The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1905-04-28

IN Tue act, take ITEM ny the neck
and hustle them to the tower, and
when q King or queen got In the owe
they went out on the instsllment plan,
aud after being thrown In the gutter
for tho mob TO recognize. and walk on
the bodies. they would bring them
back In the tower. and seal them up In
a pigeon hole for future generations
10 cry over.
All my life I have had in our house to
look at a pictsrc Of beautiful Anne
Bolsyn. ana here ! stood right where her
head was cut on. AMI I couldn't help
thinking Of how we In America got our
civilization from the descendants OF the
English people who cut her head on.
by ginger. old chum. II made me hot.
I didn't care TO look al the old armor, or
the crown Jewels. which make you think
OF a cut glass factory. but I reyeled In the
scenes Of the b%ehsading. ! never was
stuck much on kings and queens, but is
seems to me II they had to murder them
they ought to have given EN- a show, and
let them fight for their lives. instead Of
getting into a trap, like you would cntlce
a rat with cheese. and then cut their
heads on.
| suppose II Is right here that We In
heri,od the desire to lynch and burn
AZ the stake the negroes that commit
crime and won't confess at home. when
anything Is born In the blood you can't
ret rid Of II without taking a dose Of
patriotism and purifying the blood. an !
advise you never 10 visit the Tower OF
London. unless you want TO feel like
going nut and killing some one that 10
tied up with n rope.
Hearing Of these murders and seeing
the place where they were committed
does not give you an idea Of fair play
and you don't feel like taking some ons
OF your size when you nght. but You get
to thinking that II you could catch q
cripple who couldn't defend himsclf You
would lits tn ,ako.a baseball club aud
maui tho stsfing out OF him, You boz
come imbued with the idea that II you
went 20 war you would not want 10
stand up aud fight fair. but that you
would like TO rc, your enemy In a bunch
and drop dynamite down on him from /,
balloon, and MI all In sight. and sail
J awaS Win anlnsano laugh.
Gee. but another day-Ia llAioxer,
and ! would want to 30 home and muir
der ma, or the nelghbors.
The only thing We have got In Amer
lea that compares with the Tower Of
London and its associates Is the i.eu,-
CERT sausage factory In Chicago. whers
Iautrars on, hIs urlf, late ~. f..s,x,.
murdered her. and L. aII~ssa--A>-sSss
cut her up In pieces and made sausage
OF the meat. given the pieces xlth grls-
tie Ia to his dogs. boiicdth bon.s untn
thcy would run into the sewer. dissolved
tho remnants In concentrated iy-. and
sold the sausage to the lumber Jacks In
the pine woods.
expect Chicago viii buy that sau-
SAGE factory and make a show Of II, as
London does the Tower. and you can "a
and see II, and feel that YOU are rs full
OF modern history as ! am OF ancient
history. here In London.
could see that dad was getting ncr'
yous every time a new. beheading wa
described to Us. and thought II wa
time to wake him ny. In going through
the room where the old armor was dis
played the beef eater old us who wore
the different pieces OF arnor. aud hs
said at times the spirit OF the dead came
back TO the Tower n occupied the ar
NOR. and noticed that dad SHED al
some OF the pieces OF armor. 80 when
we got rirht into the midst OF II. aud
there was armor on every side. and dad
anu the beef eater were ahead OF me,
ana dad was walking fast In order 10
get out quick ! pushed over one OF tho
pieces, ana II rent crashing To the loot