSION AGENT 85

  5. THE ADVENTURE OF THE IMPROMPTU MOUNTAINEER 115

  6. THE ADVENTURE OF THE URBANE OLD GENTLEMAN 141

  7. THE ADVENTURE OF THE UNOBTRUSIVE OASIS 170

  8. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PEA-GREEN PATRICIAN 199

  9. THE ADVENTURE OF THE MAGNIFICENT MAHARAJAH 225

  10. THE ADVENTURE OF THE CROSS-EYED Q.C. 252

  11. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ORIENTAL ATTENDANT 281

  12. THE ADVENTURE OF THE UNPROFESSIONAL DETECTIVE 305

  ILLUSTRATIONS

  PAGE

  All agog to teach the higher mathematics _Frontispiece_

  I am going out, simply in search of adventure 5

  Oui, Madame; Merci Beaucoup, Madame 8

  Excuse me, I said, but I think I can see a way out of your difficulty 10

  A most urbane and obliging Continental gentleman 17

  Persons of Miladi's temperament are always young 20

  That succeeds? the shabby-looking man muttered 24

  I put her hand back firmly 30

  He cast a hasty glance at us 35

  Harold, you viper, what do you mean by trying to avoid me? 37

  Circumstances alter cases, he murmured 43

  Miss Cayley, he said, you are playing with me 50

  I rose of a sudden, and ran down the hill 54

  I was going to oppose you and Harold 56

  He kept close at my heels 63

  I was pulled up short by a mounted policeman 64

  Seems I didn't make much of a job of it 66

  Don't scorch, miss; don't scorch 78

  How far ahead the first man? 82

  I am here behind you, Herr Lieutenant 83

  Let them boom or bust on it 86

  His open admiration was getting quite embarrassing 91

  Minute inspection 96

  I felt a perfect little hypocrite 99

  She invited Elsie and myself to stop with her 103

  The Count 107

  I thought it kinder to him to remove it altogether 110

  Inch by inch he retreated 113

  Never leave a house to the servants, my dear! 118

  I may stay, mayn't I? 123

  I advanced on my hands and knees to the edge of the precipice 129

  I gripped the rope and let myself down 132

  I rolled and slid down 136

  There's enterprise for you 145

  Painting the sign-board 148

  The urbane old gentleman 150

  He went on dictating for just an hour 153

  He bowed to us each separately 156

  I waited breathless 164

  What, you here! he cried 168

  He read them, cruel man, before my very eyes 174

  'Tis Doctor Macloghlen, he answered 177

  Too much Nile 181

  Emphasis 184

  Riding a camel does not greatly differ from sea-sickness 186

  Her agitation was evident 189

  Crouching by the rocks sat our mysterious stranger 194

  An odd-looking young man 201

  He turned to me with an inane smile 205

  Nothing seemed to put the man down 210

  Yah don't catch me going so fah from Newmarket 214

  Wasn't Fra Diavolo also a composah? 216

  Take my word for it, you're staking your money on the wrong fellah 220

  I am the Maharajah of Moozuffernuggar 227

  Who's your black friend? 232

  A tiger-hunt is not a thing to be got up lightly 238

  It went off unexpectedly 245

  I saw him now the Oriental despot 248

  It's I who am the winnah! 250

  He wrote, I expect you to come back to England and marry me 254

  It was endlessly wearisome 256

  The cross-eyed Q.
C. begged him to be very careful 262

  I was a grotesque failure 265

  The jury smiled 270

  The question requires no answer, he said 272

  I reeled where I sat 279

  The messenger entered 284

  He took a long, careless stare at me 291

  I beckoned a porter 293

  You can't get out here, he said, crustily 296

  We told our tale 298

  I have found a clue 303

  I've held the fort by main force 306

  Never! he answered. Never! 308

  We shall have him in our power 312

  Victory! 316

  You wished to see me, sir? 320

  Well, this is a fair knock-out, he ejaculated 325

  Harold, your wife has bested me 329