Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-02-14
v,KEMAS's wASDERINGs.
uths Grave Of Byron.

..itwav carriage OetWeeh biy-
~ .oI Noremburs, ones heard a
n,, ,, Hawaiian schoolgirl ask a .rav-
In~'sassphIlaielpl,ian where the great ana
guy. ~, BENJAMIN Franklin was buried.
c y. AMI prompt rs we Americans
vN -. Ar, ia supplying enetc Euro
- with Information, he promptly
F.- mat Franklln's ashes re-
I'M Westminster Abbey.
I'M. American man was undoib'ci'
-, wilhln half a nile OF Fmnk-
,omb 10 his own city, and may
w.. r,,,,d within a few feet OF the
n. .kep,, uuhonored grave nearly
NJ 'ly Of his own hone life. Eng
r,ss,en may cherish tue heritage TO
o.,,,u Of Byron'- immortal genius,
s's gyron's grave is no morc shrine
!" them than was Frankiin's to his
punsmeu. ms, ,.,,u,
=, Americans. The gradually 'ac-
al,d recognition Of It's truth was
s,,o,pdInr TO me. AZ probably to mil
n,nsof others who, at some period OF
as have adoringly pored over the
hr n pyfnn, IL was norgivnble
@ n youth and early manhood
49,. AN come 10 the scenes he
80. walk the very ground he trod ia
rns,,rd. dream In the same monk.
hunssJ clol.tcn OF Ncwstcad; aud
ian Al hls grave, through the Infinite
.sIrii.rcach Of loving memory, brood.
H. by consccmtei soil enueaNor 10
s,ham for my own Consciousness, with
XIV nseaslrcinent OF his career and
rsr,as the wretched mystery OF his
I'd and unhappy life.
InIecd. for the past fvc year., IN
t,eauently Iasslug through, or during
,',lsis Of travel la, Engllnd, this
r,.h and impulse have been upper.
,,,.i In my mind; aud whatever else
sn,.g.l attention for the time being,
nv .'rpDiyped inquiry " all classes Of
Teyll.bmsti has been, ''Nherc IA the
snve Of Byron."
Trough had come 10 know, In a
geographical sense, found y Wa with
similar yaguenc.s any other body
tpow at all; NJ few knew even this
porblt about whofeByron lay, that tile
nistltion u the question aud replies
elmo 10 posses. a melancholy SORT of
t,,cluailou. over 1900 answered, "At
Wesiminsler" half that number at
Nswslsad Abbey.n Many believed his
nsnalns resled In Greece. An as
lonkhlngly large number were sorcly
ru1led at the query aud confessed
complete ignorance. OF course any
English guide.book would answer the
question. But gulde.books are for
,,iAnvrrs, not residents. Aud 10 what
oytfalnnger may have accidentally
seen the two OF three line statements
that The tomb of byron might be fou nd
n the little church Of Hucknall, In
Hueknall rorkard, NottlnghAmshire,
there came SENSE Of ropellant indofln-
Aene,s, Ne though the guldc.bOok
maker were not quite certain Of the |
matter himself. Even II the statement |
were arceplVd a. true onp, where |
then might one hunt for the unknown !
hamlet with 70 mystifylng name ~
Hueknall Torkardg
while wandering In Robin Hoods
Land, ! unconsoiously passed many |
tines within few miles of the spot |
vher fcToso The ashes Of Byron. but
there l. no one IN the region 10 call the
Strangers atienllOn 10 the fact. lie |
would hardly discover II nc Newstcal |
Abbey, three miles distant, once the
POETS property aud home. Nobody at |
Arnold, four mllcs away, even among
The owners u the looms and spindles. |
An tell you how 10 fnd Huckn nall |
Ioikafd, OF why anybody should wish |
% Ind Il. The collicry town itself Il |
perhaps eight miles north OF Noting. |
ham. Hut One might ask n thousand of |
nat cltys hundred th1uard people |
Without ascerlalning Just where 10 |
hnd The place, and inquire OF good |
many more than that before discover. |
ins that the town possessed ANYTHING |
but oolliers aud coal. After 1 had |
Emily made sure Hucknall Torkarl |
vas near Nottingham and that per- |
alF iome man "of quality" was
lltled there, ~ Il was "famously |
unhealthy" | was then twice sent |
NeT wong railway lines TO find |
lhtn ] tmmpei. A two |
nun walk through the drcarlrst |
English half manufacturing
nlhgtt, over the worst highway In |
England, brought me, past dreary, |
,sly9Hlke REACHES and soraggy, unlovely |
wv, oan utterly cherries collection
ysnAu cottages aud shops. These were
Nv oFAhifed, inadeluata, unslghtiy.
nv houses were pinchoi allewise. end. |
- up ana down. Tho windows and |
eo9fs were plnrhed. passapo.,yav.
snl'i closets, alleys aud shops Mi
~ punched anu mean aud small.
a's'yihing exposed for sale seemed |
NY, n,lie and shriveled. The faces
We old women, slAttcrnly wives, |
Nv nuals OF dirty children rolling In
snsYs anu on pavcments with |
asn,u Ahl fagged-haired ours, woro
a,ashel more sadly than all else In the
Pof' ninched place. Wv
iva one Of those many plaeea In
Au'Vle, aud, less credit 10 us, i'm our
Th country, where coal.barons hud.
AZ anu herd families al profit aftor
~. ~. FRONTING 10 the extent OF human
.asuianen from the use OF yast aggr,.
sa,e dependent labor. II was Ji,,ct.
, hall rorkani, where s6i1 mIn.r, " az,
Xxx yards below grassv for coal nta1
,sannugs a week flr half The week. In
NJ. 'sat aud slarye, with their mmi.
W., me olhtf hall. Every stnoiur,
,ma. onck. Every object WINS he.
iss W. with The faint Of coal. Even
AL 1 eIs, outlying streets, ana The
1yAyyy country round, utterly
he an ana lreeless, scented t. have
groond ana gtlmo Of the locality |
liz L ha, lh'o II, But one Object within
hand r,Isa dish gave relief to the
thin , H. ~, feature OF every Visible
down hueknall Torkard. Away
nearly o long, colorlcss street,
nan town away, rose u huge Nor.
m ss now sd upon the town an,i H.
seSsI,, li'lle church beneath II ~ n
,n,.e OF its s0dden and i,san