The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-10-06
BACK TO LONDON.
THOMAS NELSON PAGE AGAIN IN
ENGLAND.

bcth-Ecgular Harvest Iestivai-Th'
Churchyard Made Memorable by Gray
LONDON. September II - special Cor
respondrnce. l had no idea hIw bad
lawNe = handwriting j. until tegat
L. read my letters, and though ] hav,
sad many things IN my letters which
dit not intend to SAY. a man " ho writes
my hand has 10 ilght 10 grumble. Blu
when London paper. Is happened
Yesterday. quotes part Of one OF my
letters as from the San Francisco ChrOH-
icle. / don't think tins attributable 70
NV hand.
Since our return to England We have
been seeing a bit of The country. which
Is one Of the things 10 see here. IL IS as
unique rs London itself. One OF my
desires has been to see
THE ISLE OF WIGHT.
and had 1t g,atified short lime since.
Sir. aud Mrs. Isaac Henderson invited
rs 10 pay them visit at LandOwn,
where they had taken cottage over
looking the bay. and We thus had the
opportunity 10 see enc Of the most beau
tiui parts OF England under the most
agreeable circumstances. The little Is
land is only tVenty-thTee miles from
end to end. aud is about ten miles
across. every part Of which Is like "A gar
den. Tallyh0 coaches run from Ian
down about the island. and we saw IT
very Thoroughly. One afternoon we
drove 10 BOnchurC il. where lies buried
poor John Sterling. with all his hopes
and doubts. The little church j. older
than Norman rule. but churches were
built IN those days 10 stand. and. though
It is not now used as place of worship.
it is as sound to day as when It was
erected centuries ago. How many gem
crations have mouldered away around
It no one can tell. for the store does
not stand the wear Of the elements
there. and the tomb-siOnes have crum
bled away, whilst the church has sur
viycd
One DAY we made a long trip to
cARIsnRooK CASTLE
and back By way Of the Little village
where lIe- buried the Dairyman
Daughter.
Cdrsbrook has always possessed
particular interest for me. 4 wore
king has rarely reIgned than Charles I.
and yet his domestic life was so DeautI
ful. and the traditions of bis family
relatives are so romantic that one :
heart gives sympathy To the man
which his head wfthhOlds from the
king. Cari,biOOk is reGOleBt of. the
romance which surrounds his sad latter
days. and we rOamed about 1t with en-
thusiasm. The best memories. however.
are those which are associated with the
little Princess Elizabeth. The room IN
which she died alone at the age of
thirteen. is the shrine to which one
bends hi, steps with a s)lt feeling az his
heart. The story * one Of the most
pathetic in English history. All her
own servants were taken from her. ana /
the child was left prisoner with only /
strangers about her,
forgot how long She was kept there, /
but for months she was nursed up IN /
B be old castle, fading gradually like . /
flower pulled from the stem: pining /
Ike bird ~ a cage. yet giving no /
sign she was 90 gentle and sweet that
she attached 10 her all who were about /
her. hostile though they had been. OOe
day they entered her little room and
the bird had flown. She was lying
with her face on her open Bible, but
the pure spirit had gone beyond the
reach OF iailers. As one stands ID the
lltlie bare room and looks down on the
ruins of the castle. 1t all seems so pa
thetc. as If il had but happened yester.
day.
The Queen has had a lovely recum-
bent figure of the caild placed IN the
,nurcn at Newport. she lies asleep
with her face on the open leaves OF the
Jig Bible. Just as she lay that day when
hey entered aud found her passed
rom Death unto Life. The window
through which the King attempted 20
.,c8re !, pointed out. and one OF the
,ld bats Is broken away and q new one
Ougbly sub-tltutr q as n h. had bDcu
iut IN ia a hurry that morning after h-
3 as discovered Tor fear nc might Try 81
gain next nigh Ii Is all quite iD- /
ertstiug. and would te more sO 30 that
cOuOciast. the autlquafy who knocks
il the roma Ce out Of things WI ms ]
llaAlug eNacutude. had not Insisted &
nat III fact II was quiie another win
IOW through winch tue King med 10 \
quetzs. Wei. one window j. as good ]
: another, TWO hundred years an. J.
yards. If one does not know anl better. L
always thought mau VINO broke an y
iOl ought 10 be maze 10 create me
hing letter on penalty of beng decrted u
bore. II choose To blow buLb e. aud =
ee palaces la hem. way should some
ne. " no Is cOlul blind come along aud "
nj prick them To prove Inc ?
Dol. | don want TO know I'm =
fool. I'm not half so happy q
.hen know il. and rs for amendments. b
5 a tedious process. : ! say when
enefatiOus have worn the stones away, u
.anding TO look nc the historical WIN 81
ow, OF craning their necks TO see how o
n Klng Charles would have fallen if
e had slipped, don't thank any
edantic Old dust-digger for writing b.
ages 10 prove that II was not tins "A
Indow at all. but another which has n
zen pulled down b
THE ANTIQUARY BALRED. 81
There is one thing about Carisbrook al
Inch balks the anfiquiry and that Is nj
IL SAi tiiibAuN RlA1it bi4t Wills III
was ancient when the Romans land
/. 1t Is supposed 10 be an old British cl
Ter or fort. The Romans added some Ia
ing and Saxon. Dane. and Norman W
/ took a turn. History takes ii up OF
bout the time of Stephen and Queen a
aud, when an adherent of the Queen O..
ED the castle until ne was starved out 10
n lack of water aud had TO surrender. ID
he guide book does not say why he hi
as rot treated in the way they usually 81
Gated prisoners of note IN these days. III
pr how hc came back INTO ownership ri
gain with a head on his shoulders: but Il,
states that he dug the well when he Ga
turned. in case, perhaps. he should +
I'VE To stand another seige. The old +.
ell Is in the keep. and is topped over. be
at the new well, which is ouly some or