The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-12-30
a Torgc,fui Dean.

When Or. Buckland was dean Of
Westminster. the lately deceased DR..
Rmballt applied to him for permission
to make extract, from the registers OF
the abbey. il order 10 ascertain the dates
Of admission and ofth deccasc of some
of the eminent men who hal been ON
the establishment ut Westminster.
The difficulty which presented itself to
the dean : mind was that 1t would he too
great Il tax upon his own time to wait
while the extracts We're made, and that
he c0uid not give up the keys OF the
imminent room to any person. Sull
he desired to Obligc in ali eases OF lit
orary research, and therefore offered to
take DR.. Rimbault into the room, and
to leave him there, to be let out mt any
appointed time. The proposal was par
ticularly agreeable to DR.. Rimbaut, rs
he could then work without interrupt
ton. Thinking that about three hours
would suffice, and rs he dined at an
early hour he appointed one o'clock.
The dean wa not punctual. and the
doctor worked ON. At three o'clock the
latter felt the want of his dinner. his
extracts were finished. and he wished
only to be gone What could have de
tanned the DEAN But no step was 10 be
heard The evening service soon began.
nd at length the last peal of the organ
had faded away, and all was quiet. 1t
then became evident that DR.. Rimhault
was forgotten and how long was this to
last? Before daylight had quite passed
away he had surveyed his position and
found that he was in Il trap from which
if was imnossible to extricate himself.
He could neither scale the window nor
make himself heard. He was quite at
fine mercy of fine dcan's memory. for he
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Axrcnorr OF THE EDDysTo>r T1Gur
Ho1.sr. Before the erection of lipbt-
house on the spot. many we're the GOOD
" vessels that struck and fonndered on
the dangerous Eddvstone rocks in the
English channel. The present light
work OF few months, and previous to
its construction two other buildings had
risen on the reel, IN vain attempt to
defy The waves of the ocean. One OF
these towers was lald low by wind and
tide; the other was destroyed by hire.
1t was curing the erection OF this last
that an incident occurred which one OF
our greatest engineers has deemed
worthy OF remembrance. says Smcaton
III ms Narratives:
There beng war at the time between
England ami France, French privateer
n, ON If Quo In n