The ADVENTURES of A MODEST MAN Works of Robert W. Chambers For Children Copyright, 1900, 1911, by Copyright, 1900, 1911, by ROBERT W. CHAMBERS Copyright, 1904, by Harper & Brothers Copyright, 1904, 1905, 1910, by The Curtis Publishing Company The ADVENTURES of A MODEST MAN By ROBERT W. CHAMBERS ILLUSTRATED BY EDMUND FREDERICK D. APPLETON AND COMPANY NEW YORK AND LONDON: MCMXI "'I realised that I was going to kiss her if she didn't move.... And—she didn't.'"—[Page 276.] TO Mr. and Mrs. C. Wheaton Vaughan Mr. and Mrs. C. Wheaton Vaughan