Gunnison news-champion., 1920-06-04
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s-r TO t-gin life anew.


~ t-'--iora'inE through his life %
1r.-.|. 90 guide himself. -con~cious %
r.Is. h. -hi on him and reeIsninE him
30; 20 let II eat him away
IIa and Daruay sp0n became fire.
.lanr visitors at the small house In
sHHa -guar~. the home Of Dr. Manet;s
luG his daughter Through LHci-'s
7tr. and devotion. the Doctor had al
r.1sr wholly recovered from the effects
= Dis long Imprisonment and II vas
a.y Iu times Of strong excitement that
any rTuc, - hi- pas, insanity could be
detected. The sweet face Of Luci.
E'aa.ite soon won the hearts Of both
20, young men. but IL was Darnay TO
hum she gave her love.
And ~ that interview between Lucie
sud sydney Carton has "A pathos that
rsaurs our hearts. He knew that even
[ 20 hls lpy" could have hscn returned, Il
Z could have added only to his bitter
1s~s and sorrow. for h. felt ii would
I have been pIwerlssS Ia lift him from
Z she slough Of SeIhshnsss and Sensu-
allry that had enguIfed blm. But he
auuid not resist This last sad coufe--
I sIun II his love: and when she weeps
I ~ th" sorrow ~ which she has been
tar Innocent cause. he implores: do
( not weep. dear Miss Manette: the life
[ ! Lad renders me unworthy OF your
( pure love. Ny last supplication Is this
Think now and then that there Is a
rlnu who would give his life to keep
"a life you love beside you"
] But dark days were TO come. In the
year 1888 the downtrodden French
T-asantry turned upon their oppres-
snrs. The streets OF Paris were filled
c-y was for blood" Madame Defarge
7 nn 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 nj
/ her belt. headed a frenZIed mob OF
women on To the Bastile. The French
/ Ery"lution had actually begun.
Madame Defarge was one Of the
! leading spirits OF the Revolution.
( Early In life she had seen her family
Z fall victims 10 the tyranny and lust Of
! tie cruel nobility and from that time
her life had been devoted TO revenge.
I Three years OF crime and bloodshed
passed, and In 1872 Nr. Jarvis Lorry
/ and Charles Darnny landed In Paris.
The former to protect the French
D-nnch Of Tellson 4 Co. and the latter
10 befriend an old family servant who
Il had besought his help. Not until they
/ lnd set foot in Paris did they realize
Into what a caldron Of fury they had
I 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
| q await his trial. The reason given
fcr the outrage was the new law for
n. arrest of all returning French
migrants. but the true cause was that
he had been recognized as Charles
Eyremonde.
These tidings soon reached London.
and DIR. Manette. with his daughter
Lucle hastcned to Paris, for he felt
sure that his long confinement in the
BastIie would win for him the SYM
pathy of the French people. and thus
enable him Ia save his son-ln-law.
Days and months passed. and although
the Doctor succeeded In gaining u
promise that Darnay's life should be
spared, the latter WIS not allowed to
leave his prison.
Al last came the dreadful year Of
the Reign OF Terror. The sympathy
which ut first had been given TO DIR.
I... a I,
the Influence OF the bloodthirsty
Madame Defarge. Also, there had been
found In the ruins Of the Bastile n pa
per which contained Dr. Manette's &C.
count Of his own abduction and i'm
prisonment, and pronouncing n solemn
.urse upon .he House of Evremonde
and their descendants. who were de-
clared to be the althors Of his eighteen
wears of misery. Charles Darnay's
doom WAS sealed. Back TO the Con-
ciergerie and death within twenty-four
hours"
To Sydnss Carton. who had followed
his friends to Paris, came an inspira-
/ lion. Had he not promised Lucie that
! lie would die to save a life she lovedI
iiy bribery. he gains admittance TO the
prison: Darnay is removed unconscious
from the cell. and Carton sits down to
await his fate.
Along the Paris streets six tum-
brIls are carrying the days wine to Ia
sn!llotine. In the third car sits young
man with his hands bound. As the
cries from the street arise against him
;l:ey only move him to n quiet smile us
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 comes up and the sup
posed Evremonde descends. His lips
move. forming the words. "a life you
iove."
The murmuring of many voices, the
M many f,cus thar oil