"Confirmed Bachelor"

Captain Cloudesley Bruce, a soldier retired after the Boer War with a stiff knee, succeeds as next of kin to an old-fashioned property called "Quecketts," where he establishes himself with his soldier servant and little dog, and in spite of his considering himself a confirmed bachelor, falls in love with a girl in the house of his next neighbour—the big house of the place. Then looms a cloud. Some more Bruces appear and seem to have a stronger claim upon the property. The story tells how these rival claims are adjusted, and how Cloudesley Bruce wins his bride.