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 shortromance, called "A Knight of Philadelphia," which forms the basis of thepresent 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
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