NEW YORK AND LONDON
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
1914

Copyright, 1914, by
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY

Printed in the United States of America


[CONTENTS]

CHAPTER PAGE
Prologue[1]
I.A Warrant upon Douglas[18]
II.On the Way to Castle Yewe[32]
III.Of a Night in the Red Tavern[44]
IV.The Incident of the Wolf-hound[59]
V.The Incident of the Cutting of Saffron Velvet[81]
VI.The Pavilion of Purple and Black[94]
VII.Of the Awakening of Sir Richard[104]
VIII.Of a Quarrel and a Challenge[117]
IX.Of an Ambuscade, a Duel, and an Escape[133]
X.Of a Night in a Shepherd's Hut, and a Surprise in the Morning[147]
XI.Of How Sir Richard Came to Castle Yewe[165]
XII.Of the Delivery of the King's Warrant[187]
XIII.Of the Incident of the Cobbler's Feast[205]
XIV.Of a Series of Remarkable Duels, and De Claverlok's Peril[217]
XV.Of the Gallery of the Griffin's Heads[229]
XVI.Of the Return of Lord Douglas, and the Council of Jackdaws[250]
XVII.Of a Joust with Bull Bengough, and the Incident of the Knight in Black[267]
XVIII.Of Sir Richard's Meeting with the Foot-boys, and His Return to the Red Tavern[285]
XIX.Of the Rescue of the Maiden[300]
XX.Of How Sir Richard Came to the Shepherd's Hut, and the Return Of Tyrrell[320]
XXI.Of How Sir Richard Listened to a Story in the Forest[335]
XXII.Of How Once More the Young Knight Journeyed Southward[343]
XXIII.Of a Vision in the Forest of Lammermuir[358]
XXIV.Of How Sir Richard Played the King in His Little Kingdom[369]
XXV.Of the End of the Red Tavern and Its Fitting Epitaph[382]
XXVI.Of How a Fledgling Dropped from the Conspirator's Nest[397]

[THE RED TAVERN]