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WAEEMANS WANDERlNGS
A CANTERBURY PILGRIMAGE.

,,,drai vast and differing. but Lack
a.. in winsomcncss aud I,epose.
,coprIght, ise, by Edgar l.. weScmau.l
S.grrfptfnF. Tnrland, Sept l9.-Dcypitc
49,. bnee proportiuus, the beautiful In.
49,, and tho still existing evidences OF
.i,,i,r In treasurcnnd ceremonial In the
KIN dny. Of the cathedral Mt Canterbury
g,.t established seat Of episcopal power
a, England. the present see of an arch
hi.bop' nfimnte Of nll England nnd metro
,.aiit,n-both the cathedral and city
I'm to impress the visitor with an indie
s,,bie sense " sadness and unrest no
,berr else experienced IN the old cathedral
towns Of England.
Tbi. is not easily Analysed and made
.,ssr 10 others. " "a true, however, that
:, Worcester, nj Exeter. at Lincoln. At
wells at Winchester, At Gloucester, at
salisbury. at l.ichfeld. at Chester, at Ely
s,d eyen to some extent at the huge and
shsdowy old Minister u York, there Is
s0me,hing W warm and sunny In the Inn
mediate surroundings 10 deep an affection
M townsiolk for the venerable cdillccs N
spparrnt-sonething 50 hushcd. rcposcful
sai soothing IS felt In the calm Of close,
rioster and church itsclf-thht one impcr-
e,ptinly yields to the gentle spell and is
touched by tho sweet and tender influence.
AZ Canterbury the entire Interpretation
Of locality. history, association and struc-
turnl imptcssiycucss Is different. The sea
and another land aud tongue are too close
10 give the cathedral and town that COM
platu aud harmonious setting and environ
mcnt peculiar to nearly all other cathc-
drals Of England. Somehow there are too
many splatchcs OF blood upon Canterbury's
conaccfatcd stones 10 prevent n chill and
shndder Us you come close to the place u
historic and dreadful tragedies, and one "
tho foulest murders of the Christian era
gave this cathedral its vnstest treasure
and greatest rcnown. The shrincs Of Can.
icrhury arc Of kingB mud prtlatcs only. Tho
heart is not greatly stirred by these.
when Caesar with his Roman lcgions
crossed the straits Of Dover and pushed
on to London 10 subiugnte the entire
island save Scotland, Wales aud portions Of
Cornwall, he found British hamlet at a
ford Of the river Stuur, fifteen miles from
Dover aud nfty-,iN from London. The
Romans utilized this strategic place a. a
base OF supplies md u military station, and
gave Il the name Of Durovernum. After
the Romans retired from England and the
Saxon domination began, the present county
Of Kent became O kingdom. Its chief city
and capital, the former Roman Duroyor.
mum, was then called Cantwarabyrig, and
the name Canterbury of today Is simply -
corruption Of the city's old Saxon title.
The manner IN which Canterbury he
came the scat Of the Prlmnto ~ the Augli-
can Church was In this wise; Pope Greg.
DRY the Great, IN 800, conceived the Idea "
Outstanding the inhabitants OF England,
Independent Of the splendid missionary
labors OF tho followers Of 81. Patrick In
ireland aud upon the western coasts Of
Scotland, Wales md Cornwall. Angus.
tine, called the apostle OF the English,
originally monk IN the convent Of St
Andrew ut Rome, where he was educated
under Pope Gregory, was selected to under
take the conversion Of the British.
Conditions wcra favorable to this mis-
sion. Ethelbert was then the fourth King
of Kent. His a5fc Bertha, daughter Of
Chcrehert, King u France, was Christian
princess, and had stipulated for the free
exercise of her gcllgion In her marriage
contract. Her Influence upon Ethclbert
was such as to assure Augustine and his
followers Of hospitablc reception. Soon
after Augustine's arrival King Ethelbert
not only embraced Christianity, and
caused, by royal command, the conversion
and baptism Of his mobiles aud people. hut
also granted the city Of Canterbury and
it, dependencies to Augustine, who had
been invested with archiepscopnl dignity
by Pope Gregory. The pope soon after
sent additional missionaries, and empow-
cred Augustine to constitute bishop OF
York, but this In such manner that Au.
gustinc NJ Canterbury aud each OF his sue
oessors should remain metropolitan OF all
England.
The ordinary modern pilgrimage to Can
tcrbury Is made over tho London and
South Eastern Railway, aud pleasant one
II iN But "a far plcasanter one IL TO saun-
Ter over tlf ancient way taken by the pill
grims In those days when the shrine Of 81.
Thomas Beckett was to the pious Of Eng
land what Mecca Is to the followers Of Ma
homet. This leads from London out
through Southwark, In Surrey, over into
Kent and, for about fifty miles, past the
lavender fields, the strawberry farms and
the great hop vineyards OF the most fruit.
full portion Of ENGLAND.
Though Southwark IL now merely por.
lion OF southern London, like ancient Chel.
hea ON the west, II has many characteristic
on time bits worth studyng aud any one
familiar with Chnuccr will find pleasure
III idling about the place where stood tho
Old Tabard Inn. The original Tahard Inn
was burned Ia 1876; but another Tabard
Inn fashioned after the hosiery OF Chnu-
GERS time, and now itself old and pie.
turcsqys enough To please any idler among
The MOSES OF antiquity, ut once took its
place, and Is now Mecca TO many literary.
pilgrims
IN the first Tabard lnn-as NJ Sudbury
inn In Longfellow's "rales OF Wayside
inn," and no doubt Iongfellow took
,hhuccr's quaint hostelry and groupings
Tor us model-wcre supposed To have been
gathered those who related the "Cantcr.
bury Tales" Chaucer's fancy grouped a
quaint company hero at the beginning OF
inc sprngtimo pilgrlmages, when
49,. from every schircs ende
nt Engelond, to Canterbury they wendc,
Tue holy bllsful martir for 10 seeke,
1hht hem hath holpen whau that they were
ttekc.
We all remember his knight, prloress,
Stoman, frlar, monk, merchant. sergeant
OF law, clerk, hNbcrdashcr, carpenter,
weaver, dyer, sblpmaster, miller reeve,
doctor, cook, g0odwife Of Bath and what
not OF all ilk; and they form u goodly
thongh wraithful company IN which 10
haunlcr about ancient Southwark, OF
hihgle among all the yillageful, country
,lue way over hill and through valley to
historic Canterbury town.
Thls olden pilgrims way undoubtedly
brings you with the most pleasant i'm.
pressions to your first view OF Canterbury,
us cathedral and the rich pastoral country
roundabout. AZ the outskirts Of Harble.
down. the last hating place, perhaps twn
miles southwest Of the cathedral. YOU are
MN nbOve thu city and thn hrn,l Mo.