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| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
|---|---|---|
| I. | Young Bealby goes to Shonts | 1 |
| II. | A Week-End at Shonts | 22 |
| III. | The Wanderers | 56 |
| IV. | The Unobtrusive Parting | 95 |
| V. | The Seeking of Bealby | 131 |
| VI. | Bealby and the Tramp | 190 |
| VII. | The Battle of Crayminster | 226 |
| VIII. | How Bealby Explained | 263 |
The cat is the offspring of a cat and the dogof a dog, but butlers and lady’s maids do notreproduce their kind. They have other duties.
So their successors have to be sought amongthe prolific, and particularly among the prolificon great estates. Such are gardeners, but notunder-gardeners, gamekeepers, and coachmen—butnot lodge people, because their years are toogreat and their lodges too small. And amongthose to whom this opportunity of entering servicecame was young Bealby, who was the stepsonof Mr. Darling, the gardener of Shonts....