12mo, Cloth bound, $1.25 G. W. DILLINGHAM COMPANY PUBLISHERS NEW YORK * * * * * * THE RED WINDOW [Illustration: "THERE HE SAW HIS GRANDFATHER SEATED BY THE FIRE WITH A HANDKERCHIEF ROUND HIS NECK." (_Frontispiece._) Page 63.] THE RED WINDOW by FERGUS HUME Author of "The Mystery of a Hansom Cab," "The Rainbow Feather," "A Coin of Edward VII," "The Pagan's Cup," "Claude Duval of Ninety-Five," etc., etc. With Frontispiece [Illustration] G. W. Dillingham Company Publishers New York Copyright, 1904, by G. W. Dillingham Company Entered at Stationers' Hall _The Red Window_ _Issued May, 1904_ CONTENTS CHAP. PAGE I. Comrades 9 II. Sir Simon Gore 23 III. The Will 38 IV. A Strange Adventure 50 V. Lost in the Darkness 64 VI. A Maiden Gentlewoman 77 VII. Bernard's Friends 90 VIII. Bernard's Enemies 103 IX. At Cove Castle 115 X. A Statement of the Case 129 XI. Mrs. Gilroy's Past 142 XII. The New Page 155 XIII. A Consultation 170 XIV. Love in Exile 183 XV. The Past of Alice 195 XVI. The Unexpected 208 XVII. The Diary 221 XVIII. Tolomeo's Story 232 XIX. Plots and Counterplots 245 XX. A Confession 259 XXI. Young Judas 276 XXII. The Truth 291 XXIII. A Year Later 309 The Red Window CHAPTER I COMRADES "Hullo, Gore!" The young soldier stopped, started, colored with annoyance, and with a surprised expression turned to look on the other soldier who had addressed him. After a moment's scrutiny of the stranger's genial smile he extended his hand with pleased recognition. "Conniston," said he, "I thought you were in America."