Front matter
Reading edition
THE
CRYSTAL CUP
By GERTRUDE ATHERTON
Author of
“Black Oxen,” “The Avalanche,” “Sisters-in-Law,”
“Sleeping Fires,” etc.
Into a crystal cup the dusky wine
I pour, and, musing at so rich a shrine,
I watch the star that haunts its ruddy gloom.
—George Sterling
A. L. BURT COMPANY
Publishers New York
Published by arrangement with Boni & Liveright
Printed in U. S. A.
Copyright, 1925, by
Boni & Liveright, Inc.
Printed in the United States of America
PART I