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]