Adventure stories; Man-woman relationships -- Fiction; Mystery fiction; Travel -- Fiction; Young women -- Fiction
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
I
THE ADVENTURE OF THE CANTANKEROUS OLD LADY
On the day when I found myself with twopence in my pocket, I naturally
made up my mind to go round the world.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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