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The Dollar Library


PARLOUS TIMES




THE DOLLAR LIBRARY
OF AMERICAN FICTION

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THE GIRL AT THE HALFWAY HOUSE.
By E. HOUGH.

PARLOUS TIMES.
By D. D. WELLS.

LORDS OF THE NORTH.
By A. C. LAUT.

THE CHRONIC LOAFER.
By NELSON LLOYD.

HER MOUNTAIN LOVER.
By HAMLIN GARLAND.

ETC. ETC. ETC.

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LONDON: WM. HEINEMANN.




PARLOUS TIMES

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A NOVEL OF MODERN DIPLOMACY

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BY
DAVID DWIGHT WELLS

AUTHOR OF
"HER LADYSHIP'S ELEPHANT," "HIS LORDSHIP'S LEOPARD"

[Illustration]

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LONDON: WILLIAM HEINEMANN. 1901




CONTENTS


  CHAPTER                                                           PAGE
        I. The Conspiracy                                              5
       II. Wanted--a Chaperon                                         15
      III. Parlous Times                                              29
       IV. A Lady in Distress                                         41
        V. A Gentleman in Distress                                    51
       VI. Afternoon Tea                                              63
     