LYING WITH HIS PALLID FACE TOWARD THE SKY, HE LOOKED HANDSOME AND BOYISH AND IRRESISTIBLY LIKEABLE (page 373) Mary Regan By LEROY SCOTT AUTHOR OF “Partners of the Night,” Etc. By LEROY SCOTT With Frontispiece A. L. BURT COMPANY Publishers New York A. L. BURT COMPANY Publishers New York New York Published by arrangement with Houghton, Mifflin Company Houghton, Mifflin Company COPYRIGHT, 1917, BY THE METROPOLITAN MAGAZINE COMPANY COPYRIGHT, 1918, BY LEROY SCOTT ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Published January 1918 [v] CONTENTS [vi] [1] MARY REGAN CHAPTER I THE WORLD SITS DOWN TOGETHER It was opening night of the new bill at the Grand Alcazar; and Clifford, as he waited alone at a little table for his host, almost unconsciously searched through the great restaurant of black-and-gold for Mary Regan—just as, almost unconsciously, he had been seeking her wherever he had been during the six months of agreed-upon silence since they had parted. He did not expect to see her here, hence felt no disappointment when his roving eyes did not come upon her. She had said she would write when she had thought it all out, and when she was ready