The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol

Opening of the book

Transcriber’s Note:
Table of Contents
added.
BY THE SAME AUTHOR
Idols
Septimus
Derelicts
The Usurper
Where Love Is
The White Dove
Simon the Jester
A Study in Shadows
A Christmas Mystery
The Belovèd Vagabond
At the Gate of Samaria
The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne
The Demagogue and Lady Phayre
The Glory of Clementina

at the beginning of the fourth kiss out came her father
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THE
JOYOUS
ADVENTURES
OF ARISTIDE PUJOL

BY
WILLIAM J. LOCKE
Illustrations by
ALEC BALL
NEW YORK
JOHN LANE COMPANY
MCMXII
CONTENTS
I THE ADVENTURE OF THE FAIR PATRONNE
II THE ADVENTURE OF THE ARLÉSIENNE
III THE ADVENTURE OF THE KIND MR. SMITH
IV THE ADVENTURE OF THE FOUNDLING
V THE ADVENTURE OF THE PIG’S HEAD
VI THE ADVENTURE OF FLEURETTE
VII THE ADVENTURE OF THE MIRACLE
VIII THE ADVENTURE OF THE FICKLE GODDESS

IX THE ADVENTURE OF A SAINT MARTIN’S SUMMER
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
At the Beginning of the Fourth Kiss Out Came Her
Father
Frontispiece
I Had Knocked Him Down on Purpose. He Was
Crippled
for Life
14
Anything Less Congruous as the Bride-Elect of the
Debonair
Aristide Pujol it Was Impossible to Imagine
22
Had Straightway Poured His Grievances into a
Feminine Ear
32
I Found Both Tyres Had Been Punctured in a
Hundred Places
40
“Madame,” said Aristide, “You Are Adorable, and I
Love You to
Distraction”
50
“The Villain Was a Traveller in Buttons—Buttons!”
60
He Burst into Shrieks of Laughter
64
“And You!” shouted Bocardon, Falling on Aristide; “I
Must Embrace
You Also”
68
Standing on the Arrival Platform of Euston Station
78
“Ah! the Pictures,” cried Aristide, with a Wide
Sweep of His Arms
88
“I’ll Take Five Hundred Pounds,” said He, “to Stay
in”
96

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