MR. WADDY’S RETURN
BY
THEODORE WINTHROP
Author of “Cecil Dreeme,” etc.
EDITED BY
BURTON E. STEVENSON
NEW YORK
HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY
1904
Copyright, 1904
By
HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY
Published October, 1904
THE MERSHON COMPANY PRESS
RAHWAY, N. J.
PUBLISHERS’ NOTE
The author did not live to revise the originaldraft of “Mr. Waddy’s Return,” and therefore,when his other novels were published, shortly afterhis death, this one was not included. On looking itover again, after the lapse of years, it seemed to hissister, Miss Elizabeth W. Winthrop, too good to letdie; and it was placed in the hands of Mr. Stevensonto give it such revision and condensation as it maybe presumed that the author, had he lived, wouldhave given it himself.
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | A Remarkable Episode, Hitherto Unrecorded,in the Voyage of the “Mayflower” | 1 |
| II. | The Waddys of Dullish Court, from Whitegiftto Our Hero | 6 |
| III. | In Which Mr. Waddy Reaches Halifax andMeets with a Misadventure | 13 |
| IV. | A Gentle Lady of Fortune Decides to Facea Storm | 24 |
| V. | A Wreck and a Rescue | 30 |
| VI. | In Which Miss Sullivan Finds Many Reasonsfor Departure | 40 |
| VII. | A Peppery Invalid Who Dreams Dreams andBrings Bad News | 50 |
| VIII. | Mr. Waddy Muses upon Fate and Undertakesa Commission | 58 |
| IX. | The Nabob Re-enters Civilisation | 65 |
| X. | Our Hero Renews His Youth in the Warmthof an Old Friendship | 73 |
| XI. | In Which the Reader is Allowed to Worshipat the Shrine | 88 |
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