_Author of “By Wit of Woman,” “The Queen’s Advocate,” “By Snare of Love,” “In The Name of a Woman,” “When I Was Czar,” etc., etc._ MY DEAR MR. STUART: I dedicate this book to you as a memento of our delightful hours of travel and work together in writing the play--“A Courier of Fortune”--founded upon this story. The circumstances of our joint literary work were as unusual to me as they were fascinating; for, although the play was commenced in London, the last “curtain” was not written until my wife and I had crossed the Atlantic and journeyed with you on a tour of over ten thousand miles of railway travelling, through so many of the marvels of this wonderful Continent. St. Louis; Denver…
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