The Helena independent., 1893-07-02

3 most suitable M q y ototyps Of them nll
from tho personel OF its savage owner ant
his family. with wild aud desolato ply aica
SURROUNDINGS In keeping with she hopels1s
was The Dothcboss ball, still standing Ii
Bowea--hardly = sleno's throw from Ill.
ancisnt Unicorn inn, tho houas haine nov
occupied BY .ola man Boas. old" husbaAe
Of she veritable S9sser'. daunate', F.nnl
where Nicholas Niokloby." his proteaa ii
misery tho wrstohsd .tn,ike," and secret
Of Other helaloss young lives. Ars depicted
ss having undergone an almost inconoeiv.
able life OF servitude, stA' vAtion and Q u
city.
Investigations showed that The he -rible
picture dtnwn vs. aot an sxngceration, and
bore OUT Dickens own stNtemeut in II q
original tre;scu that Mr.. Sques aud hi
Sohool aro fxin, and feeble pictures Of an
existing t,slisy, par.poseir snbdusd aau
kept down lest they should 10 desncd I'M
possible" This Dickens second, and in
aome respects his greatest. nov i was bsRun
In April. 1888. and finished in October, 1899.
AT the nppea aaca OF tho FIRST part hs ran
away from LenSon, as ha always did. TO 70.
main III hiding cntil distinct mauause OF
public ftvor or disfavcr wsa shown. In the
cAso of "Nieholna Niekleby" his forgivabls
| skulkinR was OF short duration. Tho nrat
days sale OF tho first part exceeded
| 10000 copies. Not ak mon ths had passed
| ooiOic VIZ tOSVu ana Ctuelty TO n0sploHA
scholars in these remote prison Nens were
ahated. and before the last chapter of
| Nicholas Niekleby" had bean read. public
feeling, which in many portions OF the
| country barely escaped exi rcsaion In riot
had annihisted every child-hell OF the
Dothshoys hail variety in England.
| 1t you came from London to Bowes over
tho Same coach road M did Nicholas
Nickleby. whom, nearing the end OF his
dresry journev. ''at about six o'clock that
night. ne and Mr. Squos 9 and tho little boys
and their united luggage wsrs put down
have come by the old coach road ON Lon
don TO Edinburgh aud Glasgow. On lsAv-
ing the ancisnt city Of Glasgow you would
hnve struck into highway 1000 years old.
Masses OF Roman legiOns have swept tide
on tide, back and forth. over the Same stone
road. storm ARi icola, the corrsly Tacitus
and Emperor Servias himself have ridden
toward the uneonquerabls north upon il.
The latter left $1,000 of his army dead
among the Scotch mists and mountains
and with bis face set toward Rome and
home. only reached Yosk to die Of his
woands and chagrin.
II 10 the great Roman road OF England.
Waiting. or WsithlinR street. it 10 called.
AWAY in the north of Yorkshire, a few
miles above Catteriek bridge. tine stem OF
this highway Rops on through Durham and
Northum beIl4 nd, and thence TO Edinbutg q.
=
travcrsin9 WessMoreland and Cumberland
thr oueh Carlisle to the groat Roman wall,
which once protected Britain from the
Caledonian hordss. and thence, in mo.e
modern coach road, winds through the
oldon lovers haven. Gretaa G.sen. to G.as-
gov. On this western sten, between the
rivsIs Tees and Grota, At tbs eastern edge |
OF Stanenoor, neatly surrounded by DESC
late moofs. and in the northwest corner of
Yorkshire liss what is laft of Bowes.
1t 10 difhult net to wander away from =
description of tho ola Unicorn Inn, at
Bowes, among tho litcra'y and an antigua
rian things OF interest in its neighborhood.
The inn itself must Eot be cenfounded, |
even under its old name Of The George, with |
the George ian OF Greta Ridge six miles |
nearer New York, now used al a corn mill. !
10 disgnise the exact location of Doths-
travel with young Niekleby three miles
from the George inn at Greta bridge to tho |
supposititious hail." followed by the
"cartload of infant misery" What they
really did do was to dismount altogether
from the York and Carlisle coach within
tho inn yarl of this very Unicorn. aad tksn
shiver along the crooked, cobbled single
street Of Bowes, until they arrived u. the
long, coiG-lookins house, little way
beyond to the west, and "a tall, lean boy
(poor smiktD with lantsra in his hand
issued forth"
Il
pletely escaped the attention of English
antiquarians and travsle u. ig not only re-
markable f ON its associations. in having
been the most important ina near the bor-
der. between York and Glasgow and Ediu-
burch in olden tlmes but in also being tho
largest of the ancient English roadsde
hoStelries still e1tant which We called
in existence by the neoessisies OF travel
in the old coaching days.
At Its very door the ro al mail began the
ascent over the Grsst North road of weird,
C.roary and yast Stanamoor, psopIed only
by witch and warlock: client over save from
howlin2 tenn tests; and with no semblanoe
OF humans upon It, save at it's &c ,olate toy.
Where William ths conquere ard Malcolm,
Of Scotland. fought drcadfully and loug
to decide the boundaries of their respective
Kingdoms; and then wisely stopped and
sensib!y deciding that on the worry
spot should bs raised the great Roi (now
Rere) CROSS, or "Cross Of Kings" on ono
side of which was craven the image OF
William, and on the othor that of Malcolm;
bat 800 years have eaten those old faces
away; and mono othets will be aeen until
klrkoy stephen neDtlina in the valley or
the other side toHaTds ancient Penrith and
Carlisle, is reached; nll of which gave tray
elers' cheer at the Unicorn special Zest
not unnlxcd with tinge of dread.
It's TO m ie Of double quadrangle, each
fully 100 fees square. The one noxt the
street hes its entire front open to the great
inn yard thus formed. TIE two sides ahut-
tinR the street comprised respectively the
inn propef--a long, two-storied and gar
geted stone structure, with perfect mazo |
OF curious old rooms approached bJ out
landieh stairs, entries and landings, and |
rendered additionally b,wi ide ing by count
less inches, cupbosrds, alcoves and blind |
panels; and the other a huge brew house,
with dozsns OF granaries and store rooms
beh nd. The side opposite tho street D o.
viced offices and sleeping accom- a, cd atoms
for guards, post boys, whips and all those
ina helpers concerned In working the
coaches, or dealing with the tired cattle of
the many travellers on horseback. mer-
chardise packers and wGgonets passing be-
tween England and Scotland n century
ago.
In this quadrangle are also many open
stone sheds, with tiled roofs, and stone
fecd-bexes and neat. sIanted cobblestone
floors. whsr0 private vehiclss md waeon-
ers could hnd temporary shelter in great
numbers; and in the oentsr OF this quad
rnngle. set about with stone drinking
troughs Is the NEST tremendous ancient
pump have found in England. still crsak-
lngiy serving tho Eeanty use of tho present.
degenerate cays.
The quadrangle behind the inn-yard is
formed IN what reruains of the ancient
stone stables, whero scores of pairs of post
horses could have found comfortable quar-
tiers and as many more carriers and packs 8
cattle have good she.ter and care. In the
hotel proper the huge old kitche must hnye
quite equaied tho famous snc!en. kitchen of
old 81. Mary's hall. Coventry. There ara
still to be seen e half dozsn coffee and
breakfast rDDm5 low with dan, u;n5o,