Chapter I: Front Matter

ORPHANS OF THE STORM

ORPHANS OF THE STORM

A COMPLETE NOVEL

FROM D. W. GRIFFITH'S MOTION PICTURE EPIC ON THE IMMORTAL THEME OF

THE TWO ORPHANS

NOVELIZED BY

HENRY MacMAHON

ILLUSTRATED WITH SCENES FROM THE PHOTO-PLAY

GROSSET & DUNLAP

PUBLISHERS--NEW YORK

Made in the United States of America

Copyright 1922

BY HENRY MacMAHON

All rights reserved, including those of translation into foreign languages.

CONTENTS

I. TWO GIRLS OF NORMANDY 1
II. THE JOURNEY TO PARIS 5
III. WHAT HAPPENED AT THE COACH HOUSE 12
IV. THE FETE OF BEL-AIR 20
V. BEL-AIR--(CONTINUED) 27
VI. IN THE FROCHARDS' DEN 33
VII. TANGLED SKEINS 38
VIII. THE HONOR OF THE FAMILY 46
IX. FRIENDS OF THE PEOPLE 54
X. THE ATTACK ON DANTON 61
XI. LOUISE BEFORE NOTRE DAME 67
XII. LOVE, MASTER OF HEARTS 72
XIII. THE RECOGNITION 76
XIV. DOWN IN THE DEPTHS 84
XV. LIGHT RAYS IN THE DARKNESS 91
XVI. REVOLUTION IS HERE! 100
XVII. PRISON DELIVERY--AND AN ENCOUNTER 108
XVIII. "THERE IS NO LAW--" 114
XIX. KNIFE DUEL AND ESCAPE 124
XX. THE NEW TYRANNY 129
XXI. ADVENTURES OF A PILGRIM 136
XXII. ADVENTURES OF A PILGRIM (CONTINUED) 142
XXIII. BEFORE THE DREAD TRIBUNAL 149
XXIV. VENGEANCE COME TO JUDGMENT 156
XXV. THE VOICE OF DANTON 160
XXVI. REPRIEVE OR AGONY 169
XXVII. THE FAREWELL 173
XXVIII. MANIAC WITH A DAGGER 178
XXIX. DANTON'S RIDERS 184
XXX. THE AFTERMATH 191

ORPHANS OF THE STORM