LADY BARBARITY _A ROMANCE_ BY J. C. SNAITH AUTHOR OF MISTRESS DOROTHY MARVIN AND FIERCEHEART, THE SOLDIER NEW YORK D. APPLETON AND COMPANY 1899 COPYRIGHT, 1898, 1899, BY D. APPLETON AND COMPANY. _All rights reserved._ CONTENTS. CHAPTER PAGE I.--DEPLORES THE SCARCITY OF MEN 1 II.--THE REBEL APPEARS 16 III.--THE REBEL DISAPPEARS 29 IV.--OF AN ODD PASSAGE IN THE MEADOW 53 V.--I MIX IN THE HIGH POLITICAL 66 VI.--I CONTINUE MY NIGHT ADVENTURES 80 VII.--THE SPIRIT OF THE WOODS 106 VIII.--IN WHICH THE HERO IS FOUND TO BE A PERSON OF NO DESCENT WHATEVER 118 IX.--OF THE MONSTROUS BEHAVIOUR OF MISS PRUE 135 X.--I PLAY CATHERINE TO MR. DARE’S PETRUCHIO 154 XI.--I UNDERGO AN ORDEAL; I PLAY WITH A FIRE 171 XII.--I DEFY DEAR LADY GRIMSTONE 189 XIII.--I DISPLAY MY INFINITE RESOURCES 204 XIV.--IN WHICH THE CAPTAIN’S WIT BECOMES A RIVAL OF MY OWN 220 XV.--THE CAPTAIN TRUMPS MY TRICK 231 XVI.--IN WHICH I AM WOOED AND WON 247 XVII.--MORE ALARUMS AND EXCURSIONS 258 XVIII.--IN WHICH THE CAPTAIN’S COMEDY IS PLAYED 272 XIX.--I SUFFER GREAT ADVERSITY 286 XX.--I SPEAK WITH THE CELEBRATED MR. SNARK 300 XXI.--I COME TO TYBURN TREE 315 EPILOGUE 331 LADY BARBARITY. CHAPTER I. DEPLORES THE SCARCITY OF MEN.