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
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CHAPTER I
How the Tricolour cameDown[1]
CHAPTER II
Kith and Kin[9]
CHAPTER III
The Laundry Door[13]
CHAPTER IV
Through the Enemy'sLines[21]
CHAPTER V
The DeventerGirls[30]
CHAPTER VI
An Old ManMasterful[34]
CHAPTER VII
Our FirstCommunard[44]
CHAPTER VIII
I See the Scarlet Tatter nearat Hand[50]
CHAPTER IX
A Reunion of theReds[57]
CHAPTER X
Jeanne's VelvetEyes[65]
CHAPTER XI
How Men See Red[73]
CHAPTER XII
Good-bye, RhodaPolly"[78]
CHAPTER XIII
We SeekGaribaldi[84]
CHAPTER XIV
The Children"[96]
CHAPTER XV
First Blood[101]
CHAPTER XVI
The Coming ofAlida[107]
CHAPTER XVII
A DesertPrincess[117]
CHAPTER XVIII
The PrincessCommands[126]
CHAPTER XIX
Keller Bey Comes toAramon[132]
CHAPTER XX
I Play "Three'sCompany"[138]
CHAPTER XXI
The Golden Heart of RhodaPolly[145]
CHAPTER XXII
In the Valley of theShadow[149]
CHAPTER XXIII
The Misgivings ofAlida[156]
CHAPTER XXIV
Peace beforeStorm[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 UpsideDown!"[251]
CHAPTER XXXIV
The Passing of KellerBey[259]
CHAPTER XXXV
A Captain ofBrigands[266]
CHAPTER XXXVI
Left-HandedMatthew[273]
CHAPTER XXXVII
Loot[284]
CHAPTER XXXVIII
The Last Adventure of the BlackBand[291]
CHAPTER XXXIX
The Conversion ofChanot[306]
CHAPTER XL
The Last of the "Tatter ofScarlet"[312]