| I. | A NEW LEASE OF LIFE. | [3] |
| II. | THE FEDERATION OF FRANCE. | [8] |
| III. | WHERE THE BASTILE STOOD. | [14] |
| IV. | THE LODGE OF THE INVISIBLES. | [21] |
| V. | THE CONSPIRATORS ACCOUNT. | [27] |
| VI. | WOMEN AND FLOWERS. | [33] |
| VII. | THE KING'S MESSENGER. | [44] |
| VIII. | THE HUSBAND'S PROMISE. | [49] |
| IX. | OFF AND AWAY. | [53] |
| X. | ON THE HIGHWAY. | [61] |
| XI. | THE QUEEN'S HAIRDRESSER. | [67] |
| XII. | MISCHANCE. | [71] |
| XIII. | STOP, KING! | [76] |
| XIV. | THE CAPTURE. | [84] |
| XV. | POOR CATHERINE. | [96] |
| XVI. | THE MAN OF THE PEOPLE. | [102] |
| XVII. | THE FEUD. | [110] |
| XVIII. | ON THE BACK TRACK. | [120] |
| XIX. | THE DOLOROUS WAY. | [125] |
| XX. | MIRABEAU'S SUCCESSOR. | [135] |
| XXI. | ANOTHER DUPE. | [141] |
| XXII. | THE CENTRE OF CATASTROPHES. | [150] |
| XXIII. | THE BITTER CUP. | [155] |
| XXIV. | AT LAST THEY ARE HAPPY! | [161] |
| XXV. | CORRECTING THE PETITION. | [168] |
| XXVI. | CAGLIOSTRO'S COUNSEL. | [176] |
| XXVII. | THE SQUEEZED LEMON. | [181] |
| XXVIII. | THE FIELD OF BLOOD. | [186] |
| XXIX. | IN THE HOSPITAL. | [191] |
| XXX. | THE MOTHER'S BLESSING. | [196] |
| XXXI. | FORTIER EXECUTES HIS THREAT. | [201] |
THE ROYAL LIFE-GUARD.
CHAPTER I.
A NEW LEASE OF LIFE.
France had been changed to a limited monarchy from an absolute one, and King Louis XVI. had solemnly sworn to defend the new Constitution. But it had been remarked by shrewd observers that he had not attended the Te Deum at the Paris Cathedral, with the members of the National Assembly: that is, he would tell a lie but not commit perjury.
The people were therefore on their guard against him, while they felt that his Queen, Marie Antoinette, the daughter of Austria, was ever their foe.
But the murders by the rabble had frightened all property holders and when the court bought Mirabeau, the popular orator, over to its cause by paying his debts and a monthly salary the majority of the better classes, who had not fled from France in terror, thought the Royal Family would yet regain their own.