The Crimson Gardenia
and Other Tales of Adventure
BY REX BEACH
AUTHOR OF "HEART OF THE SUNSET" "THE SPOILERS" ETC.
ILLUSTRATED
HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
NEW YORK AND LONDON
The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure
Copyright, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1916, by Harper & Brothers
Copyright, 1910, 1913, by Cosmopolitan Magazine
Copyright, 1906, by The Metropolitan Magazine Co.
Printed in the United States of America
Published April, 1916
Her eyes flashed to the white gardenia on his breast, then up to his own.
CONTENTS
THE CRIMSON GARDENIA
I
II
III
ROPE'S END
I
II
INOCENCIO
I
II
THE WAG-LADY
"MAN PROPOSES—"
I
II
TOLD IN THE STORM
THE WEIGHT OF OBLIGATION
THE STAMPEDE
WHEN THE MAIL CAME IN
McGILL
THE BRAND
I
II
Books by REX BEACH
ILLUSTRATIONS
Her Eyes Flashed to the White Gardenia on His Breast, Then Up to His Own
"Take Your Hand off That Gun, Barclay"
"Barclay Wasn't More 'n Half Dead, and the Woman Fell to Beggin' for HisLife Again"
THE CRIMSON GARDENIA
I
The royal yacht had anchored amid a thunder of cannon, and the king hadgone ashore. The city was bright with bunting; a thousand whistles blew.Up through the festooned streets His Majesty was escorted between longrows of blue-coated officers, behind which the eager crowds were massedfor mile upon mile. Thin wire cables were stretched along the curbs, tohold the people back, but these threatened to snap before the weight ofthe multi