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diff --git a/6955-h/6955-h.htm b/6955-h/6955-h.htm index df56230..3c26a88 100644 --- a/6955-h/6955-h.htm +++ b/6955-h/6955-h.htm @@ -1,17 +1,12 @@ -<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> - -<!DOCTYPE html - PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" - "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd" > - -<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> +<!DOCTYPE html> +<html lang="en"> <head> - <meta content="pg2html (binary v0.17)" name="linkgenerator" /> + <meta charset="utf-8"> <title> The Prince and Betty | Project Gutenberg </title> - <style type="text/css" xml:space="preserve"> - body { margin:5%; background:#faebd0; text-align:justify} + <style> + body { margin:5%; text-align:justify} P { text-indent: 1em; margin-top: .75em; margin-bottom: .75em; } H1,H2,H3,H4,H5,H6 { text-align: center; margin-left: 15%; margin-right: 15%; } hr { width: 50%; text-align: center;} @@ -58,7 +53,7 @@ <div>*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 6955 ***</div> <div style="height: 8em;"> - <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> + <br ><br ><br ><br ><br ><br ><br ><br > </div> <h1> THE PRINCE AND BETTY @@ -66,20 +61,20 @@ <h2> By P. G. Wodehouse </h2> - <h4> - [American edition] 1912 - </h4> + <div style="text-align: center;"> + <b>[American edition] 1912</b> + </div> <p> - <br /> <br /> + <br > <br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <br /> <br /> + <br > <br > </p> <h3> CONTENTS </h3> - <table summary="" style="margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto" cellpadding="4" border="3"> + <table style="margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; padding: 4px; border: 3px solid;"> <tr> <td> <a href="#link2H_4_0001"> THE PRINCE AND BETTY </a> @@ -328,27 +323,27 @@ </tr> </table> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="link2H_4_0001" id="link2H_4_0001"> </a> + <a id="link2H_4_0001"> </a> </p> <div style="height: 4em;"> - <br /><br /><br /><br /> + <br ><br ><br ><br > </div> <h2> THE PRINCE AND BETTY </h2> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="link2HCH0001" id="link2HCH0001"> </a> + <a id="link2HCH0001"> </a> </p> <div style="height: 4em;"> - <br /><br /><br /><br /> + <br ><br ><br ><br > </div> <h2> CHAPTER I — THE CABLE FROM MERVO @@ -432,7 +427,7 @@ Elsa, who had been skimming the document with raised eyebrows, now read it out in its spacious entirety. </p> -<pre xml:space="preserve"> +<pre> <i>On receipt of this come instantly Mervo without moment delay vital importance presence urgently required come wherever you are cancel engagements urgent necessity hustle @@ -684,14 +679,14 @@ shame!" </p> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="link2HCH0002" id="link2HCH0002"> </a> + <a id="link2HCH0002"> </a> </p> <div style="height: 4em;"> - <br /><br /><br /><br /> + <br ><br ><br ><br > </div> <h2> CHAPTER II — MERVO AND ITS OWNER @@ -732,7 +727,7 @@ beyond the limits of convenience, he would substitute another from the reserve supply that protruded from his vest-pocket. </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> How Benjamin Scobell had discovered the existence of Mervo is not known. It lay well outside the sphere of the ordinary financier. But Mr. Scobell @@ -948,7 +943,7 @@ and had caused him to utter the exclamation recorded at the beginning of the chapter. </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> "By Heck!" he said. "Read that again, Marion. I gottan idea." </p> @@ -1025,7 +1020,7 @@ </p> <p> Miss Scobell looked up from her paper, which she had been reading with - absorbed interest throughout tins harangue. + absorbed interest throughout this harangue. </p> <p> "Dear?" she said enquiringly. @@ -1080,14 +1075,14 @@ man Poineau right away." </p> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="link2HCH0003" id="link2HCH0003"> </a> + <a id="link2HCH0003"> </a> </p> <div style="height: 4em;"> - <br /><br /><br /><br /> + <br ><br ><br ><br > </div> <h2> CHAPTER III — JOHN @@ -1400,14 +1395,14 @@ Mr. Westley did not look up. </p> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="link2HCH0004" id="link2HCH0004"> </a> + <a id="link2HCH0004"> </a> </p> <div style="height: 4em;"> - <br /><br /><br /><br /> + <br ><br ><br ><br > </div> <h2> CHAPTER IV — VIVE LE ROI! @@ -1485,7 +1480,7 @@ <p> He imitated the great financier. </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> It was while he was smoking a cigar after dinner that night, musing on the fortunes of the day's game and, in particular, on the almost criminal @@ -1766,7 +1761,7 @@ <p> "Sure thing," said the envoy ecstatically. </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> At eight o'clock on the following morning, two young men, hatless and a little rumpled, but obviously cheerful, entered the Astor Hotel, demanding @@ -1790,14 +1785,14 @@ Thus did Prince John formally enter into his kingdom. </p> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="link2HCH0005" id="link2HCH0005"> </a> + <a id="link2HCH0005"> </a> </p> <div style="height: 4em;"> - <br /><br /><br /><br /> + <br ><br ><br ><br > </div> <h2> CHAPTER V — MR. SCOBELL HAS ANOTHER IDEA @@ -2173,14 +2168,14 @@ "Oh, shucks!" said the schemer impatiently. "Here, where's a cable form?" </p> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="link2HCH0006" id="link2HCH0006"> </a> + <a id="link2HCH0006"> </a> </p> <div style="height: 4em;"> - <br /><br /><br /><br /> + <br ><br ><br ><br > </div> <h2> CHAPTER VI — YOUNG ADAM CUPID @@ -2391,7 +2386,7 @@ <p> "At about ten, then. Good-night, Mr. Maude." </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> John had reached the bay at half-past eight, and had been on guard there ever since. It was now past ten, but still there were no signs of Betty. @@ -2443,14 +2438,14 @@ had caught the flutter of a white dress. </p> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="link2HCH0007" id="link2HCH0007"> </a> + <a id="link2HCH0007"> </a> </p> <div style="height: 4em;"> - <br /><br /><br /><br /> + <br ><br ><br ><br > </div> <h2> CHAPTER VII — MR. SCOBELL IS FRANK @@ -2648,7 +2643,7 @@ <p> "I want to think," she said quietly. "I'm going out." </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> In days of old, in the age of legend, omens warned heroes of impending doom. But to-day the gods have grown weary, and we rush unsuspecting on @@ -2820,14 +2815,14 @@ sleep. </p> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="link2HCH0008" id="link2HCH0008"> </a> + <a id="link2HCH0008"> </a> </p> <div style="height: 4em;"> - <br /><br /><br /><br /> + <br ><br ><br ><br > </div> <h2> CHAPTER VIII — AN ULTIMATUM FROM THE THRONE @@ -3031,7 +3026,7 @@ <p> "This is from her. Listen what she says: </p> -<pre xml:space="preserve"> +<pre> "<i>By the time you read this I shall be gone. I am going back to America as quickly as I can. I am giving this to a boy to take to you directly the boat has started. Please do not try @@ -3218,14 +3213,14 @@ "Bug-house!" he gasped. "Abso-lutely bug-house!" </p> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="link2HCH0009" id="link2HCH0009"> </a> + <a id="link2HCH0009"> </a> </p> <div style="height: 4em;"> - <br /><br /><br /><br /> + <br ><br ><br ><br > </div> <h2> CHAPTER IX — MERVO CHANGES ITS CONSTITUTION @@ -3485,7 +3480,7 @@ <p> The deputation then withdrew, reluctantly. </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> On the following morning there came a note from Mr. Scobell. It was brief. "Come on down before the shooting begins," it ran. John tore it up. @@ -3521,7 +3516,7 @@ There was a howl and a thud, and John resumed his stroll. The first gun from Fort Sumter had been fired. </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> Early next morning a window at the rear of the palace was broken by a stone, and toward noon one of the soldiers on guard in front of the Casino @@ -3701,7 +3696,7 @@ really must be going. I've run it mighty fine. Slip one of these fellows down there