By J. Stewart Barney
By J. Stewart Barney
1915
“I WAS JUST THINKING WHAT A STUNNING BOOK-COVER YOU WOULD
MAKE FOR A CHEAP NOVEL.” Drawn by Clarence F. Underwood.}
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THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED
TO MY REAL FRIENDS, WHO MAY LOVE
IT.
WHILE THE OTHERS IT MAY BORE;
TO MY ENEMIES, GOD BLESS THEM,
THO’ THEY SPLUTTER, MORE AND MORE.
CONTENTS
L. P. M.
CHAPTER I. — THE MAN AND THE HOUR
CHAPTER II. — THE ONE-MAN SECRET
CHAPTER III. — CROSSING WITH ROYALTY
CHAPTER IV. — THE FIRST REBUFF
CHAPTER V. — ECHOES FROM THE WILHELMSTRASSE
CHAPTER VI. — A RUSTY OLD CANNON-BALL
CHAPTER VII. — DIPLOMACY WINS
CHAPTER VIII. — THE SPY-DRIVEN TAXI. —
CHAPTER IX. — BUCKINGHAM PALACE
CHAPTER X. — HE MEETS THE KING
CHAPTER XI. — THE DEIONIZER
CHAPTER XII. — FIRST SHOW OF FORCE
CHAPTER XIII. — “THE KING IS DEAD; LONG LIVE THE KING!”
CHAPTER XIV. — THE ROYAL TEA-TABLE
CHAPTER XV. — SURROUNDED BY SOLDIERS
CHAPTER XVI. — A DINNER AT THE BRITZ
CHAPTER XVII. — THE VOICE IN THE TELEPHONE
CHAPTER XVIII. — IN THE HANDS OF THE GERMANS
CHAPTER XIX. — THE GERMAN POINT OF VIEW
CHAPTER XX. — GENERAL VON LICHTENSTEIN
CHAPTER XXI. — HE INSTALLS HIS WIRELESS
CHAPTER XXII. — KAFFEE KLATSCH
CHAPTER XXIII. — THE TWO-WHEELED MYSTERY
CHAPTER XXIV. — DER KAISER
CHAPTER XXV. — THE MASQUERADER
CHAPTER XXVI. — TWO REMARKABLE MEN
CHAPTER XXVII. — ALL CARDS ON THE TABLE
CHAPTER XXVIII. — WHERE IS IT?
CHAPTER XXIX. — THE DIFFERENCE OF THEIR STATIONS
CHAPTER XXX. — THEY CALL FOR ASSISTANCE
CHAPTER XXXI. — “SIT DOWN, YOU DOG!”
CHAPTER XXXII. — L. P. M.
CHAPTER XXXIII. — YACHTING IN THE AIR
CHAPTER XXXIV. — THE ULTIMATUM
CHAPTER XXXV. — A LYING KING MAKES A NATION OF LIARS
CHAPTER XXXVI. — THINK OF IT! WHY NOT?
L. P. M.