Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1920-09-10


Sydney Carton was young Hilgllsh
lawyer, brilliant In intellect but stead
lily deteriOratlng through his life Of
dissipation able to advise others but
unable to guide himself, conscious Of
the blight on him and resigning him
self to let 1t eat hin away"
He and Darnay soon became fire.
quent visitors at the small house In
Soho square, the home of Dr. Manette
and his daughter Through Lucle's
care and devotion, the Doctor had al
most wholly recovered from the effects
Of his long imprisonment and 1t 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 1t was Darnay to
whom she gave her love.
And so that interview between Lucie
and Sydney Carton has pathOs that
wrlngs our hearts. He knew that even
If his love could have been returned, 1t
would have added only to his bitter
ness and sorrow, for he felt 1t would
have been pOwerless to lift him from
the slough Of Selfshness and Sensu-
atty that had engulfed him. But he
could not resist this last sad confess
sion of his love; and when she weeps
at the sorrow Of which she has been
the innocent cause, he lmplOres: DO
not weep, dear Miss Manette; the life
I lead renders me unworthy Of your
pure love. My last suppllcation Is this:
Think now and then that there Is a
man who would give his life to keep
life you love beside you"
But dark days were to come. In the
year 1889 the downtrOdden French
Deasantry 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 a frenzled mob of
women on to the BAstile. 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 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 & Co., and the latter
to befriend an old family servant who
had besought his help. Not until they
had 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 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
le had been recognized as Charles
DvremOnde.
These tldlngs soon reached London,
md DR.. Manette, with his daughter
Iucie, FASTENED to Paris, for he felt
iure that his long confinement in the
3astile would win for him the sym 4
,athy of the French people, and thus
'nable him to save his son-in-law. S
Days and months passed, and although Il
he Doctor succeeded in gaining D
Promise that Darnay's life should be n
pared, the latter was not allowed to
cave his prison.
At last came the dreadful year Of
he Reign of Terror. The sympathy
Which at first had been given to DR..
lanette had become weakened through
he influence of the bloOdthlrsty
fadame Defarge. Also, there had been
bund In the ruins Of the BastiIe a pa
,er which contained DR.. Manette's &C
cunt of his own abduction and i'm
and pronOunclng solemn
lrse upon The House of Evremonde
nd their descendants, who were de-
Jared to be the authors of his eighteen
ears of misery. Charles Darnays
Dom was sealed. Back to the Con-
ergerie and death within twenty-four
ours"
To Sydney Carton, who had followed
Is friends to Paris, came an lnsplra-
on. Had he not promised Lucle that
> would die to save life she loved?
Y bribery, he gains admittance to the
1sOn; Darnay is removed unconscious
ON the cell, and Carton sits down to
wait his fate
Along the Paris streets six tum-
ills are carrying the days wine to la
lillOtlne. In the third car sits a young
an with his hands bound. AS the -
les from the street arise against him
ey only move him to a quiet smile as
shakes more loosely his hair about
s face.
Crash! A head is held up and the
lifting women who are ranged about
e scaffOld count "One."
The third cart comes up and the sup
sed EvremOnde descends. His lips
ove, forming the words, "a life you