White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1920-05-16

Sydne Carton vas 4 youh- Eh-
LAWYER. brilliant In intellect, but stead
ily de~teriorating through his life OF
dissipation, able to a&I1~Shers ou.
unable to guide hims conscious OF
the blight on him al Signing him
self 10 let IL eat himfVYVay.'
He and Darnay soon became ire
auent visitors at the small house In
s.,ho M the home of DR.. Manette
aud his daughter. Through Ludes
are and devotion. the Doctor had al
mosr wholly recovered from the effects
Of his long Imprisonment, and II was
only In times Of strong excitement that
n trace Of his past insanity could De
I a.tected. The sweet face Of Lucie
Manette soon won the hearts Of both
the young men. bur Il was Darnay 10
whom she gave her love.
And so that interview between Lucie
and sydney Carton has a pathos that
Wriugs our hearts. He knew that even
II his love could have been returned, II
would have added only 70 his bitter
aeSS and sorrow, for be felt IL would
have been powerless 20 lift him from
The slough Of Selashness and sensu-
atty that had engalfed him. But he
sould not resist this last sad confes-
sion of his love: and when she weeps
II the sorrow II which she has been
The innocent cause. he ImplOres: DO
not weep. dear Miss Maneite; The life
lead renders me unworthy q your
pure love. My last supplieation & this:
Think now and thea thai there Is a
man Who would give his life 70 Keep
a life you love beside you.
But dark days were To come. n the
year l7s9 the downtrodden French
p~easantry turned Upon their oppres-
sors Tie streets Of Paris were filled
vith crowds q people whose eager
cry was for blood Madame Defarge
no longer sat behind t4e counter Of her
snail vine shop. silently knitting Into
her work the names Il her hated
enemies. bur axe Ia hand and knife a.
her belt, headed q frenzied mob OF
women on to the Bsstile. The French
Revolution had actually begun-
Madame Defarge was one Of the
leading spirits - the Revolution.
Early n life she had seen her family
fan victims % The tyranny and lust OF
lie cruel nobility ard from that time
Ter Hfe hsd been devoted 10 revenge.
Three vsarx II crime and bleodshed
raised. and n 17ez Nr. Jarvis LOFTY
and Charles Daruay landed N Paris.
he forI1er - protect The French
1rauch 4 TeIlaon 4 Co. and the latter
% befaend al old family servant who
had hes8aEht hls help. Not until they
lad 81 foot n Paris did they realize
mo Wat e czldron - fury they had
azn-eI VI. LoTTy. en- account Of his
business relations. was allowed his
freedom. bur Darnay was hurried az
ozoe - the prison 81 La Force, there
. await his trial. The reason given
for the outrage Vas the new law for
he arrest q I'll returning French
migrants bur The true cause WAS that
be had been recognized a. Charles
Eyremeade.
Theas Qdinss 0 reached London.
and nr. tianerte. with his daughter
LUCE. FASTENED 10 Paris. for he felt
sure that his long confinement IN the
BastiIe would win for him the sym
patty OF the French people. and thus
enable him TO ssve his soD-ln-lsw.
Days and months passed and although
the Doctor succeeded IN gaining q
promise that DArnsy's life should be
spared. the latter was not allowed 20
leave his prison
AT last cane the dreadful year Of
The Reign Of Terror. The sympathy
which 81 frr had been given TO DR..
MAnetfe had become weakened through
the influence OF the blocdthirsty
Madame Defarge. Also. there had been
-and In the ruins Of the Bastile a pa
per which contained DT. Manette's &C
count CT hts own abduction and I'm
p~rtsounent. and pronouneing q solemn
urse upon he House Of Evremonde
and their descendants who were de-
elared 70 be the authors Of his eighteen
years Of misery. Charles parnay's
doom vas sealed. Back 10 the Con-
ciergerie and death within twenty-four
hours"
To Sydney Carton. who had followed
his friends to Paris. came an inspira.
ton. Had he not promised Lucie that
be would die 10 savs a life she loyedi
By bribery, he gains admittance 10 the
prison Darnay is removed unconscious
from the cell. and Carton sits down TO
await his fate.
Along the Paris streets six tum-
Drills are carrying the days wine 70 la
~suillOtine. In the third car sits q young
man with his hands bound. As the
cries from the street arise against him
they only move him to a quiet 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 scafold count One"
The third cart comes up and the sup.
posed Eyremonde descends. His lips
move. forming the words. "a life YOU
love-"