Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustration. See 46098-h.htm or 46098-h.zip: (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/46098/46098-h/46098-h.htm) or (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/46098/46098-h.zip) Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive. See https://archive.org/details/innameoflibertys00johniala 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 LAJOIE 250 V CRAMOISIN PLOTS AGAINST NICOLE 266 VI BARABANT HESITATES 277 VII THE MADNESS OF JEALOUSY 290 VIII LA FÊTE DE LA RAISON 301 IX AS DID CHARLOTTE CORDAY 314 X UNRELENTING IN DEATH 323 XI NICOLE FORGOES THE SACRIFICE 332 XII THE FATHER OF LOUISON 346 XIII DAUGHTER OF THE GUILLOTINE 357 XIV THE LAST ON THE LIST 369 XV THE FALL OF THE TERROR 386 EPILOGUE 402 IN THE NAME OF LIBERTY I