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THE HONORABLE PERCIVAL

[Illustration: Their boat had sailed]


THE HONORABLE PERCIVAL
BY ALICE HEGAN RICE
AUTHOR OF "MRS. WIGGS OF THE CABBAGE PATCH,"
"A ROMANCE OF BILLY-GOAT HILL," ETC.

NEW YORK
THE CENTURY CO.
1914
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Copyright, 1914, by THE CENTURY CO.
Copyright, 1914, by MCCLURE'S MAGAZINE
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_Published, October, 1914_


CONTENTS

CHAPTER
I A BLIGHTED BEING
II A COUNTER-IRRITANT
III CONVALESCENCE
IV COUNTER-CURRENTS
V STRANDED
VI IN THE WIND-SHELTER
VII THE DAY THAT NEVER WAS
VIII IN THE CROW'S-NEST
IX DRAGGING ANCHOR
X ON THE SEARCH
XI THE GYMKHANA
XII THE SONG OF THE SIREN
XIII PERCIVAL PROCRASTINATES
XIV NEPTUNE TAKES A HAND
XV PERCIVAL RISES TO AN OCCASION
XVI IN PORT


LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Their boat had sailed
"Well, did you ever! Where did _you_ come from?"
Her hair, still damp, was hanging about her shoulders, and she carried
a bundle of bath-towels under her arm
"Mr. Hascombe!" she demanded breathlessly, "you'll take me out in the
surf-boat, won't you?"
At a break-neck speed towards the wharf
"I don't know what makes me so everlastingly silly!" she said fiercely
trying to swallow the rising sobs, "but he _won't_ understand!"
"I like the way your mouth looks when you read it"
"Roberta!" he called sternly.
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