His Lordship's Leopard: A Truthful Narration of Some Impossible Facts

"His Lordship's Leopard: A Truthful Narration of Some Impossible Facts" by David Dwight Wells is a funny story from the late 1800s that centers on Cecil Banborough, an Englishman whose life turns upside down because of a mix-up with spies and the threat of war. When Cecil, feeling down about his writing career, meets some Spanish men in New York City who praise his book "The Purple Kangaroo," he doesn't realize it's all tied to a big international problem. Soon, Cecil's innocent comments pull him into a crazy plot filled with spies, wrong arrests, and a funny chase. The witty conversations and oddball characters suggest a fun look at the silly side of society.