It was a bright, clear afternoon in the late fall that pretty Miss Cable drove up in her trap and waited at the curb for her father to come forth from his office in one of Chicago's tallest buildings.

George Barr McCutcheon (July 26 1866 – October 23 1928) was an American popular novelist and playwright. His best known works include the series of novels set in Graustark a fictional East European country Brewster's Millions a play and several films.