New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-19

TIE INGoLDsBY gqJN4 it,45,r r.sIiY f,f5f-
ENDs." ~ Charles O. y. The Macmillan
company.
ry,--.-,s y-spder.ngs through the Kentish
.,,,-,.-,- most intimately associated WIN rom
rneoldsfy's quaint and whimsical Iessh"S' ga
resulted !n a captivating book IL ls q i'e.'"
suu Of strange histories and romantic is-''1
ana these are revealed 90 as IN graiHlo "''0
humorous fashion. , r-.--,s
InroTdsbv. otherwise Parson flohaI1
-, Us horn II Canterbury. ard ''"s oe-
.ce1ded-or believed that he was o-acello7o
e-or1 that one u Archbishop Beckets iour I-l1i
- Mo was named "Fitz-Urse-' The nv
1-r.,e had large estates tn Kent. and angIol1e1
a. ..t.,.e5 name Of the murderer into DE heal-
han. -- which became Ga the course OF iiHe 100"
ham" They were Tor centuries non ~
rovarfuI race but - was race li4' 49,
Grated and presently lost all the ai-ol,it fiNF
-,. of -ta original Fltz-Urses. some OF ~ 80
hack en- the last century 10 lhEo-o9"s
ham through an ancestor VINO "'"i-
,..,s. of 4 later ouuer. The parson hau .
.... s.,.t f- tho commences 81 this theory OF
49,. rr,r, REGINALD Fltz-Urse OF u-''1'
..,. and ~ 1r Harper does not snare inns
,-,-t d.. does not r1lthlessly demoish IT. AH '.-N
,1sr+e- dealing with Canterbury 'alhe1le a. az
conc of F,itz-I-rse's crime, he gives US sine
,-l, vivid description Of Beclyets terilOle IN
= mes 8. scene OF almost animal pulci'-S'
,,sus +bat witnessed IL more tnah So 80
.s-ea wears ago are little changed 'i-S io-
-. 10 81 remembered. is all that is ieIt OF
- ,stsa5-al as Il was IA the ArchplsIo' . 10'
Ae for the old manor house OF Iap2lfs'o.l' IA
- IN 1r,.prs OF lneolds6y must feel Keen
,r+.-o.t Nc Harper notes a curious fact bsl
-, ..,,o5a the Mace a centre Of many le6e'o7'
-, o. Invented but he left unused an aelUa-
tragedy OF a thrilling sort
vy-pe, ali England was divided between llle
r,artisars Of King and commons 80 ~
and his Parliament we're tuIlll-E 80, House
AGAINST the other. Tappingtoh -Nlal ..is 81
49, Inhabited by two brothers, oeseel-'t.' ~.
80, ..Tyhou7as Marsh q MaTslOI NAo = = ~
fe~o OF that prose leEerd. The Leech "a -. = y,
No. nc whose merchants mark is stlA 10
Ne seen here. carved or the newer OF tLe %
staircase. These two broiheIs Hau - -
-, ei4es lu the struggle then gong on anu
,,,7sr~a1lad so bitterly that they agreed AtNS'
a. sneak 10 one another, living acllellS -l ~
Ss-er+ rl7rts of the then much larger house anu
only using this staircase IN ~olIi.-ol az
st~e5 to or descended from their particular
rpartrents. one night by evil chslllge, ~
met upon the stairs. None knew Wilal pa 1s
be+v-aer Them or whether black looks or o!lleT
words were exchanged. but as Lle talFa-lel
PASSED his Puritan brother drew a aasEeT anu
stabbed him I'm the back III fel ana dleq on
the Fpor and the stains of his blood are mere
30 this dav-visible. indubitably, 10 ones own
physical eyes
These stains are outside the bedroom OF Bad
Sir Giles" the atrocious parsonage OF whom
1sarharn has told us in The Spectre OF Tap
pington." Tho manor house no longer belongs
20 the Barhams. Ingoldsby's chidless son hav-
ing sold Il and divided the proceeds with his
two sisters.
The chapter on Romney Marsh has many odd
details Of the smuggling which went on there IN
ancient days. All the efforts Of the authorities
20 prevent the export Of wool failed completely,
though the penalties named were the most cruel
imaginable from death 10 mutation. a law Of
1898 provided for minute inquiry into the num-
her and storage places of the heeces sheared,
hut the wool growers calmly went on sending
annually forty thousand packs Of wool over to
Calais All the landowners. local magistrates
and rustics Of every class were concerned IN the
trade. and the revenue men were lucky who
escaped with their lives from an encounter with
1he smugglers These Kentish shores-intO
which the sea Is eating more and more raw
enously every year-are rich IN smuggling tales
well as In historic romance OF the more poetic
or tragic sort. II cannot be said that there Is
much local appreciation OF the remarkable hap
penings Of long ago. not many Of these coast
towns cherishiuE old customs as Sandwich has
cherished its curfew. For seven hundred years
that curfew has tolled every niEht from st.
Peters tower, the sections annual stipend for
this service being IS Twice in the last century
discontinue the practice. and twice the other
citizens came 10 the rescue. Long may that
bell be heard over 1.-THE mud melancholy sand
fats" OF Sandwich! Among the ancient relics
permitted TO remain IN the region is the monu-
nlent 70 Thomas Marsh. the hero Of The Leech
OF Folkestone." In the search for the Mars
ton Han" OF the legend the pilgrim comes upon
the Lone Tree" a solitary elm upon an other
wise unshaded, open road. Mr. Harper thus
tells its story:
A great many years ago a soldier Of the Castle
garrison murdered Conrs De this spot by fell
ing him with a stick he carried. no one saw the
deed done and he was so convinced that the
crime would never be traced that he thrust the
elm stick in the ground, declaring that he was
sale so long as Il did not take root. His regi-
rneut shortly afterward ordered abroad, and
81 not until many years had passed that he
was again at Dover. once there. d morbid curl
osity took him 20 the scene Of his crime. where,
horror stricken he found that stick flourish
ing tree. lie confessed and was duly executed
A cheerful note concerns the well meaning
Mayor of Follzestone. who began his address 10
Queen Elizabeth with
Most Gracious Queen.
Welcome 10 Folkesteen."
70 which. says AIr. Harper. her majesty f. re-
ported 20 have replied
You great fool.
Get or tina, stoo."
Mr. Harper's pages are well worth perusal. not
only by those who delight in 'InEoldshy." but by
the general reader. They may be most heartily
rr-,v,o~aoS