New York. A serious young man with brown eyes surprises Katie Bennett by separating her from her attractive friend Genevieve. Eventually he introduces himself and tells her he will visit her at her shop.
Katie returns home to find her grandfather very upset with the English Suffragettes. And why not, considering he's the King of England!
| Kate Bennett | a girl |
| Matthew Bennett | her grandfather |
| Ted Brady | an athlete |
| Mr Murdoch | a friend of Matthew, a glazier and draughts player |
First published June 1914 in Argosy (US).
Also published April 1915 in Pearson's Magazine (UK).
Macey's
- now a national chain, Macy's [sic] started as a department store in New York, most of its life at Herald Square.
Steam melodeon
- a melodeon is an instrument of the reed-organ family, which includes the harmonium, accordion and concertina. Also known as the 'Cabinet Organ', it produced notes with both air pressure and suction. Manual and electric versions were available so presumably a steam or steam-powered version too.
Alexander's Ragtime Band
- a song by Irving Berlin (1911).
Palisade's Park
- an amusement park on the Jersey shore of the North River, opposite Manhattan. It was open from 1898 to 1971.
'The feller that tries to get gay with me is going to get a call-down ...'
- get gay means to behave in a forward manner; a call-down is a reprimand.
Coney Island
- a group of amusement parks at the south-west corner of Long Island, including the three named. (Luna Park operated 1903 to 1944, Dreamland from 1904 to 1911 and Steeplechase from 1897 to 1964.)
'... coming up the Hudson.'
- the Hudson River that separates Manhattan Island from New Jersey.
Washington Square
- a large park in Greenwich Village, Manhattan.
President Roosevelt
- Theodore Roosevelt, twenty-sixth president of the United States (1901-1909).
Prophet Elijah
- a prophet of the Old Testament (and other holy books).
Harlem, Bronx, Brooklyn and Yonkers
- areas of New York.
Irish American
- from context, the Irish American Athletic Club which was formed in New York City in 1897 to promote track and field events, bicycle and handball tournaments, and Irish football and hurling games. It was active until World War I.
'... after the manner of the young Lochinvar.'
- referring to the poem Lochinvar by Sir Walter Scott in which the knight Lochinvar comes to the wedding of his girl and steals her from her intended husband-to-be, evidently with her approval but not her father's.
Mouquin's
- a French restaurant featured in a painting by William Glackens (1905). Sited in Fulton Street, New York, it expanded to 20 Ann Street by joining two buildings before closing with Prohibition.
Sasshay
- to sashay is to walk or move in such a way as to attract attention (from the French chassé, a dance step).
Cracker-jaw
- probably the same as cracker-jack, an excellent person or thing.
Judson Hotel
- a New York hotel of the time, on the south side of Washington Square.