Chapter I: Front Matter

[Cover Illustration]

=THE=
=EXPLOITS OF=
=CAPTAIN=
=O’HAGAN=

=BY=
=SAX ROHMER=
=Author of “The Yellow Claw,”=
=“Dr. Fu Manchu,” etc.=

=Bookfinger=
=New York City=
=1968=

Portions of this book appeared serially in McClure’s
Magazine during 1913-14

First Printed, Jarrolds, London,
December, 1916

First American Edition

Contents

Exploit the First
He Patronises Pamela

Chapter Page
I. The Hat of Mr. Parkins 11
II. “The Art of Gentle Thought” 17
III. Pamela Returns 25
IV. A Musical Interlude 31

Exploit the Second
He Clears the Course for True Love

I. The Gloomy Cavalier 51
II. The Other 60
III. Natural Selection 66
IV. At Fig Tree Court 72

Exploit the Third
He Meets the Leopard Lady

I. The Boom-Maker 87
II. La Belle Lotus 95
III. The Boom 102
IV. Echoes of the Boom 110
V. Belcher the Thorough 119

Exploit the Fourth
He Buries an Old Love

I. The Lonely Lady 125
II. At the Stage Door 131
III. In the Dressing-Room 140
IV. The Snows of the Yukon 149

Exploit the Fifth
He Deals with Don Juan

I. Haverley of the Greys 159
II. According ot Myuku 168
III. Introducing Donohue 171
IV. Donohue’s Orders 178
V. Revelations 184
VI. Donohue Again 189

Exploit the Sixth
He Honors the Grand Duke

I. We Meet the Duke 195
II. We Improve the Acquaintance 201
III. The Maid and the Ring 215
IV. The Conspirators 219

A NECESSARY FOREWORD.

In presenting for perusal a selection of private notes dealing with the sometimes eccentric doings of my gallant friend and compatriot, Captain the Hon. Bernard O’Hagan, V.C., D.S.O., I desire in the first place to assure my reader that O’Hagan is in no degree related to anyone else of the name.

Recent circumstances have led him to resume military duties; but the splendid response of Democracy to the trumpet-call “Pro Patrià” has in no way unsettled his singular opinions. In the face of evidence to the contrary which many regard as conclusive, he maintains that the ideal form of government is government by an absolute monarchy.

It forms no part of my plan either to support or to seek to disprove the theories of Captain O’Hagan. In justice to my distinguished friend, I must add that support and opposition alike are matters of indifference to him. He stands alone—aloof—aloft. Neither as apologist nor as eulogist do I pen these lines, but merely as the chronicler of remarkable events in the career of a remarkable man.

EXPLOIT THE FIRST.

HE PATRONISES PAMELA.

EXPLOIT THE FIRST.
HE PATRONISES PAMELA.