, 1877-11-11

IAugnIer oI the h1ngmaker, the great Earl o1
Warwick,-murdcred she was,-poisoned by hr1
husband. And here is slab which you sec has
once had the figure Of 4 man in armor on it, il
brass or copper, let into the stone. You car
see the shape OF it-but it is all worn away NOW
oy peoples feet-the man has been dead 50t
Years tAat lies under It. He was q Knight Ii
A'chard lis time. His enemies pressed hin
close, and ne He'd aud took sanctuary here ii
the ABBEY Generally man Was safe when he
took sanctuary in those DAYS, but this man wa:
not The Captain OF tho Tower and q band o1
men pursued him and mis- friends, and they had
bloody fight here on this floor; but this poor
| fellow did not stand much Of a chance, aud
they butchered him right before the altar.''
| we wandered over to another part Of the
Abbey. and came to place where the
pavement was being repaired. Every paving
stone has an inscription on it and covers q
grave. Mr.. W continued:
| Now you are standing on William Pitts
| grarc--you can read the name, though it is 4
the grave OF Charles James Fox l found very
| good place here the other day-nobody suspect
| Ell it-becn curiously overlooked somehow
but it Is very nce place, indeed, and very COM
fortaolc: {holding his bull's-eye to the pave
this is the stone-nothiug Under here nothing
1T ala very nice place, indeed--yery comfors-
able"
Mr. W spoke ia protestant war.
Of course, and after the manner NJ n man
n nnH
is gratiiied at any niece of good iurE tl,at for.
tune tayors him with: and vt ,Cith nj tha+
silence, and gloom. and soIeInnity nrnund ,,s
there was somctbing about his i,}ea of n nica
Green uo nv back 1rescntir we nren n cn1ne
upon little chambcr-jikr cha,,eIs> with soIemn
Tres ronurd arn,,nd Tho s;1o: ~. 1r., n,n
chtIy asicep in sumptuous BUS marble % aicoves % pa with
tler hands placed together above their 6rseazts,
N'N~~1~
were Kings and 0nerns. Some wcre an
t.;ent nhhnts. 7rhnsc af,;er;os bad LAW
there 50 MANY centuries and suffered
such djsdeurcluent That their faccs ,ynre
stony pillows their heods rcnosed nnon e ~
ouc time. while / stood looE1n. at - distant
mart nf The nayenent- admin, tho de,;csta
trccery which the now foolnp moonIioht was
casting upon ir through lofty window. the
par1y moved on. and / lost them The fret
stcnI made in the dark. ho1dinr NV hands he.
iore me- as onc dies nnG.r sunh .irc,r'stnn,os
touched 4 cold obiect. and stonned to ,cel its
shane, made out a thumb and then dcli,.atc
in1crs. tt vas the r1asnrH anne,Iirr I ,,auis ~
one Of those renosinr imar,s.r- -, LADY, nnecn
+ touchc;l the fare-hy orcicnt nnt dn.
sjn1--.n,5 sh1,dJercd ;nwor,jjv' i not
outwariIly: and then somefhinr rnbhed
arainst nv 1cr. and shut1dcrsd nutwar,i1v and
rrpat,1re meant wctf nuf. nc the Enc1ish sav
She raye me suci, 4 turn, / took her in M
arms for comnany and wandercd amonr the
yrm s}ecncrs iii + ca,1uht the ,limmcr RI the
jontcrn ,ra;n. and ,hcn mt he's. duwn. Pres
entity. in \ little chanel xere looking y: the soT-
con}'orns- 1T into tt,e wall which contains t1c
hnncs ri the infant Prinres whn wrrc snnfI,crrd
in tho Tower. Behind rs was the stately mnnn-
,ncnt of Onecn F|izaheth. Will ner ef1;ter
dressed in the roya| robes. lyin1 as
If at rcst When We tnrncd orouut3
the cat. with stunen]ons s;mn1ictv'
,yos co;id nm and sound a.lrcn 1,non the feet ~
the Great Ouecn! Truly this was reaching far
toward fhr millennium. When the 1on and the
lamb shall lie down together. The murderer Of
Mary and Fssey> thc e0nnneror Of the armada
thc imnerious r1Ilcr Of n turbulent cmnirr' he.
romo nt Iast courf for n tired kit1cuf II was |
I h. most clooucnt sermon linon the yanity of |
human bride and grandeur that inspired West |
,n;n;stor nr.,cnon ~ NJ thot n;rht y '~7'
hut for .he lact that her small body made l,rir
ri ra;jnI rates. and she ro1I h1rc
come straight back arain, We walked |
up d flight of hale 4 dozen steps, anu
stoppinc tupon a pavement laid down in
1AN stood in the core of English history as il
were--upon the holicst ground in the British
Empire, if profusion Of kinsly bones and king
IL names Of old renuwn make holy ground. For
here in this little space were the ashes, The
monuments, and the gi't1ed etiigics OF ten Of tho
TOWNS and borne sceptcrs in this realm. This
oval dust was the slow accumulation of 400
;ears The latest conner entered into his rest
100 years ago, and since the earliest was scpul-
hired, more than eight centuries have d1iited
~. Edward the Confe5so-, Henry the Filth,
edward the First, Edward the Third, Richard the
Second, Henry the Third, the Queens Eleanor aud I
was linc bringing the colossal MYTHS
# history out Of the forgotten ages and speak
ne to them face to face. The glded ciligies
rere scarcely marrcd-the faces were cotneIy /"
nd majestic; old Edward the First looked the
1iug-onc had no impulse to be familiar with |
nl White VIZ were contemplating the figure
+ Queen Eleanor lying III state, and calling to |
,ind how like an ordinary human being the
reat King nlou.ncl for her 600 years ago, wc
NV the vast illuminated clock-face Of Parlia-
,cnt~H House tower glowering at us through I
'iudow Of the Abbey aund pointing with
erisiye reminder that we were 4 part of |
his present sordid, p1odding, commonplace
mc, and not august relics of q by-gone aye and
be- comrades Of kings-and then tue booming
the great bell tolletl twelve, and with the last
trokc the mocking clock-facc vanished in sud-
en- darkness aud lett us with the past and its
rantlcurs again.
w drsccn,lef and entered the nave of the
mile chanel Of Henry VII. Mr.. W-sai,l:
:. flare i wI,err the order of kn;ohthnos1 ras
inferred, fnr centuries, The canfiitlates sat in
,rse seats: these brasses bear tbcr eoats ri
rms. thcse are their banners oyer hcaf1: torn
ri dusfy- NOR oid thin~s. for ti,er have hmnr
,are n,.,,,v and many n lonp ycar. Tn the nnnr
~, sac ,nscrint ion:-Ein9s ami f}uccns tI,Yt
q in tho voi,It below. When thjs tnTIt
"a onenca in our time thev fonnI them Icing
,cre in beautiful orIcr.-ai1 quiet and conforf-
,1r.-thr red velvet on the cofIius hardly faGe1,
". And the bodies were sound-I saw their
yscrf. They were eml,almeI:' ami lnoseI
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