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Title: The Crimson Tide

Author: Robert W. Chambers

Illustrator: A. I. Keller

Release Date: September 1, 2009 [EBook #29880]

Language: English

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[Illustration: "I HATE IT AS YOU HATED THE BEASTS WHO SLEW YOUR FRIEND"]

THE CRIMSON TIDE

A NOVEL

By ROBERT W. CHAMBERS

Author of "The Moonlit Way," "The Laughing Girl," "The Restless Sex,"
etc.

WITH FRONTISPIECE BY A. I. KELLER

A. L. BURT COMPANY

Publishers--New York

Published by arrangement with D. Appleton and Company

COPYRIGHT, 1919, BY ROBERT W. CHAMBERS

Copyright, 1919, by The International Magazine Company

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

To

MARGARET ILLINGTON BOWES

AND

EDWARD J. BOWES

I

I'd rather walk with Margaret,
I'd rather talk with Margaret,
And anchor in some sylvan nook
And fish Dream Lake with magic hook
Than sit indoors and write this book.

II

An author's such an ass, alas!
To watch the world through window glass
When out of doors the skies are fair
And pretty girls beyond compare--
Like Margaret--are strolling there.

III

I'd rather walk with E. J. Bowes,
I'd rather talk with E. J. Bowes,
In woodlands where the sunlight gleams
Across the golden Lake of Dreams
Than drive a quill across these reams.

IV

If I could have my proper wish
With these two friends I'd sit and fish
Where sheer cliffs wear their mossy hoods
And Dream Lake widens in the woods,
But Fate says "No! Produce your goods!"