The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-12-18

ly sculptured from a single block of
marble. The view from the conserva-
tory-the flowers just in front, the
velvety lawn beyond, the silvery
Avon cleaning through the foliage of
the great Oaks,-is one to remember.
Returning to the castle yard We climb
ed up the winding stone stairway to
the top of Guys tOwer-built thou
sand years ago-whence we had a
magnificent view of the great estate
embracing a thousand acres of forest
and meadow. Returning again to the
castle door we were admitted this time
and conducted through the long row
of stately rooms. Some fine old f1rni-
ture and tapestries, a lot of Van Dyke
portraits, mostly of the Worwick line
one of "HOtspur"-a room fitted
with furniture that was used by
Queen Anne and was given to the
then Earl by George LII, mosaic
table valued at 1900, a large collec-
ton of fine old armor, the mace of
Warwick, "the King Maker" the iron
helmet of Cromwell, the great sword
used by Guy, the founder of the line
who was giant nine feet high-these
are few of the objects of great inter-
est and of Observation-Disclosures that were
shown to us. One of the Earl's daugh-
tiers was practicing at the piano when
we entered the great hall, but our
boOrish conductor declined to intro
duce us,-which made that part of the
visit seem rather constrained and en-
barrassing. Through one of the win
dOws of the hall is fine view of the
Avon, and another of the windows is
shaded by majestic Cedars OfLebanon,
brought from the Holy Land by the
Crusaders. am thorough republic
can. have no sort of sympathy with
a system of government which cOnfers
special privileges and immunities up
on name without regard u the mer-
it of the man who bears it. But /
have great respect for blood, in men
as well as i'm horses; and it seems to
me that the man who owns this
princely estate which was carved out
of the kingdom thousand years ago
by the great sword of the giant Guy
and which has come down TO him
through an unbrOken succession of
strong men of his name and race has
right to he a proud man.
When we again reached the castle
gate there remained but twenty min
utes for us to get'ba to bennington
two miles-and catch our train.
Five of these minutes were spent wait
ing for street car. And when the
car came it travelled so slowly that it
soon became evident that we must get
faster conveyance or miss our train.
Just as we reached this conclusion the
car stopped opposite cab stand and
we clambered out and jumped into a
hanson, telling the driver that we
would double his fare if he would get
us to the Manor House i'm ten minutes,
"All right, sir" was his encouraging
reply and he started his old horse off
on a gallOp. We swung along fam
Ously for about half a mile, then the
horse stopped. The driver swOre and
whipped and jerked at the lines. But
the horse would not bulge. The driv-
er got down and led him little way,
but he was old and could not mount
the box while the horse was going,
and when he stopped the horse he
stayed stopped. a man who was
passing by remarked with exaspera-
ting sympathy, "That sort of thing
cost me Internationally shiiling's last
week." and went OH his way. At last
the horse thought better of it and
started. But he resolutely refused to
be urged into Il gallop and after leis-
urely trOtting along three or four
blocks he stopped again. Only five
minutes until train time, the hotel
three blocks away and the horse
standing stock still! There was only
one thing to do and that was to run
for it. SO tossing the driver shilling
and leaving him vigorously cOnsigning
the horse and all his ancestry to per-
ditiOn-a consignment which the Man
fervently endOrsed-we started down
the street at the top of our speed. On
our way from StratfOrd we had dis
covered that both of us together did
not have money enough to pay our
fare to Liverpool. But / had checks
OH London bank and while the Man
gathered up our baggage and started
on the run with it to the depot, per-
suaded the land-lady to cash my
check and followed him. The train
pulled into the station as we reached
the platform and rushed madly to the
ticket window, and it pulled out of
the station as we sank exhausted into
the first compartment we came to.
"Did ever two fellows have worse
luck?" Iejaculated as soon as had
breath enough. 1 was thinking of
the balky horse and the weary runS
"Did ever two fellows have better
luck?" the Man responded. He was
thinking of the ship that would have
sailed tomorrow without him if we
had not caught this train. CTS.
Eymird Gazette: The kangaroo is
funny animal. 1t has four legs in
all, but two of its legs are longer than
its fore legs put together.