Rights for this book: Public domain in the USA. This edition is published by Project Gutenberg. Originally issued by Project Gutenberg on 2013-07-30. To support the work of Project Gutenberg, visit their Donation Page. This free ebook has been produced by GITenberg, a program of the Free Ebook Foundation. If you have corrections or improvements to make to this ebook, or you want to use the source files for this ebook, visit the book's github repository. You can support the work of the Free Ebook Foundation at their Contributors Page. The Project Gutenberg EBook of Modern Flirtations, by Catherine Sinclair This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: Modern Flirtations A Novel Author: Catherine Sinclair Release Date: July 30, 2013 [EBook #43358] Language: English *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MODERN FLIRTATIONS *** Produced by Robert Cicconetti and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) Granville intercepting the Stranger.—See page 176 MODERN FLIRTATIONS, A NOVEL: BY CATHERINE SINCLAIR, AUTHOR OF "BEATRICE." Blind Uncle Arthur endeavoring to escape from the flames.—See page 334 STRINGER & TOWNSEND, NEW YORK MODERN FLIRTATIONS, A NOVEL: BY CATHERINE SINCLAIR, AUTHOR OF "BEATRICE, OR THE UNKNOWN RELATIVES," "MODERN ACCOMPLISHMENTS," "MODERN SOCIETY," "HILL AND VALLEY," "SHETLAND AND THE SHETLANDERS," "HOLIDAY HOUSE," "CHARLIE SEYMOUR," ETC. "I clasped my hand close to my breast, While my heart was as light as a feather, Yet nothing I said, I protest, But, —— 'Madam! 'tis very fine weather!'" RITSON'S SONGS. NEW-YORK: STRINGER & TOWNSEND, PUBLISHERS, 222 BROADW AY. CONTENTS PREFACE CHAPTER I. II. III. IV V VI. VII. VIII. IX. X. XI. XII. XIII. XIV