LORD JOHN IN NEW YORK BY C. N. & A. M. WILLIAMSON AUTHORS OF "THE LIGHTNING CONDUCTOR" METHUEN & CO. LTD. 36 ESSEX STREET W.C. LONDON First Published in 1918 BY THE SAME AUTHORS The Lightning Conductor The Princess Passes My Friend the Chauffeur Lady Betty Across the Water The Car of Destiny The Botor Chaperon Set in Silver Lord Loveland Discovers America The Golden Silence The Guests of Hercules The Demon The Wedding Day The Princess Virginia The Heather Moon The Love Pirate It Happened in Egypt A Soldier of the Legion The Shop Girl The War Wedding The Lightning Conductress Secret History The Cowboy Countess This Woman to this Man CONTENTS EPISODE I THE KEY EPISODE II