_In Hostile Red_ CROWNED MASTERPIECES OF MODERN FICTION _SPECIAL SUBSCRIPTION EDITION_ 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_ CHAPTER ONE--_In Hostile Red_