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Charles Dickens

1936,

ATALE OF TWO CITIES

Adapted by LEBBEUS MITCHELL

has

Synopsis-Lucie ́ Manette fallen in love with Charles Dar nay who returned on the same boat from France in which Lucie brought her father, Dr. Manette, Just freed from 18 years in the Paris Bastilie by the Jacquerie in 1784. She becomes friends with Sydney Carton, drinking. cynical assistant the lawyer, Struver, who gets Daring Freed of a treason charge instigated by Darnay's uncle, the Marquis de St. Evremonde. Carton, on the point of declaring his love for Lucle, hears from her own lips that she ta to marry Darnay. Darnay learns that it was his uncle who had had Dr. Manette imprisoned in the Bastille and confesses that fact to him. The Doctor does not hold it against him. Lucie and Darnay are.mar- ried while Carton drinks himself blind drunk, and the Marquis is murdered in bed in his French chateau.

MINGLING THREADS OF DRAMA

CHAPTER VI

Several years. Inter a number of the "nequeries" were gathered in

the wine shop of Ernest Defrage in

the Rue Saint Antoine, watching troops of soldiers passing.

"Jacques" whispered: "How

soldiers are they bringing in?"

Koos,

us

from

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"Look at the

PICTURE

"That's the kind of talk that cost arose from the running footsteps of

the American colonies," said pedestrians seeking shelter. Sydney Carton,

crowd rushing to "No comparison at all that I can escape the storma!" said Carton as see," remarked Jarvis Lorry.

they closed the window. "Listen "None," continued Stryver, "We to their echoes." lost the colonies because they fell Junder

the spell of that upstart event think it foolish

"Sometimes liave sat here of an until I have fancied Washington."

The time may come,

you will

until Stryver, when the upstart

have made the echoes out to be Washington may the echoes of all the footsteps that be a better remembered Englishman are coming bye and bye Inlu, my than George the Third," said Carton, father's life, and mine.

*Stuff and nonsensel" exclaimed dery. this Lorry.

Miss Prose appeared in the door passed over her figure. way, desirous of speech. "What is it, Prossic 7"

There must be a great crowd "The Infant expressed a desire today, it that be

indeed coming into your lives one Hear them- say good night to you, Mr. Carton." Thear them come fost..

The infant's desire will be grati ded instantly anld Carton,

arose and left the dining room,

It's thud-

A shudder indeed

Frushing Inness except for the

80.

Nerce...

furious!"

and

To Be Continued)

"I suppose it's none of my busi- nens," said Mr. Lorry, "but I wouldn't

let that fellow handle a child of WOLF CUB RALLY

mine."

"Really, Darnay," chimed in Stry- ver earnestly, "I don't see why you tolerate that fellow around your

house.”

you tolor-

"Well, Stryver, why do ate him around your office?"

"I often consider dismissing hiny, but I think: Where would he get What would he do?"

"He's

Carton in

COMPETITION · FOR

TOTEM POLE

Cub Packs of the Hongkong Boy An impressive rally of the Wolf Scouts Association took place, y kind permission of Lt. Col. Dowbiggin, the Volunteer Parado Ground on

མ can't help liking "pite of his faults, cald Dr. Manette. Saturday afternoon. The Interesting a very docent fellow," said displays given by the various packs Darnay emphatically, and Lucie competing for the coveted Totem likes him, which proves it."..

Lucie was bending over the cradle

Pole were very much appreciated by

many thousands of these foreign when Sydney Carton entered these large gathering of spectators,

"It doesn't matter how many,She wanted so badly to say good

bedroom.

"Sh-h-h!" she warned him, composed mainly of relatives, replied Mindome Defarge: In

Officials of the Association pre- night to guarded voice. "It will do them you are her favourite, Sydney."

you, but

but she fell asleep, sent were the Rev. N. V. Halward

"It will do them no good," echoed

"And she's mine.

