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Title: The Man on the Box
Author: Harold MacGrath
Release Date: September, 2004 [EBook #6578]

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[Illustration: Henry E. Dixey in "The Man on the Box."]
THE MAN ON THE BOX
by
HAROLD MACGRATH

Author of
The Grey Cloak, The Puppet Crown

Illustrated by scenes from Walter N. Lawrence's beautiful production of the play as seen for 123 nights at the Madison Square Theatre, New York

To Miss Louise Everts
CONTENTS
CHAPTER
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,
Or his deserts are small,
Who dares not put it to the touch
To win or lose it all._
_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
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