I Introduces My Hero II Introduces My Heroine III The Adventure Begins IV A Family Reunion V The Plot Thickens VI The Man on the Box VII A Police Affair VIII Another Salad Idea IX The Heroine Hires a Groom X Pirate XI The First Ride XII A Ticklish Business XIII A Runaway XIV An Ordeal or Two XV Retrospective XVI The Previous Affair XVII Dinner is Served XVIII Caught! XIX "Oh, Mister Butler" XX The Episode of the Stove Pipe XXI The Rose XXII The Drama Unrolls XXIII Something About Heroes XXIV A Fine Lover XXV A Fine Heroine, Too XXVI The Castle of Romance He either fears his fate too much, Dramatis Personae Colonel George Annesley A retired Army Officer Miss Betty Annesley His daughter Lieutenant Robert Warburton Lately resigned Mr. John Warburton His elder brother, of the War Department Mrs. John Warburton The elder brother's wife Miss Nancy Warburton The lieutenant's sister Mr. Charles Henderson Her fiance Count Karloff An unattached diplomat Colonel Frank Raleigh The Lieutenant's Regimental Colonel Mrs. Chadwick A product of Washington life Monsieur Pierre A chef Mademoiselle Celeste A lady's maid Jane Mrs. Warburton's maid The Hopeful A baby William A stable-boy Fashionable People Necessary for a dinner party Celebrities Also necessary for a dinner party Unfashionables Police, cabbies, grooms, clerks, etc. TIME—Within the past ten years. SCENE—Washington, D.C., and its environs. |