The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-06

was for blood" Madame Defarge no
longer sat behind the counter of her
small w1ne.shop. silently knitting into
her work the names Of her hated enc.
mics, but axe in hand and knife at her
belt. headed frenzied mob Of women
on to the Bastile. The French Revolu-
ton had actually begun.
Madame Defarge was one OF the
leading spirits OF the Revolution.
Early in life, she had seen her family
fall victims to the tyranny and lust OF
the cruel nobility; and from that time
her life had been devoted to revenge.
Three years Of crime and bloodshed
passed: and in 1892. Mr.. Jarvis Lorry
and Charles Darnay landed in Paris,
the former to protect the French
branch of Tellson and Company, and
the latter to befriend an old family
servant who had besought his help.
Not until they set foot in Paris, did
they realize into what a caldron of
fury they had plunged. Mr.. Lorry, on
account Of his business relations. was
! allowed his freedom, but Daruay was
hurried at once to the prison Of La
Force, there to await his trial. The
reason given for this outrage was the
new law for the arrest Of all returning
French emigrants, but the true cause
was that he had been recognized as
| Charles Evremonde.
These tidings soon reached London,
and DR.. Manette, with his daughter,
Lucie, fastened to Paris, for he felt
sure that his long confinement in the
Bastile would win for him the SYM
| pathy Of the French people and thus
enable him to save his son-in-law.
Days and months passed: and al
though the Doctor succeeded in gain
ing promise that Darnay's life should
be spared. the latter was not allowed
to leave his prison.
| At last, came the dreadful year of
the Reign Of Terror. The sympathy
which at first had been given to DR..
Manette had become weakened
through the influence Of the blood
thirsty Madame Defarge. Also there
had been found in the ruins of the
Bastile, paper which contained DR..
Manette's account Of his own abduc.
ton and imprisonment. and pronounc'
ing solemn curse upon the House OF
Evremonde and their descendants
! who were declared to be the authors
of his eighteen years of misery
Back to the Conciergie and death
within twenty-four hours"
To Sydney Carton, who had followed
his friends to Paris, came an inspira
ton. Did he not promise Lucie that
he would die to save a life she loved
By bribery he gains admittance to the
prison; Darnay is removed uncon
scious from the cell, and Carton sits
down to await his fate,
Along the Paris streets, six tumbrils
are carrying the days wine to La
Guillotine. In the third car, sits q
young man with his hands bound AS
the cries from the street arise agains,
him, they only move him to a quie,
smile, as he shakes more loosely his
hair about his face.
Crash! A head is held up. and the
knitting-women who are ranged about
the scaffold, count "One."
The third cart moves up, and the
supposed Evremonde descends. His
lips move. forming the words. "a life
you love-"
! The murmuring Of many voices, the
upturning of many faces. then al
flashes away.
"Twenty.three!"
Il am the resurrection and the life
saith the Lord; He that believeth IL
me, though he were dead, yet shall ht
live; and whosoever liveth and believ
eth in me shall never die"
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