The times., 1899-09-10

stephen. overlooking the river ana sur
rounded by fine old trees and an ancient
bUrying ground the church inspires one with
feelings of deepest calm and reverence.
We attended service one Sunday morning
when very elegant young curate officiated.
The service was impressive. not so much
owing to the curate's intonation, which was
away beyond my special brand of intellect,
but 10 violent thunder and lightning
storm which ragged during the greater part
of the forenoon To do the classical euFate
justice he kept on preaching during the
thunderstorm as cooily as our hearney poys
kept on firing at Chantilly-
/ grew to be very fond of the old castle,
and every morning / found myself passing
through the grey old archway leading from
Quarry Street to the inner wards. The
town authorities now own the castle ana
grounds and they have so beautifed the
old place and taken advantage of every
ruined VIII and craggy eminence that the
Guildfordians are to be congratulated upon
possessing one Of the most romantic pleas
sure grounds in the kingdom. The ancient
keep looks down from its lofty elevation
upon the lovely valley of the Wey, and over
wide stretch Of hilly and weii-wooded
landscape None of the castle walls re-
main except in a state of ruin. A fountain
plays and flowers bloom where the gloomy
moat once stood, and ivy lovingly clings
to stones now old in story. Rustic seats
abound. and every now and again the vis-
itor finds himself in front of the entrance
to some pretty arbor formed out of solid,
if crumbiing. arches, and Old World ma
scnry A bandstand holds its pride OF
place in the centre of a lovely level sward.
adorned cn every side by banks of flowers;
and there of a summer evening the lieges
gather-the girls in their daintiest frocks
and the beaux in their best-to listen to
the sweet strains of THE Belle of New
York The Overture TO William Tell"
or the latest waltz. The band of the IA
nous BLACK Watch, The Gallant For
ty-two." played one evening while we were
there. but l was not especially impressed
by its efficiency.
The Ancient Castle.
Ruined though it now is, the ancient cas-
tie was one the fayorite outing place of
kings. The Saxons must have held high
reyel in an earlier stronghold. for the prin
/ cipal part of the castle was built by Henry
/ II. Henry spent his Christmas feresin
1857 John came along in 1901, one of the
Eddies in 1899, with many others down to
/ the redoubtable Queen Bess. Bessie's ia
vorite amusements were cutting of her
lovers 'eads and planting mulberry trees.
/ Guildford Castle was a prison during many
centuries, but it does not appear 10 have
been besieged John tortured good many
1 Jews within its walls
/ climbed TO the summit of the Keep
on a spiral staircase-modern. of course
the ancient stone stairs being considered
! unsafe. The main entrance stood about
/ the centre of the western wall. On one
side of the entrance there is Sma room
entire and on the other the chapel. small
for its age, but boasting some fine arches
with curious carvings. Its walls are
adorned by many quaint designs executed
by ingenious prisoners in order 10 while
away the time. Could / believe my eyesg
Yes. there he was sure enough, in letters
three inches by one, my old and esteemed
friend John Smith, 1T9s' Dear old John
II / rested my head upon an arch and
lighted my pipe who can blame me- The
view from the summit is superb, but 1
would not advise a poet to remain too
long He might want to take short cut
10 the ground. There are wonderful chalk
caves near the castle but ] did not venture
TO explore them. You never can tell when
a chalk cave viii cave in.
On 4 summer eve the river is simply
delightful, and we frequently hired
rowboat and pulled up to the bridge and
isthe first lock In England the girls seem
TO pull the fellows about-it's the ether
way in Georgetoxn-and 1t Is very COM
mon sight on the Wey TO see pretty girl
every girl looks pretty while rowing
handling the souls in artistic style while
her lazy Adonis sits Or Tolls in the stern
and smokes his briar- For the enjoyment
of sheer rnadulterated languor, all the
same. give me a river. In the Island of
Bermuda you go to sleep the moment you
touch sand, but there is no fun in that
For perfect languor certain amount OF
consciousness is requisite: you want sill
yer stream with ducks when yol cannot
get swans. sylvan scenery, oyerhanging
boughs. COWS in the distance-very Ian
/ guild beasts, cows-a section of moon, t~o
lovers in ambush warbiing HE OF Beaa-
i ty Fare Thee Well,'' comfortable cush-
/ ion aft. a gentle glide through the water
a pipe. and the exquisite thought that
there is no Office to go 10 in the morning
If man cannot be languid under these
] circumstances he must be one OF three
I things-an inventor, a Chicago man, or
politician intent On Doodle. Such nan
could not feel languid if he were lying On
/ a bank of violets with a bottle of chloro-
| form at his nose, and the cork out
Seighboring villages.
/ can only indicate a few of the places
of interest within easy range Of Guildford.
! First there is the village OF Shalford close
| at hand. where the old stocks are still to
be seen. The old stocks were very much
like the new-once you got into them it was
| mighty hard to get out. Chantry Downs,
also at hand are frequented On Good Fri
/ day by lads and iassies all In their best
| Why on that particular day / cannot say
/ A ruined chapel stands on the wind-swept
heights of ST. Marthas. Pilgrims on their
way TO Canterbury used to stop at this
chapel and risk the chances of contracting
housemaids knee by kneeiing too long on
the cold stones AT Chilworth may be seen
a fine old manor. and at Albury, the seat
of the Duke of Northumberland: in the
latter village stands the home for many
years of A much better known man, the
great and only Tupper, author of Pro
verbal Philosophy" At Newland's corner
a magnificent view is obtained of hill and
valley, and Merry Downs and Fairy Land
in the same locality, are greatly frequent
ed By artists and poets on the outlook for
ballads. From yews which grew and
aourished in the neighborhood Of Gnildford
were cut the bows which did such execu-
tion at Crecy and Agincourt.
The Hogs Back lies TO the west of Guild
ford. II fairly bristles with scenery. Dork-
ing where the famous battle remains 10 be
fought. and Epson Downs where English
men go crazy once year by act OF Parlia-
ment. may be reached by rail. Claremont
Park the residence of the late Duke OF
Albany. stands near Esher Church aud Ep-
som Downs. Near the village Of Compton
lies Loseley Park, very ancient seat. which
was given by William the Conqueror to
Roger de MontgomeTie. Roger is no longer
with u.s. Here DR. Donne lost his heart To
sweet Annie More. and was clever enough to
se 4. feaao IL nj