Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-09-27

griesously to be forgiven. There was
no skill in his scoundrslism. As IRE
scIu,e ~ be was ferocious, doomed 70
be dominated always by some rnlod
stronger than his own, shifting weakly
between fear Of his brother and the
ambitions which Warwick fostered. his
tory has fastened upon him adcath as
uniquely ridiculous as his career vas
unworthy.
And 70 back to bis skull. which Is IN
the yaul; Of Tewkesbary Abbey,
dozen wards from the ashes Of his VIC
tim. MaIgaret's son. ] know not
whether any phrenologist has examined
IL. To my upscientibc eyes it seemed
q good head piece, large and round.
The forehead is low, but broad. The
brow directly above the nose is re-
markedly full-more so than any other
skull have ever seen. In the charts
this place is called eventuality." and
in the dictionaries - eventuality" is de-
scribed as term il phrenology, so that
whs, the bump signifies cannot tell.
If by eventuality is meant looking
ahead, then poor Clarence's great faculty
was used to very bad advantage. If
when be stood at the window overlook
ing Tewkesbury Cross this eventual
iy" bump had aided him to foresee
bis own wretched ending, the behead-
ing OF bis son on Tower Hill in early
manhood; the hideous death Of his
daughter Margaret, Countess OF Sails
bury, in her old age, with the heads
man chasing her about the scaffold,
striking as he ran; the terrible,
bloody finish Of all the game he and
his brothers were playing-.hep per-
hsps be would have chosen rather
death along with Somerset. Audley.
Clifton. and the other Lancastrians VII,
were being beheaded outside.
Besides these skulls and bones Of
Clarence and his wife there are few me-
MORALS Of the Wars OF the Roses at
Tewkesbury. Ancient timber-ribbed
houses there are in abundance along the
placid old High street, but the village
cross in the market square. against
which Edward set up his scaffold, is
long since gone; the Tolzey itself has
disappeared, and Of the vast amount Of
armor, accoutrements. ammunition.
weapons, and the like which must have
strewed the battlefield, succeeding GEN.
turtles have termed up next to nothing.
There is, indeed. the fine old timbered
house on the road to Bushley, known
as Bayne's Place, where one is still
shown the room in which Queen Mar
garet was secreted for three days after
the battle. but it has no relics Of the
time.
OF the abbey church itself. very
much remains a. it was when the York
ists celebrated with TIE Deum on Sum-
day. May 5, l47l, their tremendous
victory. Ii is among the handsomest
Of old English ecclesiastical structures,
with enormous cylindrical pillars like
those Of the Gloucester Cathedral. and
many monuments of antiquity and in
terest. In the old times its temporal
Lords were such great people as the
Fitz-Hamons, de Clares, Dispensers,
Beauchamps, and Nevilles, and
their wealth endowed II with
sumptuous appointments and rare
carvings. The favorits Despen-
ser Of Edward lis time was
Lord of Tewkesbury when be was
executed. and his tomb here is a mar
vel Of exquisite workmanship. So
Clarence was Lord Of Tewkesbury,
through his wife, heiress Of the Ne
yilles, when he came to his end, cen
fury and a half later. For many
years the vault in which Clarence and
Isabel Of Warwick lay was forgotten
Of men. In the reformation il was
broken into and despoiled Of all its
vRluables. Later. IN 1909, a local
dignitary named Hawking took it As a
family burying-vsult, and eventually
II was closed up and its location forgot
ten. In 1896, by the help Of the Abbey
Chronicle" il was discovered, the
Hawking collins removed, and the re-
mains Of the two skeletons found in the
corner amid the relics Of rich wooden
collins, placed in a stone coffin taken
from the abbey yard. In 1876 the vault
was opened again. and the coffin found
filed with clear water, having been filed
BY the great flood Of the Severn in
1852. Then the remains were placed
IN the case against the wall, where they
now are. and where visitors who spe-
cially ask to view them may do so.
They tell very drOll stories Of local
basket-maker who used to be the cicerone
Of the abbey, and was recently deposed
because the greatness Of MS subject was
too much for his imagination. He was
accustomed gravely TO tell visitors that
be was present when the vault Of
Clarence was opened in 1926. and that
the smell Of the Malmsey wine was
quite noticeable. The Vicar heard Of
this. and gave him warning to desist.
Soon after he related TO another party
that in 1876, when the coffin was ex-
amiDed, il was discovered to be filed
with a fund which the guide-books said
was water, but which was real Y Malm-
sey that had exuded from Clarence's
bones, and the fumes OF which were 50
strong as 10 make the Investigators
quite intoxicated. This story was over
the limits, and the man is making bss-
kets sgain.
Rory's Wisdom and His Love.
J.. q. Wood In the Youths Companion
Ncu- a. nxCord Tho q. hra.I,f 90 "a,