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THE FLAMING JEWEL

ROBERT W. CHAMBERS

ROBERT W. CHAMBERS

The Flaming Jewel

TRIANGLE BOOKS NEW YORK

COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY

TRIANGLE BOOKS EDITION PUBLISHED SEPTEMBER 1942

TRIANGLE BOOKS, 14 West Forty-ninth Street, New York, N. Y.

PRINTED AND BOUND IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY THE AMERICAN BOOK--STRATFORD PRESS, INC., N. Y. C.

TO MY FRIEND

R. T. HAINES-HALSEY

WHO UNRESERVEDLY BELIEVES EVERYTHING I WRITE

To R. T.

Three Guests at dinner! That's the life!-- Wedgewood, Revere, and Duncan Phyfe!

You sit on Duncan--when you dare,-- And out of Wedgewood, using care, With Paul Revere you eat your fare.

III

From Paul you borrow fork and knife To wage a gastronomic strife In porringers; and platters rare Of blue Historic Willow-ware.

Banquets with cymbal, drum and fife, Or rose-wreathed feasts with riot rife To your chaste suppers can't compare.

Let those deny the truth who dare!-- Paul, Duncan, Wedgewood! That's the life! All else is bunk and empty air.

ENVOI

The Cordon-bleu has set the pace With Goulash, Haggis, Bouillabaisse, Curry, Chop-suey, Kous-Kous Stew-- I can not offer these to you,-- Being a plain, old-fashioned cook,-- So pray accept this scrambled book.

R. W. C.

CONTENTS

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EPISODE ONE EVE 9

EPISODE TWO THE RULING PASSION 33

EPISODE THREE ON STAR PEAK 56