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A TATTER OF SCARLET
A TATTER OF SCARLET
ADVENTUROUS EPISODES OF THE COMMUNE IN THE MIDI 1871
BY S. R. CROCKETT
SECOND EDITION
HODDER AND STOUGHTON LONDON NEW YORK TORONTO
_Printed in 1913_
CONTENTS
PAGE
CHAPTER I
HOW THE TRICOLOUR CAME DOWN 1
CHAPTER II
KITH AND KIN 9
CHAPTER III
THE LAUNDRY DOOR 13
CHAPTER IV
THROUGH THE ENEMY'S LINES 21
CHAPTER V
THE DEVENTER GIRLS 30
CHAPTER VI
AN OLD MAN MASTERFUL 34
CHAPTER VII
OUR FIRST COMMUNARD 44
CHAPTER VIII
I SEE THE SCARLET TATTER NEAR AT HAND 50
CHAPTER IX
A REUNION OF THE REDS 57
CHAPTER X
JEANNE'S VELVET EYES 65
CHAPTER XI
HOW MEN SEE RED 73
CHAPTER XII
"GOOD-BYE, RHODA POLLY" 78
CHAPTER XIII
WE SEEK GARIBALDI 84
CHAPTER XIV
"THE CHILDREN" 96
CHAPTER XV
FIRST BLOOD 101
CHAPTER XVI
THE COMING OF ALIDA 107
CHAPTER XVII
A DESERT PRINCESS 117
CHAPTER XVIII
THE PRINCESS COMMANDS 126
CHAPTER XIX
KELLER BEY COMES TO ARAMON 132
CHAPTER XX
I PLAY "THREE'S COMPANY" 138
CHAPTER XXI
THE GOLDEN HEART OF RHODA POLLY 145
CHAPTER XXII
IN THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW 149
CHAPTER XXIII
THE MISGIVINGS OF ALIDA 156
CHAPTER XXIV
PEACE BEFORE STORM 169
CHAPTER XXV
THE PROCLAMATION 175
CHAPTER XXVI
KELLER BEY, INSURGENT 185
CHAPTER XXVII
UNDER WHICH KING, BEZONIAN? 199
CHAPTER XXVIII
STORM GATHERING 208
CHAPTER XXIX
WITHIN THE PALE 216
CHAPTER XXX
DEVIL'S TALK 226
CHAPTER XXXI
THE BLACK BAND 233
CHAPTER XXXII
"READY!" 239
CHAPTER XXXIII
"HELL UPSIDE DOWN!" 251
CHAPTER XXXIV
THE PASSING OF KELLER BEY 259
CHAPTER XXXV
A CAPTAIN OF BRIGANDS 266
CHAPTER XXXVI
LEFT-HANDED MATTHEW 273
CHAPTER XXXVII
LOOT 284
CHAPTER XXXVIII
THE LAST ADVENTURE OF THE BLACK BAND 291
CHAPTER XXXIX
THE CONVERSION OF CHANOT 306
CHAPTER XL
THE LAST OF THE "TATTER OF SCARLET" 312
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