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THE RED WINDOW

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Popular Novels by Fergus Hume

THE SECRET PASSAGE

The Albany Evening Journal says: "Fully as interesting as his former books, and keeps one guessing to the end. The story begins with the murder of an old lady, with no apparent cause for the crime, and in unraveling the mystery the author is very clever in hiding the real criminal. A pleasing romance runs through the book, which adds to the interest."

12mo, Cloth bound, $1.25

THE YELLOW HOLLY

The Philadelphia Public Ledger says: "'The Yellow Holly' outdoes any of his earlier stories. It is one of those tales that the average reader of fiction of this sort thinks he knows all about after he has read the first few chapters. Those who have become admirers of Mr. Hume cannot afford to miss 'The Yellow Holly.'"

12mo, Cloth bound, $1.25

A COIN OF EDWARD VII.

The Philadelphia Item says: "This book is quite up to the level of the high standard which Mr. Hume has set for himself in 'The Mystery of a Hansom Cab' and 'The Rainbow Feather.' It is a brilliant, stirring adventure, showing the author's prodigious inventiveness, his well of imagination never running dry."

12mo, Cloth bound, $1.25

THE PAGAN'S CUP

The Nashville American says: "The plot is intricate with mystery and probability neatly dovetailed and the solution is a series of surprises skillfully retarded to whet the interest of the reader. It is excellently written and the denouement so skillfully concealed that one's interest and curiosity are kept on edge till the very last. It will certainly be a popular book with a very large class of readers."

12mo, Cloth bound, $1.25

THE MANDARIN'S FAN

The Nashville American says: "The book is most attractive and thoroughly novel in plot and construction. The mystery of the curious fan, and its being the key to such wealth and power is decidedly original and unique. Nearly every character in the book seems possible of accusation. It is just the sort of plot in which Hume is at his best. It is a complex tangle, full of splendid climaxes. Few authors have a charm equal to that of Mr. Hume's mystery tales."

12mo, Cloth bound, $1.25

G. W. DILLINGHAM COMPANY PUBLISHERS NEW YORK

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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