[Frontispiece: Miss Lillian Gish as Anna Moore.
D. W. Griffith's Production. 'Way Down East.]

'WAY DOWN EAST

A ROMANCE OF NEW ENGLAND LIFE

BY

JOSEPH R. GRISMER

Founded on the Very Successful Play of the

Same Title by

LOTTIE BLAIR PARKER

ILLUSTRATED WITH SCENES FROM
D. W. GRIFFITH'S MAGNIFICENT
MOTION PICTURE PRODUCTION OF THE
ORIGINAL STORY AND STAGE PLAY

GROSSET & DUNLAP

PUBLISHERS ——————— NEW YORK

Copyright, 1900

By Joseph R. Grismer


'Way Down East

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

Miss Lillian Gish as Anna Moore…… Frontispiece

Martha Perkins and Maria Poole.

Martha Perkins tells the story of Anna Moore's past life.

Lillian Gish and Burr McIntosh.

WAY DOWN EAST

CHAPTER I.

ALL HAIL TO THE CONQUERING HERO.

Methinks I feel this youth's perfections,
With an invisible and subtle stealth,
To creep in at mine eyes.—Shakespeare.

It had come at last, the day of days, for the two great American universities; Harvard and Yale were going to play their annual game of football and the railroad station of Springfield, Mass., momentarily became more and more thronged with eager partisans of both sides of the great athletic contest.

All the morning trains from New York, New Haven, Boston and the smaller towns had been pouring their loads into Springfield. Hampden Park was a sea of eager faces. The weather was fine and the waiting for the football game only added to the enjoyment—the appetizer before the feast.

The north side of the park was a crimson dotted mass full ten thousand strong; the south side showed the same goodly