THE HIGH TOBY BY THE SAME AUTHOR GALLOPING DICK CAPTAIN FORTUNE SKIRTS OF HAPPY CHANCE THE ADVENTURERS TWISTED EGLANTINE [Illustration: BUT, BEING BY THE DOOR, HE SWEPT IT OPEN WITH A MOVEMENT, AND BACKED INTO THE PASSAGE PAGE 292] THE HIGH TOBY BEING FURTHER CHAPTERS IN THE LIFE AND FORTUNES OF DICK RYDER, OTHERWISE GALLOPING DICK, SOMETIME GENTLEMAN OF THE ROAD BY H. B. MARRIOTT WATSON AUTHOR OF "TWISTED EGLANTINE" WITH A FRONTISPIECE BY CLAUDE SHEPPERSON METHUEN & CO. 36 ESSEX STREET W.C. LONDON _First Published in 1906_ To J. M. BARRIE MY DEAR BARRIE,--It is all but twenty years since we were first acquainted, for if we live till the spring of 1908, our friendship will have reached its majority. Of those far-off days I cherish, as I believe you do, a grateful memory. How many problems had we to discuss, how many ideals had we to satisfy, and how much ambition had we to fulfil! I think you, at least, have gone far to fulfil all yours, who have written your name indelibly in the literature of our generation. That name I am, after the long lapse of years, prefixing to this book of stories, in the hope that they will interest you, and as a testimony to the enduring quality of our friendship. Yours always, H. B. MARRIOTT WATSON. _January 1906_ CONTENTS PAGE UNDER THE MOON 1 THE DRAPER'S NIECE 26 MISS AND MY LADY 52 THE LORD CHIEF JUSTICE 80 THE ATTACK ON THE CHAISE 121 THE GENTLEMANLY HABERDASHER 149 THE MAN IN BLACK 174 THE LADY IN THE COACH 197 THE TURTLE-DOVES 232 MY LADY'S RING 257 GALLOWS GATE 281 THE HIGH TOBY UNDER THE MOON