Chapter I: Front Matter

_In Hostile Red_

CROWNED MASTERPIECES OF MODERN FICTION

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In Hostile Red

BY

J. A. Altsheler

Author of "In Circling Camps," "The Sun of Saratoga," "Before the Dawn," Etc.

_NEW YORK_ DOUBLEDAY PAGE & COMPANY 1904

_Copyright, 1897, by_ J. B. LIPPINCOTT CO _Copyright, 1900, by_ DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & CO

_Prefatory Note_

_The author published three years ago, in Lippincott's Magazine, a short romance, called "A Knight of Philadelphia," which forms the basis of the present story._

_Contents_

CHAPTER PAGE

I. IN HOSTILE RED 11

II. FEELING THE WAY 27

III. SIR WILLIAM'S REVEL 42

IV. ON A NEW SERVICE 59

V. THE WORK OF WILDFOOT 73

VI. A COUSIN FROM ENGLAND 82

VII. THE QUARREL 94

VIII. A FILE OF PRISONERS 101

IX. WITH THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF 115

X. THE FINE FINISH OF A PLAY 123

XI. A MAN HUNT 134

XII. A DELICATE SEARCH 142

XIII. HESSIAN WRATH 153

XIV. ACCORDING TO PROMISE 166

XV. THE PURSUIT OF WILDFOOT 179

XVI. A REBUKE FOR WATERS 187

XVII. GREAT NEWS 191

XVIII. THE SILENT SENTINEL 202

XIX. A RIDE FOR THE CAUSE 219

XX. THE NIGHT COMBAT 232

XXI. KEEPING UP APPEARANCES 245

XXII. A FULL CONFESSION 254

XXIII. GEORGE WASHINGTON'S MERCY 261

XXIV. IN THE CITY AGAIN 274

XXV. THE WIDOW'S MIGHT 281

XXVI. AN AVERAGE NIGHT WITH WILDFOOT 299

XXVII. PURE GOLD 307

XXVIII. AT THE COUNCIL FIRE 313

XXIX. UNDER THE APPLE-TREES 318

XXX. THE DEFENCE OF THE GUN 321

XXXI. A BATTLE AND AN ANSWERED QUESTION 334

_In Hostile Red_