THE

CRYSTAL CUP


By GERTRUDE ATHERTON


Author of

“Black Oxen,” “The Avalanche,” “Sisters-in-Law,”

“Sleeping Fires,” etc.

Into a crystal cup the dusky wine

I pour, and, musing at so rich a shrine,

I watch the star that haunts its ruddy gloom.

—George Sterling


A. L. BURT COMPANY

Publishers New York

Published by arrangement with Boni & Liveright

Printed in U. S. A.


Copyright, 1925, by

Boni & Liveright, Inc.


Printed in the United States of America


PART I