New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-09-06

The new guests of the Warwick Arms were not
long in discovering the reason Of the drivers aver
sion 10 it, The house had a stable of its own and
kept carriages TO let. But this afternoon every one
of them engaged and again the wisdom OF holding
fast TO the one they had secured, miraculousy ms II
now appeared, was shown to the Americans. But
the towns "ead 'Otcls does not deserve the detac
ton of it's rival In the livery business. 1t is small
house. simple, quiet and rs clean in every square
inch of exposed surface as new sovereign from the
Bank of England. You your reflection in
very stair as you go up TO your room. Ihe
travellers could have luncheon at of course and
as Is usual IN English country hotels they could have
ANYTHING they wanted. long as they wanted nOtll-
ing but cold roast beet But they must excuse the
somewhat deficient service, Us the head waiter was
away for his holiday.
BY the time luncheon Is the carriage is at the
door again and the driver has formed vrtuous reso-
luton it is obviously wrong that these strangers,
opulent though they be, should lose all their money
through the wicked eXactiOn OF the Warwick Arms ;
the driver may well have Of it himself. 50 he
stipulates for two silngs more than his regular fare
for the ride TO Kenilwortll And he gets it, too for
what remonstrance stand against the owner of
The only carriage to be had in the town at any price
"You can get ont ere if you like the driver says,
after he has gone mile a little more, and walk
down ere to right to the hold mill, and then
you'll get good view Ol Uuy's OAH' DON'T 'urIy
there's plenty Of time
so this is the spot where that hero of the nursery,
sr Guv of Warwick ended his life, having lived by
the aims OF his wife, who knew him not in the her
NIT who accepted her bounty. II Is pretty view Of
the houee that is 10 be had from the old MILL Says
the driver, when his passengers come back; Some
people hexpects 10 a cli or rock or som'r Of
that sort, because they DON'T mo" tat Guy Cnu Is
hOnly 'Ouse."
This Is dclicacy In its highest development. 4
vulgar driver wanting in reverence for people who
wse paying him two shiings over his fare might
have said: You thought YOU were going TO see a
cliff didn't yOu4 But you were fooled, weren't
voun but not this Chesterfield of the coachmans box.
All along the road there evidences OF a h0H-
dav-al ss Of people in their best clothes, and pub
lic carriages not occupied by Americans. And at
the gate Of Kcnilworth Castle the evidences Of a
prSperous business actually depressing TO minds
whose romantic scnsibiIities had never pictured a
mined castle in the light Of shop Tho gateman
reaped a rich harvest OF threepenoes to-day. some
Europeans have been heard 10 say that Americans
are mere unapprecative sght-scers They are moth
ing 10 Engll,hmen. What do these crowds Of people
care for the history the fables Of kCnilWolth
,Arry and 'Arrict are here in all their glory few
,AIres and 'Arriots OF generation ago are here too
and there Is any number OF the Aries and ArctS OF
the vci,ncer generation They stroll about the court
that has echoed to the trumpets Of herads and the
tramp OF horses bearing gorgeous men at arms. they
scramble up into Caesars Tower that has Withstood
the siege Of royal forces and the assaults OF Konhu
heads and they show their contempt iOf u DN PNh
ing fragments OF its own uobish out of the windows
They climb Mervyn's Tower to Amy Robsart's room,
only TO cry: "Ohl us not at all large plyce; watts
the good of comm up 'ere!" They litter The Ban
quoting Hall with the shells Of boiled from their
luncheon baskets they push each other down into
the moat aud they fancy they are enjoying them
selves Well if anybody thinks himself happy he Is
iust as well off for the time being If he were happy
But the Americans tried TO feel little OF the SEN
tlment that they deemed proper in so rich in
stoIy-tried with effort that was surely not less
commendabla because the circumstances made 1t
fptile Who could imagine to-day the pageants. now
of war and now of revery, the beauty. the hearts
swelling with pride and hope. the minds haraSsed
with doubt and unrest the souls crushed by sorrow
and despair that these red crnmbng walls have in
closed and looked down upon caesars rover
t,ds here Ike strong fortress, with its six
hundred wears and its very presence and soldty are
sInt sco at the part OF the castle opposite erected
he tie Earl Of Leicester which Is only half as Old