The diamond drill., 1920-05-01


unable to guide himself, conscious OF
the blight on him and resigning him
self TO let II eat him away"
He and Darnay soon became fire.
quent visitors an the small house I'm
Soho square. the home of DIR. Manette
and his daughter. Through Lucie's
care and devotion, the Doctor had al
most wholly recovered from the effects
OF his long Imprisonment. and IL was
only In times OF strong excitement that
any trace Of his past insanity could be
detected. The sweet face OF Lucie
Manette soon won the hearts OF both
the young men, but It was Darnay to
whom she gave her love.
And 80 that interview between Lucie
and Sydney Carton has pathos that
wrings our hearts. He knew that even
IL his love could have been returned, IL
would have added only TO his bitter
ness and sorrow. for he felt II would
have been powerless TO lift him from
the slough of Selfishness and Sensn-
ality that had engu1fed him. But he
could not resist this last sad confes-
sion of his love; and when she weeps
at the sorrow OF which she has been
the innocent cause, he implores: "Do
not weep. dear Miss Manette; the life
! lead renders me unworthy of your
pure love. My last supplbcation Is this:
Think now and then that there is a
man who would give. his life TO keep
a life you love beside you"
But dark days were to come. In the
year 1889 the downtrodden French
peasantry turned upon their oppres-
sors. The streets of Paris were filled
with crowds of people whose eager
cry was for ''blood." Madame Defarge
no longer sat behind the counter Of her
small wine shop, silently knitting into
her work the names OF her .hated
enemies, but axe In hand and knife at
her belt, headed frenzled mob of
women on TO the BastIe. The French
Revolution had actually begun.
Madame Defarge was one OF the
leading spirits OF the Revolution.
Early In life she had seen her family
fall victims 10 the tyranny and lust OF
the cruel nobility and from that time
her life had been devoted 90 revenge.
Three years of crime and bloodshed
passed, and In 1892 Mr.. Jarvis Lorry
and Charles Darnqy landed IN Paris,
he former 10 protect the French
branch of Tellson & CO., and the latter
20 befriend an old family servant who
nad besought his help. Not until they
nad set foot in Paris did they realize
into what caldron Of fury they had
plunged Mr.. Lorry, on account OF his
business relations, was allowed his
freedom, but Darnay was hurried at
once TO the prison OF La Force, there
% await his trial The reason given
for the outrage was the new law for
The arrest OF all returning French
amlgrants, but the true cause was that
he had been recognized as Charles
Evremonde.
These tidlngs soon reached London,
and DIR. Manette, with his daughter
Lucle, 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 10 save his son-in-law.
Days and months passed, and although
the Doctor succeeded I'm gaining
promise that Darnay's life should be
spared, the latter was not allowed 10
leave his prison.
At last came the dreadful year OF
the Reign OF Terror. The sympathy
which at first had been given to Or.
Mnnette had become weakened through
the influence OF the bloodthlrsty
Madame Defarge. Also. there had been
found I'm the ruins OF the BastIle pa
per which contained DIR. Manette's ac-
count OF his own abduction and Inn
prisonment, and pronounclng n solemn
.urse upon she House of Evremonde
aud their descendants, who were de-
clared TO be the authors of his eighteen
years OF misery. Charles Darnays
doom was sealed. "Back to the Con-
ciergerie and death within twenty-four
hours"
To Sydney Carton. who had followed
his friends TO Paris, came an inspira-
tion. Had henot promised Lucie that
he would die TO save n life she loved2
by bribery, he gains ndmittance to 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 10 In
guIllotine. In the third car sits young
man with his hands bound. AS the
cries from the street arise against him
they only move him 20 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 J
the scaffold count "One."
The third cart comes up and the sup
posed Evremonde descends His lips
move, forming the words, "a life you
love-"
The murmuring OF many voices, the
upturning OF many faces, then all
flashes awav