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THE GAY COCKADE

BY TEMPLE BAILEY

AUTHOR OF THE TRUMPETER SWAN, THE TIN SOLDIER, Etc.

FRONTISPIECE BY C.E. CHAMBERS

GROSSET & DUNLAP PUBLISHERS NEW YORK Made in the United States of America

COPYRIGHT 1921 BY THE PENN PUBLISHING COMPANY

Manufacturing Plant Camden, N.J.

Made in U.S.A.

The Gay Cockade

For permission to reprint some of the stories in this volume, the author is indebted to the courtesy of the editors of Harper's Magazine, Scribner's Magazine, Collier's Magazine, Ladies' Home Journal, Saturday Evening Post, Good Housekeeping, and Harper's Bazar.

Contents

THE GAY COCKADE 7

THE HIDDEN LAND 33

WHITE BIRCHES 84

THE EMPEROR'S GHOST 118

THE RED CANDLE 132

RETURNED GOODS 149

BURNED TOAST 165

PETRONELLA 187

THE CANOPY BED 205

SANDWICH JANE 223

LADY CRUSOE 272

A REBELLIOUS GRANDMOTHER 310

WAIT--FOR PRINCE CHARMING 327

BEGGARS ON HORSEBACK 351

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