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
THE KEY
THE GREY SISTERHOOD
THE GIRL ON THE THIRTEENTH FLOOR
THE DEATH TRYST
THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT
THE CLUE IN THE AIR
THE WATCHING EYE
THE HOUSE OF REVENGE
THE BELL BUOY
TO A CERTAIN KING
OF A CERTAIN CINEMA COMPANY
WHO PUT
"LORD JOHN IN NEW YORK"
ON THE SCREEN
LORD JOHN IN NEW YORK
EPISODE I
THE KEY
"More letters and flowers for you, Lord John," said my nurse.
Not that I needed a nurse; and, above all things, I needed no moreletters or flowers. The waste-paper basket was full. The room smeltlike a perfume factory. The mantelpiece and all other receptacleshaving an army of occupation, vases and bowls were mobilising on thefloor. This would, of course, not be tolerated in hospital; but I wasoff the sick list, recovering in a private convalescent home. I wasfed up with being a wounded hero; the fragrance of too many flowers,and the kindness of too many ladies, was sapp