The Governors

ILLUSTRATED BY WILL GREFÉ AND HOWARD SOMERVILLE - BOOK I. - CHAPTER - I. MR. PHINEAS DUGE - II. COUSIN STELLA - III. STORM CLOUDS - IV. A MEETING OF GIANTS - V. TREACHERY - VI. MR. WEISS IN A HURRY - VII. A PROFESSIONAL BURGLAR - VIII. FIREARMS - IX. CONSPIRATORS - X. MR. NORRIS VINE - XI. MR. LITTLESON, FLATTERER - XII. STELLA SUCCEEDS - XIII. BEARDING THE LION - XIV. STELLA PROVES OBSTINATE - XV. THE WARNING - XVI. A TRUCE - BOOK II. - I. MY NAME IS MILDMAY - II. REFLECTIONS - III. "WILL YOU MARRY ME?" - IV. THE AMERICAN AMBASSADOR - V. A QUESTION OF COURAGE - VI. MR. MILDMAY AGAIN - VII. AN APPOINTMENT - VIII. DEFEATED - IX. INGRATITUDE - X. A NEW VENTURE - XI. CONSCIENCE - XII. DUKE OF MOWBRAY - XIII. AN INTRODUCTION - XIV. ANOTHER DISAPPEARANCE - XV. MR. DUGE THREATENS - XVI. TRAPPED - XVII. MR. DUGE FAILS - XVIII. ADVICE FOR MR. VINE - XIX. THE CRISIS - XX. BEWITCHED - XXI. A LESSON LEARNED - XXII. A SURPRISE - XXIII. A DINNER PARTY - LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS - VIRGINIA - "AS I DARESAY YOU KNOW, I AM NOT ON SPEAKING TERMS WITH MY FATHER!" - ONE OF THE BLOCKS SPRANG UP A LITTLE WAY AND WAS EASILY REMOVED - A BULLET WHISTLED ONLY A FEW INCHES FROM HIS HEAD - PHINEAS DUGE DROPPED HIS CIGARETTE, AND FELL ON HIS KNEES BY HER SIDE - "FOR GOD'S SAKE, TELL ME WHO HAS IT, MISS DUGE!" HE IMPLORED - "ISN'T IT THE BUSINESS OF ANY MAN TO LOOK AFTER A CHILD LIKE YOU?" - VIRGINIA, WITH A LITTLE MURMUR OF DELIGHT, RECOGNIZED MR. MILDMAY STANDING BEFORE HER - SIMULTANEOUSLY SHE HEARD A STEALTHY MOVEMENT OUTSIDE - THEN HE CAME SLOWLY BACK, AND PUTTING HIS ARM AROUND VIRGINIA'S WAIST, KISSED HER - SHE THOUGHT NOTHING OF THE MOTIVE OF HER COMING, ONLY TO PLACE THE DOOR BETWEEN HER AND THIS! - HE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY OF WATCHING A SEARCH CONDUCTED UPON SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES - THEN IN THE MIDST OF HER WONDERING CAME THE ELUCIDATION OF THESE THINGS - HE WAS ONLY JUST IN TIME TO SAVE HER FROM FALLING - THE GOVERNORS - BOOK I - CHAPTER I - MR. PHINEAS DUGE

CHAPTER II - COUSIN STELLA

CHAPTER III - STORM CLOUDS

CHAPTER IV - A MEETING OF GIANTS

CHAPTER V - TREACHERY

CHAPTER VI - MR. WEISS IN A HURRY

CHAPTER VII - A PROFESSIONAL BURGLAR

CHAPTER VIII - FIREARMS

CHAPTER IX - CONSPIRATORS

CHAPTER X - MR. NORRIS VINE