One Wonderful Night: A Romance of New York

A hilarious romp of a tale, wherein a man and woman find true love after an international intrigue and a murder mystery. It's a New York tale from 1912 and was made into a “motion picture” (silent film), so my copy is illustrated with pictures from the screen.

There are all sorts of hilarious and impossible scenes, from marrying a fair lady with another man's marriage certificate, to a car chase at night, and to a young heir posing as a boatman and standing on his head in a saloon–before beginning a riot by singing the Austrian national anthem in public...and it all happens in just one night! The two detectives are wise and resourceful, and the hero a plucky one. An enjoyable bit of popular escapist fiction from a century ago.