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...listen now, dear people, And hear my story through, I pray God 'twill warn you Of the fate of Marvin Drew...
Indeed a newsworthy shop is 201 East 44th Street, whose fate TIME will report...
...Tiger" General depicts the fate of Fei Chen-O, a court lady who is claimed in marriage by the conqueror of her nation. When the victor sends his "Tiger" General to marry the girl in his stead, Fei Chen-O gets the general exceedingly drunk and stabs him to death in the marriage bed. Then, having revenged her people, she slays herself...
Back in Europe again, he unearths the last missing clue to Alberta's fate, and finally discovers her in Paris. By this time he is in love with her, although they have never exchanged a word. But when he meets a German War ace who has been looking frantically for her, and with whom she is really in love, he does an inconspicuous Sidney Carton, and leaves them together...
...doesn't mind leaping puddles and dodging the splash of autos as he crosses the Square, for there is at least an even chance of reaching the other side without going in above the ankles; but somehow it doesn't seem equitable that Fate has inevitably decreed the sacrifice of neatly pressed trousers and well shined shoes at the altar of learning...