half a dollar and send him to fetch a cab. I must step lively." </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> Five minutes later the revolutionists, obviously embarrassed and ill at ease, were sheepishly gulping down their refreshment beneath the stony eye @@ -3710,14 +3705,14 @@ into a suitcase. </p> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="link2HCH0010" id="link2HCH0010"> </a> + <a id="link2HCH0010"> </a> </p> <div style="height: 4em;"> - <br /><br /><br /><br /> + <br ><br ><br ><br > </div> <h2> CHAPTER X — MRS. OAKLEY @@ -3787,7 +3782,7 @@ resolutely once more. For she had just remembered the existence of Mrs. Oakley. </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> Only once in her life had Betty met her stepfather's celebrated aunt, and the meeting had taken place nearly twelve years ago. The figure that @@ -3930,7 +3925,7 @@ pitied the poor, burned at any story of oppression, and cried "Give!" but the other cried "Halt!" and held her back, and between the two she fell. </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> It was to this somewhat unpromising haven of refuge that Betty's mind now turned in her trouble. She did not expect great things. She could not have @@ -3940,14 +3935,14 @@ somewhere. </p> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="link2HCH0011" id="link2HCH0011"> </a> + <a id="link2HCH0011"> </a> </p> <div style="height: 4em;"> - <br /><br /><br /><br /> + <br ><br ><br ><br > </div> <h2> CHAPTER XI — A LETTER OF INTRODUCTION @@ -4290,14 +4285,14 @@ everything." </p> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="link2HCH0012" id="link2HCH0012"> </a> + <a id="link2HCH0012"> </a> </p> <div style="height: 4em;"> - <br /><br /><br /><br /> + <br ><br ><br ><br > </div> <h2> CHAPTER XII — "PEACEFUL MOMENTS" @@ -4610,7 +4605,7 @@ coat-sleeve, and resumed his task of reading the proofs of Luella Granville Waterman's "Moments in the Nursery." </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> He had not been working long, when Pugsy Maloney, the office boy, entered. </p> @@ -4645,14 +4640,14 @@ treats? Ask her to come in, Comrade Maloney." </p> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="link2HCH0013" id="link2HCH0013"> </a> + <a id="link2HCH0013"> </a> </p> <div style="height: 4em;"> - <br /><br /><br /><br /> + <br ><br ><br ><br > </div> <h2> CHAPTER XIII — BETTY MAKES A FRIEND @@ -4985,14 +4980,14 @@ see if we cannot stagger humanity with it." </p> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="link2HCH0014" id="link2HCH0014"> </a> + <a id="link2HCH0014"> </a> </p> <div style="height: 4em;"> - <br /><br /><br /><br /> + <br ><br ><br ><br > </div> <h2> CHAPTER XIV — A CHANGE OF POLICY @@ -5348,14 +5343,14 @@ about and seeing our new contributors. There is no time to waste." </p> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="link2HCH0015" id="link2HCH0015"> </a> + <a id="link2HCH0015"> </a> </p> <div style="height: 4em;"> - <br /><br /><br /><br /> + <br ><br ><br ><br > </div> <h2> CHAPTER XV — THE HONEYED WORD @@ -5669,14 +5664,14 @@ them manfully. He suffers in an excellent cause." </p> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="link2HCH0016" id="link2HCH0016"> </a> + <a id="link2HCH0016"> </a> </p> <div style="height: 4em;"> - <br /><br /><br /><br /> + <br ><br ><br ><br > </div> <h2> CHAPTER XVI — TWO VISITORS TO THE OFFICE @@ -6081,7 +6076,7 @@ the contented look the Far West editor must have worn as the bullet came through the window, "is, owing to you, going some now." </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> When they returned from lunch, and reentered the outer office, Pugsy Maloney, raising his eyes for a moment from his book, met them with the @@ -6123,14 +6118,14 @@ once more to his romance of prairie life. "Goils is bone-heads." </p> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="link2HCH0017" id="link2HCH0017"> </a> + <a id="link2HCH0017"> </a> </p> <div style="height: 4em;"> - <br /><br /><br /><br /> + <br ><br ><br ><br > </div> <h2> CHAPTER XVII — THE MAN AT THE ASTOR @@ -6443,7 +6438,7 @@ comes from constant association with the main boss, and, if we can elude these, all will be well." </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> It was by Smith's suggestion that the editorial staff of <i>Peaceful Moments</i> dined that night at the Astor roof-garden. @@ -6586,14 +6581,14 @@ pardon me. Good-night again." </p> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="link2HCH0018" id="link2HCH0018"> </a> + <a id="link2HCH0018"> </a> </p> <div style="height: 4em;"> - <br /><br /><br /><br /> + <br ><br ><br ><br > </div> <h2> CHAPTER XVIII — THE HIGHFIELD @@ -6634,7 +6629,7 @@ feelings, be bubbling over with gratitude toward us. At any rate, it is worth investigating." </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> Far away from the comfortable glare of Broadway, in a place of disheveled houses and insufficient street-lamps, there stands the old warehouse which @@ -6667,7 +6662,7 @@ "ten-round exhibition contest," to be the main event of the evening's entertainment. </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> A long journey on the subway took them to the neighborhood, and after considerable wandering they arrived at their destination. @@ -7069,14 +7064,14 @@ "Get busy," advised the Kid briefly. </p> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="link2HCH0019" id="link2HCH0019"> </a> + <a id="link2HCH0019"> </a> </p> <div style="height: 4em;"> - <br /><br /><br /><br /> + <br ><br ><br ><br > </div> <h2> CHAPTER XIX — THE FIRST BATTLE @@ -7431,7 +7426,7 @@ would direct us to the nearest subway station. Just at the moment, the cheerful lights of the Great White Way are what I seem chiefly to need." </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> So ended the opening engagement of the campaign, in a satisfactory but far from decisive victory for the <i>Peaceful Moments</i>' army. @@ -7457,14 +7452,14 @@ secured Comrade Brady's services. We may need them." </p> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="link2HCH0020" id="link2HCH0020"> </a> + <a id="link2HCH0020"> </a> </p> <div style="height: 4em;"> - <br /><br /><br /><br /> + <br ><br ><br ><br > </div> <h2> CHAPTER XX — BETTY AT LARGE @@ -7561,7 +7556,7 @@ She sat on, thinking, with grave, troubled eyes, while the shadows lengthened and the birds rustled sleepily in the branches overhead. </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> Among the good qualities, none too numerous, of Mr. Bat Jarvis, of Groome Street in the Bowery, early rising was not included. It was his habit to @@ -7847,14 +7842,14 @@ new career by taking thirty-seven cents from the late breakfaster. </p> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="link2HCH0021" id="link2HCH0021"> </a> + <a id="link2HCH0021"> </a> </p> <div style="height: 4em;"> - <br /><br /><br /><br /> + <br ><br ><br ><br > </div> <h2> CHAPTER XXI — CHANGES IN THE STAFF @@ -7982,7 +7977,7 @@ had been skirmishes by the wayside, but nothing more. The two armies were sparring for an opening. </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> Smith was distinctly relieved at the respite, for a serious blow had fallen on <i>Peaceful Moments</i>, necessitating careful thought. This was the defection of Kid Brady. @@ -8028,7 +8023,7 @@ a special number. Good luck, Comrade Brady, and many thanks for your help." </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> John, when he arrived at the office and learned the news, was for relying on their own unaided efforts. @@ -8076,14 +8071,14 @@ you to meet her." </p> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="link2HCH0022" id="link2HCH0022"> </a> + <a id="link2HCH0022"> </a> </p> <div style="height: 4em;"> - <br /><br /><br /><br /> + <br ><br ><br ><br > </div> <h2> CHAPTER XXII — A GATHERING OF CAT SPECIALISTS @@ -8372,7 +8367,7 @@ of rhetoric. Till to-morrow, then, Comrade Jarvis. I am very much obliged to you." </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> "Not