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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

  A TATTER OF SCARLET