AND HERE, DAY AFTER DAY, HE SAT ALONE

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 authoris 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 ...