The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-17


lettor to show as reason for entering
France--prepare him for tho worst;
and he was not surprised when no was
dragged to the prison OF La Force the
Instant tho gates OF Paris closed be-
hind him.
La Force took MIN in ana swallowed
him down. He could soc no one, send
for no one. speak to no ono, write to
no one. La Force erased him from tho
living world before he was dead
Yet love found him. there. Ills wife
Lllcio followed him 70 Paris with her
father, whose fame as an old Bastllt
prisoner opened the way fer them. In
that emotional time, DR.. Manetto's ar
rival in Paris was as the arrival OF u
hero. Men and women who had killed
and burned and destroyed like ravlng
beasts scarcely half, all hour before,
reached out with their bloody hands to
touch his. nnd orlod Like children at the
tale of his sufferngs. Dr.. Manettc
blessed his old pain, for It opened even
the gates OF La i'orco for him: aud
whom at last st. EYromonde was led
ont TO trial. again Ills connection with
DR.. Manette changed the watchful pas
sion drunken mob that waited at those
trials only with one emotion--that OF
jealousy lest the guillotine be cheated.
Instead of demanding ST. Evromonde's
head, they demanded his release and
wife in Il mad, screaming procession
above which tossed thousands OF red
caps waved aloft ON pixies.
But they seized him again. almost
within tho hour. "A word had gone
through the streets Of Paris-a word
about Evrcmondc. 1t had made eye
seek eye In tho very crowd that had
borne him homo, Each eye had .
meaning. determined look; and the
look snid "Denth!"
lilo had been denounced as one OF
race prescribed for infamous oppres-
sion. And when DR.. AIunettc tried in
court to aid him again. he was con
fronted with the statement that he
himself had denounced the prisoner.
In the roar of Unirsty, lusting rage
that followed. his denial passed I'M
heard. Then suddenly tense silence
fell on the crowd and a man produced
a paper. wrinkled. yellow, with the ink
dim on it. II was paper he had
found In 4 secret cell when he had
helped sack the BRstile.
That cell was the coil That had boon
occupied By Dr. AIhnctte for eishtccri
years. That paper was the story writ
ten BY DR.. 1tunctte and hidden By him
1t was written in the tenth year of his
agony.
1t told how ahc lod attended two
woman had been wronged BY great
noDlcniun and had gone madL The
man. her brother. was dying from
sword thrust administered by the one
who had wronEcd his sister. The next
night, continued DR.. Manette's paper.
he was seized. identified by tho noble
man, and carried to the Bastile. From
That night he never heard Of the outer
world again, never knew whether his
young wife and child were dead OF
alive. And In his unbcarable anguish
nc denounced his torturer's race TO
Heaven and to Earth.
A terrible sound arose Whom the
reading of this paper was done There
was not a head in the nation but must
have fallen before II. Tho prisoner
knew that nc was doomed; for tho
name Of tho race that DR.. Manettc had
thus denounced was st. Evrcmonde.
At every juryman's voice as lie an
no,inced his verdict, there was howl
that was like nothins in the world
but n howl of great cat leapinB on
prey. Unanimously Voted! Back to
the Conciergerie. and Death within
Twentyfour Hours!
Issuing from an obscure corner from
which he had never moved during the
trial, sydney Carton sprang to Lucle
Manette's side and supported her as
he raised her. lie carried her lightly
to the door, followed by her father
and Mr.. Lorry, who had arrived in
Paris OH business almost 1T the same
tinlc as st. Evremonde.
Carton carried Luclc unstairs In
their lodgings and laid her OH the
couch Little Lucic ran to him and
chung to his neck. lie pressed her
blooming check against his face. Then
- l., L. i,I,,t a Al
down on the unconscious mother.
before ] co. he said, and paused
looking at the two old men, may
kiss her."
When nc bent down. he murmurad a
few words. The child heard them. a.id
often told her grandchildren, when size
herself was a handsome old lady, that
his words were: ~ life you love-
lie passed Into the next room ane
there told Mr.. I.arry that he had hur-
ried TO Paris TO see II lie could DC 81
any use. He had been able. so far, Ia
do only ono thing. lie had me-, ty
chance. one OF the turkeys ut tbs
Conciergerie. and had recognized tho
man as n former English government
spy. Threatening him with exposure
Ia deadly threat In those days OF
Wholesale denunciation--he fud sue
ceeded in making arrangements TO Sain
access to the prisoncr--oniy once. ana
only for a. few moments 1t was not
much, said Carton.
No" said Mr.. I.orry, driving his eyas,
"iin must perish There is no hopa."
Yes. lie VIII perish. There is 10
hope" replied Carton, and walked with
n settled step downstairs.
He did not tell Mr.. Lcrry that he had
stopped at a chemists shop and that.
at that moment he had III his braas.
pocket some powders that the chemist
rad given to him with hesitation, and
only after grave warning.
lie presented himself before Mr..
Lorry again i'll the morning-thc morn
ing of the day that WAS - sce St
Evrcmonde die.
mfr. Lorry," said he. ~ nave iuior-
nation that Or, Manette ana his
daughter are 10 he denounced. You
have money and can buy the means Of
ira Yelling TO the coast as ouiciSly as