Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-04-18
WAEENAN'S WANDERINGS
ROUND ABOUT BOLTON ABBEY,
wHARFEDALE AND OLD lLHLeN.

and Antiquities char'alnx Memories
of the Boyh,cd Home 81 the S"tcd
Preacher, Robert ooli,sr. the york
shire nisek.mith,"
tcopyrishi. ioi, BY Eirar !. wakcmanl
ItgtfY. England. Apsll a-Nhon the
heire winds of iho German oocan uirat the
wild wind. from tHo irih ael. aud both,
ia savage conrolutions, ron icy irs b1n'H
along the birrcn hills. w.. a little valc. -
like ucst between the Highest YORKSHIRE
moors This il wharicialc. Al around
Are tlrrafines. ~ scenery and tio gfImIuu.t
and htriness 1f counties mills. bat Nlth-
IN this one dale ns Il lu blessed c1mp'n. i.
ton. arc numbafisss winsume splts aud
soenss ilklcy. quaint and old ln lis char
nfterfnl village NE. shining and new from
the Innovations n rich imierr drawn
hithrr b. thehyFiruie wells, and from worry
lave OF the swrnt Oh spot. NJ liusaln AMI
Turner were. h the WhariaillUa tiny
metropolis u wa the OIouHd - tho
Romans. Al saints. ln ancient church,
stand. 90 the site Of o. former Roman fort
and station Thrsnilrn eel Jon round about
lsnllf,l With pictish aud Dniidio remains,
while the valley Slides and cmggy moor
scar rising above, Hfr s4aisliely sci with
hedeo aud cDpse lawn anil bloom, with
herr and there the walls Of ancient mlnor
house or Of hatflemcnic1 tnrmts showing
stately against the outIutiing, Of tho
cfaes above
innnmerible English autIpnarlhns, nat
nralists and tourists c1ne "a Whnricil lle.
Allvlsii the classic shades ~ Bolton hliiey.
four mile. ab1yc llsloy Few Americans
have seen u because N IT, remuienc's The
ancient priory was founded ia 1881, and
owed ~ ufidu N apaihdic tragedy, h,at
told In Rogers lallsd, "'fhe 10y u Egre.
inond." Lady Alice, wife 81 william Fila.
DnncAn, nephew 10 King David ot Scot.
land, va the founder just little above
the abbey the river Wharic u compressed
within a denp. torrent. lis., rucky channel
called The airid. iocause one can stride or
lcap acruss II. The son u Lady Nlicr af-
tempted 10 eruss tho sirld leading a hound
Ia ie,sh The latter. suddenly shrinking
back. prccipliaic,i ''the hoy ~ EsrcmondH
into the torrent lie was drowned. In
dolorou- memory. Bolton nbley was built
Among all the nbbcy riius u Grat brit.
ain. Bolton, blended With ~ surroundings,
!, certainly the most attmcliyely picinr'
espue. Melrose :. mcomparably more in'
terrtlng a. an eeclosiastle art relic, Ivy
buried Dryburgl PROTECTS tho grave VI
scoii, kirksiali as an Impressive ruin l.
far superior; and Fountains l. morr per
fest, spacious aud splendid, but Bolton ab.
hey stands ~ both an impressive and plct-
urcsqne oldcn uhrlnr In a perfect dream oi
natural beauty aud rcpose.
The ruins arr situated on tho west slde
u the Wharie, upon zeutle grassy cmi.
q 80 H..
the east, breaking IN rippllng shallow
along ~ sunny way The ancient convent.
uhl walls nrr w fallen in places ~ to b.
overgruwn with gnss md shrubb,ry, other
PORTIONS ~ the Wall stlll stand hlgh and
lofiy, sublusd In their Jagged outlines BY
massrs Of ivy. The shell nf tho great prinry
church Is yet entirr. aud int, IT, splendid
nave has been built q pnrnchinl chapri-al.
most type of a trurnt faith SIN clinplng 10
It, mother Church; while the dnintie.t iittlp
par-onAe. eyes ever hehcld has been bull,
out Of the ruins, over against where once
stboi N. court ~ clOisers. An ancient
e.cutcheon a emhlpnnncd on H. gateway.
IT, porch Is buried In ivy, and In summer
Wild hops aud lalybowcr kinde the
dark masses with bloom. There l. .
hne old arch ttiil standing which once
lei 10 the chapter house. In tho nave 8. q
wooden -crren Of rvmsrknhle Tudor work.
The decorated windows Of the transept.
hrr excellent Examples. The early Engilsh
work VI tho wet front OF the nave haa /,
magnificent rc,zscd doorway. enriched
With fifteen moldlngs, while tho west
window u ~ exquisite Hn example u the
perpendicular style ~ may ln found IN
England. In every direction the oyn TALL.
on mnichless scvnes oi Sweetness aud rrst.
The very air and sunlight of the littir vale
,scm eloquent ot repnsG Tho lnucr sense
dramhilly dNell- upon the sacred and
classic memories 81 the Ivy hid ruins, the
Whnric modnlates IT, wlmplngs To tho
spirit VI tho spot, and even tho hIrls. low.
ing The valley asa rtrat from the ever.
cruwding " tho grim and smoky mills,
sing here IN their Whlrfisile sanctuary
their softest and tenderst songs.
Outside OF ell quaint aud pleasant things
about old aud new ilkley, ID j. q delightful
place 10 visit, from tho human Interest Of
tue town aud ~ ncighbofhoOd. The An.
eestnrs ~ that sweet sinurr bishop liehsr,
lived aud died their. Il Is the land II the
faifiANrs, WHOSE noble blood was trans.
fused 10 our own Virginia. IL was the
IAssionately loved haunt Of Turner. vino
nevrr spoke NJ swe.t Whariodal- "with1nt
nqnivetlng OF the yDicnH whiln llnskIn
''disccrned little bits II nklry scenery
hanging on IN the Alpine heights when
Turner came Ia paint them Hut the Dor.
sonnliiy Ah We all 0thor, that links The
American heart Vt today to old llklcy /.
unn our country has held Ia loving re-.
ghrd now those two-scuru years, the
grnai' hcaried man Who, at philadrlnhIa
Chicago aud New York, has made other
men, homanist or Protestant. orthodox or
hctcrudoX, better and happier Tor his mia.
istry among thcm-grand. gray Robert
Collyrr, wl-p, whun he passed fnun tho iron
20 the spiritual anvil. knew 40 change In
the rial man that was Ia hiui. which und,
grff preacher anh teacher ont ol The
"Norkshira blaoksmlthn OF llkloy.
OF hls lineage there was q grandfather
who fought under Nelson, aud went over.
boari one da.k night ina storm. Hs wa
On tho fathers side. GA the mothers sldf
was another grandfather sailor who Wont
benoath the wave, With M, ship. Thetso
widows fought tho wolf while they wcr,
able, and died presently % tho Aght. Tncn
al, the century wns coming In. Yorkshire,
WITH ~ great mills and factories, came 10
~ the land OF promise % all In tho south
OF England who wanted 10 bater thom
selves ~ q bright lAd Ia London, who
khe" the songs u the anvil aud y ls..
from Norwich were caught hy the same
ihpH'.e OF bctterment that took tAut
b'Irn hohcrt across tho soa. wieu grown
TO manhood, and the thon little collection
OF thatches knoVn a. llklty som hscnmt
the humble couple. home What the ho,
"Boah' hrt learned To notice wns "a WON
an, tall, deep chostcd, with shining naKtp
hair nnd laughing blua cycs, % DANA K
rose bloom on hes cheek, LAUGH that ,yn,
music, too, n stop like deer. flr isbt