Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-07-01

in Europe. Through this Is reached
the siable.yard, now restricted to ac-
commudation for sixty horses. In
O den times II could care for hundreds
OF animals, as folk OF quality in the
time OF the King Edward pilgrlmages
invariably came on horseback Every.
thing about the New Inn is queer and
quaint and old. Never elsewhere was
seen such a radiant tumble Of odd cor
ners, little arches, proiruding upper
stories. peepholes Of windows, gables,
Offices, "ostries," taprOOms, and wealth
Of vines and foliage and grave unctuous
waters and chubby checked kitchen
maids, housemaids, and barmaids to
heightcu The mysteries, cheer and charm
Of the typical old English inn.
Dead old Bowes. IN northern York
shire, alongside what was called the
Great North Road, possesses one Of
the finest specimens OF the ample road
side inns OF the uldcn coaching days
TO be found In all England The
village and this inn have always had
for me the wcirdest fascination o, any
provincial spot tn Britain, though both
hamlet aud inn arc now dreary and
dcsolatc beyond description. The old
inn here, now called the Unicorn was
first known as the George. Eight
coaches. bound either to London or
Glasgow, daily changed horses in It's
great yard IN the good old coaching
days. II Is to this inn that Charles
Dickens, with a great and mgfciml
motive In fiction, repaired with his
friend and companion. Hablot Browne,
q few weeks before Christmas Of 1857,
where the TWO remained while Dickens
secured material for Nicholas Nicklc'
by"
lie had letters to yeoman of the
place. soon to shine as one Of the i'm.
mortal- OF fiction as honest 'Iohn
Browdic." lie represented himself as
agent OF poor widow DESTROYS OI
placing her only boy IN quiet country
school. In this way he secured adj.
mission TO a number IN the vicinity,
though shut out Of some by the wary
masters. The school seeming most
suitable as prototype OF them all.
from the personnel of Is savage owner
and his fam ~. with wild aud dcsoate
/ physical surroundings IN keeping with
hopelcssncss OF the school life OF the
I place isclf, was the Doiheboys Hall,
still standing ~ BowUs-hardly a stone
D AAllNW NhNN AllN hllANNNA hNlHhtN Ailli
| the house being nov occupied by "old
man Bonsfcld." husband OF the vcnt
able Squeor's daughter. Fanny Slueers
known IN lie as Mary Ann shaw
/ where Nicholas N.cslcbV" his pro
tcgc In misery, the wrctchcd "Smilc,
aud scores ul other helpless young
lives, are depicted as having undergon,
an almost inconccivable life Of scrvitudc
starvation aud cruelty.
investigations showed that the hor
! rible picture drawn was not an eNag
gcrauon, and bore out Dickens owl
statement In the original preface tina
"Mr Squecrs aud his school are lain
and feeble pictures Of an existing real
ity, purposcly subdued and kept dowf
lest they should be deemed impos
siblc." This, Dickens second. and Il
some respects his greatest, novel wa
begun In April, 1885 and finished Il
October 1852 At the appearance o
the first part he ran away from Lon
don. as he always did, to remain II
hiding until q distinct measure OF pub
lie favor or disiayor was shown, Ii
the case OF Nicholas Nickleby' hi
forgiyablc skulking was Of shor, dura
ton, The first days sale OF the frs
part exceeded $4,000 COPIES. Not si'
months had pa sed before the tortur
and cruelty Of helpless scholars il
these remote prisOn'pens were abated
and before the last chapter OF ''Nicho