YOUNG LORD STRANLEIGH
A Novel
By Robert Barr
Illustrated
New York: D. Appleton And Company
1908
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I—THE KING’S MOVE IN THE CITY
CHAPTER II—THE PREMATURE COMPROMISE
CHAPTER III—THE MISSION OF “THE WOMAN IN WHITE”
CHAPTER IV—THE MAGNET OF THE GOLD FIELD
CHAPTER V—AN INVITATION TO LUNCH
CHAPTER VI—AN ATTACK ON THE HIGH SEAS
CHAPTER VII—THE CAPTAIN OF THE “RAJAH” STRIKES OIL
CHAPTER VIII—THE “RAJAH” GETS INTO LEGAL DIFFICULTIES
CHAPTER IX—THE FINAL FINANCIAL STRUGGLE WITH SCHWARTZBROD
CHAPTER X—THE MEETING WITH THE GOVERNOR OF THE BANK
YOUNG LORD STRANLEIGH
CHAPTER I—THE KING’S MOVE IN THE CITY
IT was shortly after nine o’clock in the morning that young Lord Stranleigh of Wychwood, in a most leisurely fashion, descended the front steps of his town house into the street. The young man was almost too perfectly dressed. Every article of his costume, from his shiny hat to the polished boots, was so exactly what it should he, that he ran some danger of