------------------------------------------------------------------------ Transcriber’s Note: This version of the text cannot represent certain typographical effects. Italics are delimited with the ‘_’ character as _italic_. Minor errors, attributable to the printer, have been corrected. Please see the transcriber’s note at the end of this text for details. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Illustration] [See page 288. “GERVASE DROPPED NOISELESSLY INTO THE WATER” ------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE CRIMSON SIGN _A Narrative of the Adventures of Mr. Gervase Orme, Sometime Lieutenant in Mountjoy´s Regiment of Foot_ BY S. R. KEIGHTLEY AUTHOR OF “THE CAVALIERS” WITH ILLUSTRATIONS [Illustration] NEW YORK AND LONDON HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS 1898 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ BY THE SAME AUTHOR. --- THE CAVALIERS. A Novel. By S. R. KEIGHTLEY. Illustrated. Post 8vo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1 50. “The Cavaliers” is healthy in tone, spirited in treatment, and written in a manner calculated to attract lovers of historical adventure.... A capital book.--_Academy_, London. --- PUBLISHED BY HARPER & BROTHERS, NEW YORK. CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. OF WHAT BEFELL ON THE ROAD TO 1 ENNISKILLEN II. OF THE ENTERTAINMENT THEY HAD AT THE INN 28 III. OF THE WAY MY LORD GALMOY SAT IN 44 JUDGMENT IV. OF HOW THE VICOMTE PAID HIS DEBT 54 V. OF A MAN´S MEMORY 69 VI. OF HOW THE HEROINE COMES UPON THE STAGE 81 VII. OF THE RESCUE FROM GREAT PERIL 101 VIII. OF THE RETURN TO THE CITY 130 IX. OF HOW CAPTAIN MACPHERSON FULFILLED HIS 151 TRUST X. OF THE STAND IN THE TRENCHES 159 XI. OF A SERIOUS COMMUNICATION 184 XII. OF A WARM MORNING´S WORK 195 XIII. OF A STRATAGEM OF WAR 208 XIV. OF A GAME OF CHANCE 222 XV. OF HOW THE VICOMTE WAS BROUGHT BACK TO 245 LIFE