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 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] |