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

NEW YORK
THE CENTURY CO.
1905


Copyright, 1905, by
The Century Co.
Published January, 1905
THE DEVINNE PRESS


TO
MY FATHER


CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
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