The Sack of Monte Carlo: An Adventure of To-day

A first-person narrator recounts the planning and execution of a bold amateur raid on the gambling tables at Monte Carlo. He recruits acquaintances, outfits a steam-yacht, and devises a careful scheme presented as partly charitable; interpersonal tensions, romantic motives, and unreliable collaborators complicate preparations. The party carries out a dramatic sack of the casino, confronts legal and personal consequences, and flees across Europe while scrambling to conceal or distribute the proceeds. The narrative balances caper plotting, social comedy, and reflection on motive and consequence.