[Gutenberg 32101] • The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure

[Gutenberg 32101] • The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure
Authors
Beach, Rex
Publisher
A. L. Burt
Tags
fiction , short stories , adventure stories
Date
1916-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
Size
0.36 MB
Lang
en
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The royal yacht had anchored amid a thunder of cannon, and the king had gone ashore. The city was bright with bunting; a thousand whistles blew. Up through the festooned streets His Majesty was escorted between long rows of blue-coated officers, behind which the eager crowds were massed for mile upon mile. Thin wire cables were stretched along the curbs, to hold the people back, but these threatened to snap before the weight of the multitude.