THE SECRET OF THE LEAGUE
The Story of a Social War
By ERNEST BRAMAH
THOMAS NELSON
AND SONS
She began to unbuckle the frozen straps of his gear.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I. Irene
CHAPTER II. The Period, and the Coming of Wings
CHAPTER III. The Million to One Chance
CHAPTER IV. The Compact
CHAPTER V. The Downtrodden
CHAPTER VI. Miss Lisle tells a Long Pointless Story
CHAPTER VII. "Schedule B"
CHAPTER VIII. Tantroy earns his Wage
CHAPTER IX. Secret History
CHAPTER X. The Order of St. Martin of Tours
CHAPTER XI. Man between Two Masters
CHAPTER XII. By Telescribe
CHAPTER XIII. The Effect of the Bomb
CHAPTER XIV. The Last Chance and the Counsel of Expedience
CHAPTER XV. The Great Fiasco
CHAPTER XVI. The Dark Winter
CHAPTER XVII. The Incident of the 13th of January
CHAPTER XVIII. The Music and the Dance
CHAPTER XIX. The "Finis" Message
CHAPTER XX. Stobalt of Salaveira
CHAPTER XXI. The Bargain of Famine
CHAPTER XXII. "Poor England"
NELSON LIBRARY
THE SECRET OF THE LEAGUE.
CHAPTER I
IRENE
"I suppose I am old-fashioned"—there was a murmur of polite dissentfrom all the ladies present, except the one addressed—"Oh, I take it asa compliment nowadays, I assure you; but when I was a girl a young ladywould have no more thought of flying than of"—she paused almost on anote of pained surprise at finding the familiar comparison of a lifetimecut off—"well, of standing on her head."
"No," replied the young lady in point, with the unfeeling candour thatmarked the youthful spirit of the age, "because it wasn't invented. Butyou went bicycling, and yo