(Commissioner), Mr. Cyril Champkin Do you know Deputy Commissioner), Mir, 1. Dor- La Vengeance in a fierce whisper,

why, Lurle?

Because she accepts mer without criticism-never asks Comdr. Lawder, ODE, R.N.

(Akela Leader) and Paym | shaking her wild, grey locks.

(Fleet "There are only a few officers with me where I've been or what I've senutmaster, Deep Sea Scouts), who the troops.

sald another Jacques. been doing: doesn't object to my inspected the Packs on arrival, an

They are dancing with the ladies

"At a

me

drinking. The perfect friend!"

Luele laughed as she led the way

to the unicony of the bedroom.

at Versailles," observed M. Deforge.

a masked ball." "Let them dance!" muttered LaSometimes it's the part of a friend Vengeance, as a French soldier en-to criticise, too."

tered and made his way to Madame "Well, there's hope of reformation. Deforge.

jyet,"

observed Carton cheerfully,

Mr. D. A. Pockson, the Secretary of

he Association.

The Packs taking part in the dis play were: 1st Hongkong Sea Secuts. (Cubmaster, Mrs. Brown); 1st St. Joseph's College (Cubmaster, Mr. Lim "I came to tell you, Jacques," said "but with me it's hapeless, Lucie, Kim-kuen); 2nd R.C. Cathedral (Cub the newcomer, "that from the hopeless!"

Mr. A. Lock); manter

4th Murray soldiers you have nothing to fear.]

"I don't belleve it. Sydney. I re- (R.U.R.) (Cubmaster, Mrs.

fra. Rodwell); We are with you.

fuse to believe it."

and 11th Peak (Cubmaster, Mias "I admit that once when I first | Clay) ;

།

while the Kowloon Packs knew you--the sight of you in your wore ist St. Andrew's Church (Cub- home stirred old shadows that master, Miss F

4th Garrison Wong); thought had died out of me I had (Cubmaster, Mr. G. 1. Maddick); unformed ideas of striving afresh, 9th Union Church (Cubmaster, Mrs. beginning anew, lighting the aban- Goyna); and 12th Kowloon Tong doned fight A dream that endt Anglican Church (Cubmaster, Mrs. in nothing. But you inspired it," A. M. Easterbrook).

"Must it end in nothing?"

Having delivered his message, he went out, passing a wood-cutter with a bundle of faggots on his shoulder,

Want this in the loft?" asked the wood-cutter loudly, then lowered his voice: "Aristo spy-used to be with Evremonde-name of Borsad."

At onca Madame Defarge reached for a red rose on the table and stuck

it in her hair. Some of the citizens "I'm afraid so. But for that in- The Grand Howl was acknowledged pretended to be engrossed in an inspiration, for that dream, I shall by the Deputy Commissioner, Mr. nocent game of dominoes; others always be grateful to you, Lucie." | Champkin.

played cards. Bursad entered with:

"I feel in you still such possibili-

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"Don't you recall that when the Marquis was killed some years ago his death was applauded in this neighbourhood, Jacques ?"

"You make. mistake when you call my husband Jeques Raid Madame Defarge calmly. "His nadie is Ernest. I don't want to make the same mistake in your name: are there two d'a in Barsad?"

Startled at her knowledge of his name, Barand gulped the rest of his cognac, muttered an excuse and beat a hasty retreat.

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"If he said it, it's probably Inlse," replied his wife. "But it may be true.

"I hope for her wake, Destiny will keep her husband out of France."

"Her husband's destiny will lead him to the end that is to end him," paid his wife coldly.

"That is to end him!" chlined the ghoulish Ln Vengeance.

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"I, for one," Charles Darnay was saying, "do not believe there will be a terror in France. I count on the sanity and good sense of the people." "The trouble is the aristocrats weron't firm enough," wald Stryver. "They should have hangod a fow hoodlums, and that's all the revolu tion there would have been."

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And then the fun starled! Racing frem car to bar -- from jail to bail........ until she gagged him with his own wisecracks!

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