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IN THE NAME OF LIBERTY


[Illustration: BARABANT SURPRISES NICOLE]


IN THE NAME OF LIBERTY

A Story of the Terror

by

OWEN JOHNSON

Author of "Arrows of the Almighty"


   O Liberty! Liberty! how many crimes are committed
   in thy name!      _Madame Roland_







[Illustration]

New York
The Century Co.
1905

Copyright, 1905, by
The Century Co.

Published January, 1905

The Devinne Press




                                  TO
                               MY FATHER




CONTENTS


 CHAPTER                                             PAGE

    I     IN SEARCH OF THE REVOLUTION                   3

   II     A RESCUE FROM ARISTOCRATS                    14

  III     CITOYENNE NICOLE                             30

   IV     BREWINGS OF THE STORM                        54

    V     THE TAKING OF THE TUILERIES                  74

   VI     THE HEART OF A WOMAN                         92

  VII     THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS                       104

 VIII     THE MOTHER OF LOUISON                       116

   IX     THE TURN OF JAVOGUES                        127

    X     A TRIUMPH OF INSTINCT                       140

   XI     THE MAN WITH THE LANTERN                    155

  XII     THE MASSACRE OF THE PRISONS                 165

 XIII     DOSSONVILLE IN PERIL                        176

  XIV     GOURSAC AS ACCUSER                          188

   XV     LOVE, LIFE, AND DEATH                       200


                                PART II

                           (One Year Later)

    I     FAMINE                                      211

   II     DOSSONVILLE EARNS A KISS                    224

  III     WAITING FOR BREAD                           235

   IV     SIMON LAJO