VII. THE RESCUER OF DAMES 132

VIII. RAISING A WIGWAM 153

IX. THE GREAT NEWSPAPER WAR 177

X. HIS INFAMY 196

XI. IN THE ALPS 218

XII. THE SUPREME HONOUR 240





THE CARD



CHAPTER I

THE DANCE


I

Edward Henry Machin first saw the smoke on the 27th May 1867, in
Brougham Street, Bursley, the most ancient of the Five Towns. Brougham
Street runs down from St Luke's Square straight into the Shropshire