Produced by Ross Wilburn, Suzanne Shell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net [Illustration: _She was only a tall white girl simply dressed_] My friend the Chauffeur _By_ C. N. and A. M. WILLIAMSON Authors of "Lady Betty Across the Water," "The Princess Virginia," "The Lightning Conductor," etc., etc. With Illustrations BY FREDERIC LOWENHEIM A. L. BURT COMPANY, PUBLISHERS NEW YORK _Copyright, 1905, by_ McCLURE, PHILLIPS & CO. _Published September, 1905_ TO THE OTHER BEECHY CONTENTS PART I--TOLD BY RALPH MORAY CHAPTER PAGE I A CHAPTER OF SURPRISES 3 II A CHAPTER OF PLANS 17 III A CHAPTER OF REVENGES 28 IV A CHAPTER OF HUMILIATIONS 40 V A CHAPTER OF ADVENTURES 55 VI A CHAPTER OF PREDICAMENTS 78 PART II--TOLD BY BEECHY KIDDER VII A CHAPTER OF CHILDISHNESS 89 VIII A CHAPTER OF PLAYING DOLLS 97 IX A CHAPTER OF REVELATIONS 107 X A CHAPTER OF THRILLS 115 XI A CHAPTER OF BRAKES AND WORMS 129 XII A CHAPTER OF HORRORS 138 XIII A CHAPTER OF WILD BEASTS 152 XIV A CHAPTER OF SUNSHINE AND SHADOW 163 PART III--TOLD BY THE COUNTESS XV A CHAPTER OF PITFALLS 175 XVI A CHAPTER OF ENCHANTMENT 191 PART IV--TOLD BY MAIDA DESTREY XVII A CHAPTER OF MOTOR MANIA 205 XVIII A CHAPTER ACCORDING TO SHAKSPERE 225 XIX A CHAPTER OF PALACES AND PRINCES 235 XX A CHAPTER IN FAIRYLAND 244 XXI A CHAPTER OF STRANGE SPELLS 256 XXII A CHAPTER BEYOND THE MOTOR ZONE 267 XXIII A CHAPTER OF KIDNAPPING 283 XXIV A CHAPTER ON PUTTING TRUST IN PRINCES 292 PART V--TOLD BY TERENCE BARRYMORE XXV A CHAPTER OF CHASING 303 XXVI A CHAPTER OF HIGH DIPLOMACY 316 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE She was only a tall white girl simply dressed _Frontispiece_ As he spoke a douanier lounged out of his little (After) 62 whitewashed lair