Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-02-14

/ 80 W ui1Ciunc ". ! inquired here ant
,here Of those ! met, and was either
laughed at or Informed that Will,
uey would not deny, Il was very wide
OF theif habit TO assert what they aid
not know.
- "Ahl IL could ma tell &C.. mon. vicai
fhillips maun tell eel" came from all
whD would speak. At little ahops ~ I
progressed along thestrect, l was told Ia
ak NJ the next door; and groups gath.
erel behind me to tap their noses and
sha re their heads grnveiy. To be-
badgered thus when searching for IN,
grave Of onr known TO MI the world. yet
unknown 10 thousands within ri1,.
shotoi his own sepultufe, was confusing
~ Indignation aud regret. Half why On
tho street I took refuge FROM curious
AM suspicious eyes In a dupur'- ot
protcnsc VI SOME slight purchase, and
engaged the proprietor, man Of
apparently good intelligence. in
conversation. Explaining my dilem.
ma, | ALPHABETICALLY related how
another upon time had couin %
Hucknall Tofkard. hunting nyrou'.
grave, and was met by one Of the
inhabitants with the reioindpr.
"Byron2 All nlvcr 'eerd on I'm. Yer
menus Ben Caunt" Ben Caunt was
noted pugilist. Anybody w Not.
tinghnmslilre can tell you where his
grave Is IN ~. Mary's churchyari. A
look Of kindllDg intelligence and sym.
patty came Into the Diapers face ~ he
handed me my change, while lac told
me that very many came 10 drop tenr
on poor old Bun's grave. Hut 10 the
draper had only been In iIuci,uall Tor.
kard Tor the matter of eighteen months,
he could not tell me about "t'othsr
unln
After this | made my way In silence
10 the churchyard. a high Iron fencu
surrounded It. The gate was locked,
aud the gfnvo.h0plercd wall. leading
10 the church entrance seemed sugges.
tive Of dlsuse of the place either for
the solaco " the living or care %
the dead. Drndlng further inuul.
rlra or the villagers, / walked around
tue DARK aud drcar old spot hoping Ia
hnd some way Of entrance alone. 1hi.
was unavGillug. Returning ~ the gale,
| saw across tho open space below the
square a crowd " bedagglcd women
and children watching my movements
huontivcly. One with hate nj her
breast anu three little onos pulling
&C her ragged skirts held aloft s0me
huge, Laughing Keys. Then tho crowd
laughed NJ the signalling aud my
shamefaccd nod OF acquiUsconcc, aud
part OF IL hungry members advanced
" the gale. They were scrawny, siv.
age creatures all, With hare feet, 6runsln.
heads aud with - troop Of wolish
young tagging after. ! bought them
all oil save the one with the keys, on
condition that the gate should be
lockrfl after US; and by the time my
guide and her brood had effected THIS,
every one Of her former companions
had disappeared with shrill.vOlcod
raiicry into various dramshops OF the
equar. below.
That ono could make such pilgrim.
age IN England to tho shrine OF amy
on. OF her mighty dead, aud find 4
within such pitiably mean aud aijeot
surroundings, IL degrading roproach
on the whole Engllsh.spcnklng race.
Only tho ghouln who have c.nsclcssly
besmlrched Byron's name aud fame
could come here and not cry out with
pain ami outraged grief at the endless
trint aud shame Of this Incredible be-
littcnlent
The soddcn woman, dawdllng her
keys beside me aud staring vacu0usly
at the meagcr light above the ciancri,
was fltting type of the insenaalc forget.
fulncss and oblivion ~ which these
poor relic. OF one possessing sublime
genius have been doomed. asked her
ialieringly " agreat many visitors did
not come 10 -. Mary's. ahe "'ad not
'eerd It," II II were 70. But were there
not In, cay a years. time, 1000 or S0002
She laughed outright, and Informed inc
that not enough cnmo 10 provide any
decent family with IA pint q day.H
This was u new Wow OF Il. ByrOn's
grave, not worth, for Income, pint of
beer u dayl Well, were there 1000?
Shu shook her head contpmptuOusly.
Did 800 come each year? Wore there
2d0g
"Nivcr fluffy any, mon, only wen
tn restoration do be-"
This "reaiJratlonn occurred IN 1855
IL Is sounding, significant word. The
little old church was then q ruin with
the exception Of the tower. Apparent.
~ not ci0n1 was expended. The walls
are up again. The roof IA whole. a
commonplace east window h standing
above the altar. A tiny chancol was
aided, and little boxes Of transepts
were put In. At ,he right Of the chan.
eel, above the choir, Is this memorial
tablet.
In tho vault beneath whore
many OF hla ancestors aud bis mother are buried
Ia the remains OF
George nordon Noel Byron,
Lord byron, OF inchdhlr,
In tho rouny Of Lancaster.
The Author of uhilig liarnit't Pilgrimage.
lie was horn IA London On the
sind u January, iisA
lie died AZ Missnionghi. Ia Western Greece, on
the i0ii u April, 1874.
Engaged In the glorious attempt 10 restore that
county 10 her ancient freedom and rcn0wn.
Ills sister. the Honorable
Augusta Mary Loigh,
Placed ihia tablet 10 his mrmory.
There arc also n small tablet IN
memory OF Byron's daughter, Augusta
Ada, who became the Countess OF
I.ovolncu, and died In 1859 ut the age
OF thlrty.slx, Just her iather's age at
death; mural monuments Of this second
Lori Byron anu his Xix sons; and the
Indictments OF the poets mother.
These are the only ndornments Of the
bare walls u 81. Mary's. But the
most intense aud solemn Interest Of
the drcary place IL where you will
kneol, Just within the ohancel.raIl,
upon the raised stone floor Set In this
Is square block OF rare