Produced by David Clarke and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net 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