Project Gutenberg 2010-04-23 Public domain in the USA. 206 Beach, Rex 1877 1949 Beach, Rex Ellingwood The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure Reading ease score: 80.9 (6th grade). Easy to read. The crimson gardenia -- Rope's end -- Inocencio -- The wag-lady -- "Man proposes--" -- Told in the storm -- The weight of obligation -- The stampede -- When the mail came in -- McGill -- The brand. Produced by Suzanne Shell, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure" by Rex Beach is a collection of short stories written in the early 20th century. The narratives explore themes of adventure and romance, likely set against the backdrop of vibrant and tumultuous historical periods. The opening tale introduces Roland Van Dam, a New York society man who finds himself amidst the chaotic and colorful festivities of Mardi Gras in New Orleans, where he encounters a masked maiden and becomes embroiled in a potentially dangerous adventure. At the start of the story, Van Dam is attending a parade with his disinterested friends when he becomes separated from them in the lively crowd. He buys a white gardenia, which he pins to his domino, and soon meets a petite masked girl who coincidentally mistakes him for someone else, leading to a sense of mystery and urgency. As they navigate through the carnival, the girl warns him of a looming danger, and their connection deepens amidst the chaos. The tension escalates when they are confronted by an assailant known as the Black Wolf, prompting Van Dam to act bravely in defense of the girl. This marks the beginning of their thrilling escapade, with each turn revealing more about the characters and the undercurrents of danger and romance that permeate the festive atmosphere. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/32101/32101-h/images/cover.jpg en Fiction Short stories Adventure stories PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 511500 511523 2024-10-13T14:10:27.028929 2023-09-14T07:10:12.927049 text/html text/html 513718 2010-04-23T11:07:28 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 368892 2010-04-23T11:07:28 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 386576 2024-10-13T14:10:33.380906 application/epub+zip 393614 2024-10-13T14:10:27.942969 application/epub+zip 249740 2024-10-13T14:10:27.516927 application/epub+zip 546763 2024-10-13T14:10:37.975898 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 519386 2024-10-13T14:10:32.969921 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 376427 2022-09-14T16:23:56.356850 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 489477 489379 2024-10-13T14:10:25.975973 2023-09-14T07:10:11.805054 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 489279 2010-04-23T11:07:28 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 194592 2010-04-23T11:07:28 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 489271 2010-04-23T11:07:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 194529 2010-04-23T11:07:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22423 2024-10-13T14:10:38.116878 application/rdf+xml 15436 2024-10-13T14:10:27.600952 image/jpeg 2417 2024-10-13T14:10:27.559931 image/jpeg 369606 2024-10-13T14:10:27.086954 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia