Sparkling Waves over High Explosives

The Daredevil

by Maria Thompson DAVIESS (1872 - 1924)

Roberta, daughter of an American soldier and a French marquise, is returning to the childhood home of her father after his death in the Great War. Upon reaching New York she realizes that her Uncle, a woman-hater, has confused the genders of her and her small crippled brother. In order to please her Uncle and ensure medical treatment for Pierre, she becomes "Robert", his nephew. In her new identity she secures supplies for France, has many hilarious close-calls, and manages to fall in love with the Governor. - Summary by LikeManyWaters

Listen next episodes of The Daredevil:
All is Lost , ''Behold, I Am a Spy!'' , Brothers by Bloodshed , Business and Pie , ''Here's My Boy, Governor'' , ''Immediately I Come to You!'' , In the Dress of Magnificence , ''O'er the Land of the Free-'' , That Mr. G. Slade of Detroit , The Beautiful Madam Whitworth , The Camp Heaven , The Girl Bunch , The Impossible Uncle Robert , The Tall Timbers of Old Harpeth , To Bear Men and to Save Them , Vitriol and the Hoodoo , Vive La France , ''We Both Need You'' , ''You Are-Myself!''