The eagle's shadow -- . LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Margaret ....... Fromittitt* rACING PAGE Altogether, says Colonel Hugonin, they strike meas being the most ungodly menagerie ever gottentogether under one roof since Noah landed onArarat 8 Then, for no apparent reason, Margaret flushed, andBilly . . thought it vastly becoming . 38 Billy Woods 60 Billy unfolded it slowly, with a puzzled look growingin his countenance ...... 98 My lady, he asked, very softly, havent you anygood news for me on this wonderful morning? . 154 Miss Hugonin pouted. You neednt be such agrandfather, she suggested helpfully.
The eagle's shadow -- . LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Margaret ....... Fromittitt* rACING PAGE Altogether, says Colonel Hugonin, they strike meas being the most ungodly menagerie ever gottentogether under one roof since Noah landed onArarat 8 Then, for no apparent reason, Margaret flushed, andBilly . . thought it vastly becoming . 38 Billy Woods 60 Billy unfolded it slowly, with a puzzled look growingin his countenance ...... 98 My lady, he asked, very softly, havent you anygood news for me on this wonderful morning? . 154 Miss Hugonin pouted. You neednt be such agrandfather, she suggested helpfully. • I74 Regarded them with alert eyes . . 220 xi. THEEAGLES SHADOW THE EAGLES SHADOWI THIS is the story of Margaret Hugonin andof the Eagle. And with your permission,we will for the present defer all consider-ation of the bird, and devote our unqualifiedattention to Margaret. I have always esteemed Margaret the obvious,sensible, most appropriate name that can bebestowed upon a girl-child, for it is a name thatfits a woman—any woman—as neatly as herproper size in gloves. Yes, the first point I wish to make is that awoman-child, once baptised Margaret, is therebyinsured of a suitable name. Be she grave or gayin after-life, wanton or pious or sullen, comely orotherwise, there will be no possible chance ofincongruity; whether she develop a taste forwinter-gardens or the higher mathematics, whethershe take to golf or clinging organdies, the eventis provided for. One has only to consider for amoment, and if among a choice of Madge, Mar- 3 4 THE EAGLES SHADOW jorie, Meta, Maggie, Margherita, Peggy, andGretchen, and countless others—if
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