Chapter I: Front Matter

THE CARAVANERS

BY THE SAME AUTHOR

_Elizabeth and Her German Garden_
_Adventures of Elizabeth in Rügen_
_Fräulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther_
_Princess Priscilla’s Fortnight_
_The Solitary Summer_

THE CARAVANERS

BY THE AUTHOR OF
“ELIZABETH AND HER GERMAN GARDEN”

ILLUSTRATIONS BY ARTHUR LITLE

NEW YORK
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
1910

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, INCLUDING THAT OF TRANSLATION
INTO FOREIGN LANGUAGES, INCLUDING THE SCANDINAVIAN

COPYRIGHT, 1909, BY DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY

ILLUSTRATIONS

The fitful flicker of the lanterns played over rapidly cooling eggs and grave faces _Frontispiece_

FACING PAGE

I never saw such little shoes 14

Edelgard most inconsiderately leaving me to bear the entire burden of opening and shutting our things 38

The sun shone its hottest while we slowly surmounted this last obstacle 50

It was an unnerving spectacle 80

“Dear Baron,” said she, “do you think it is wrong to carry stew-pots?” 100

Thus, as it were, with blacking, did I cement my friendship with Lord Sigismund 102

Edelgard posing--and what a pose; good heavens, what a pose! 114

“But surely not here,” murmured Frau von Eckthum 124

The two nondescripts, who were passing, lingered to look 134

“But, lieber Otto, is it then my fault that you have forgotten the paper?” 142

“Do you, Jellaby,” I then inquired, “really understand how best to treat a sausage?” 182

“’Ere ’e is” 200

An imposing lady in the pew in front of us sat sideways in her corner and examined us with calm attention 230

The old gentleman was in the act of addressing me in his turn 268

Gentle as my voice was, it yet made her start 294

THE CARAVANERS