at all a bad hour's work," he said complacently, as they turned out of Groome Street. "A vote of thanks to you, John, for your invaluable @@ -8393,14 +8388,14 @@ might quite possibly come in useful." </p> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="link2HCH0023" id="link2HCH0023"> </a> + <a id="link2HCH0023"> </a> </p> <div style="height: 4em;"> - <br /><br /><br /><br /> + <br ><br ><br ><br > </div> <h2> CHAPTER XXIII — THE RETIREMENT OF SMITH @@ -8691,14 +8686,14 @@ several weeks he felt positively light-hearted. </p> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="link2HCH0024" id="link2HCH0024"> </a> + <a id="link2HCH0024"> </a> </p> <div style="height: 4em;"> - <br /><br /><br /><br /> + <br ><br ><br ><br > </div> <h2> CHAPTER XXIV — THE CAMPAIGN QUICKENS @@ -9070,14 +9065,14 @@ the long-expected collector of rents. </p> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="link2HCH0025" id="link2HCH0025"> </a> + <a id="link2HCH0025"> </a> </p> <div style="height: 4em;"> - <br /><br /><br /><br /> + <br ><br ><br ><br > </div> <h2> CHAPTER XXV — CORNERED @@ -9366,14 +9361,14 @@ bare yard away, stood Betty. </p> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="link2HCH0026" id="link2HCH0026"> </a> + <a id="link2HCH0026"> </a> </p> <div style="height: 4em;"> - <br /><br /><br /><br /> + <br ><br ><br ><br > </div> <h2> CHAPTER XXVI — JOURNEY'S END @@ -9800,14 +9795,14 @@ the journey's end. </p> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="link2HCH0027" id="link2HCH0027"> </a> + <a id="link2HCH0027"> </a> </p> <div style="height: 4em;"> - <br /><br /><br /><br /> + <br ><br ><br ><br > </div> <h2> CHAPTER XXVII — A LEMON @@ -9969,7 +9964,7 @@ "Pugsy," said John, feeling in his pocket, and producing a roll of bills, "a dollar a word is our rate for contributions like that." </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> John pushed back his chair slightly, stretched out his legs, and lighted a cigarette, watching Betty fondly through the smoke. The resources of the @@ -10352,14 +10347,14 @@ just as well if we retired." </p> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="link2HCH0028" id="link2HCH0028"> </a> + <a id="link2HCH0028"> </a> </p> <div style="height: 4em;"> - <br /><br /><br /><br /> + <br ><br ><br ><br > </div> <h2> CHAPTER XXVIII — THE FINAL ATTEMPT @@ -10544,7 +10539,7 @@ <p> Mr. Parker did not reply. </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> The cab moved swiftly on. Now they had reached the open country. An occasional wooden shack was passed, but that was all. At any moment, John @@ -10569,7 +10564,7 @@ <p> John recognized it. It was the voice of Kid Brady. </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> The Kid, as he had stated that he intended to do, had begun his training for his match with Eddie Wood at White Plains. It was his practise to open @@ -10720,14 +10715,14 @@ of it." </p> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="link2HCH0029" id="link2HCH0029"> </a> + <a id="link2HCH0029"> </a> </p> <div style="height: 4em;"> - <br /><br /><br /><br /> + <br ><br ><br ><br > </div> <h2> CHAPTER XXIX — A REPRESENTATIVE GATHERING @@ -11232,14 +11227,14 @@ that before, and save all this trouble?" </p> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="link2HCH0030" id="link2HCH0030"> </a> + <a id="link2HCH0030"> </a> </p> <div style="height: 4em;"> - <br /><br /><br /><br /> + <br ><br ><br ><br > </div> <h2> CHAPTER XXX — CONCLUSION @@ -11334,20 +11329,20 @@ Her hand stole out and found his. They began to talk in whispers. </p> <p> - <br /><br /> + <br ><br > </p> - <hr /> + <hr > <p> - <a name="link2H_4_0032" id="link2H_4_0032"> </a> + <a id="link2H_4_0032"> </a> </p> <div style="height: 4em;"> - <br /><br /><br /><br /> + <br ><br ><br ><br > </div> <h2> THE END </h2> <div style="height: 6em;"> - <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> + <br ><br ><br ><br ><br ><br > </div> <div>*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 6955 ***</div> |