The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-01-07
QUEENEDONLYTOpI DIE
THE TRAGIC DESTINY or LOVELY
LADY ZANE GREY

A. a Little child she VISA thc, HIsse
Learned Girl For Her Age OF watch
History Has Any Record : aSr
whole Life Was soaaser aad SAD,
Sweet Lady Jane Grey, who relgned
for . few months as queen OF Eng
land and had her head cut on with
an Ak IN the Tower OF London for so
doing, was as a little girl the most
learned child for her age Of which
history has any record
Before she was nine years old she
wrote a beautiful hand and was able
50 play wen on several different sorts
% musical Instruments In languages
sas. was wonderful. She could speak
several both ancient and modern.
with ease.
By the time she was twelve she was
possessed o. MI the accomplishments
taught young ladies Of rank In. those
days and. besides that. could not. only
write but speak in Latin, Greek. Chai-
dale. Arabic, French, Italian and He
brew. She WIS also well grounded In
phllosOphS. and when other children
were out playing she used to amuse
herself by reading the writings OF the
philosopher Plato in the original
Greek.
Perhaps 10 was because the pretty.
Eady James childhood was so lonely
n wen as because Of the extraordi.
nnry powers q her mind that she took
Il, study SC, kindly and learned so many
things while 50 young. Her father
and mother were away at court much
of the time; leaving the girl to the
care Of her goyerness and her school
masters at the great, gloomy family
place called ERADICATE. down in the
country. TIE big ugly. square brick
house WIS built on the edge Of great
forest and surrounded by thousands
Of acres Of almost uIduhablted land.
There were. few books and no news
papers at the castle and no playmates
for Lady Jane, for her governess would
not let her play with the children OF
the servants, and there were no other
children within miles.
When. she was fourteen years old
Lady Jane was taken to court by her
parents and after that spent much
time there, where everybody was de-
lighted BIZ her learning. her beauty and
her wit AZ court she was able to
have some. reereaticny but she still kept
up her Studies; and when she went to
spend long periods with her parents at
gloomy Bfadgate she had a hard time
of 1t.
In a lettnr which she wrote to the
celebrated scholar, Roger Ascham.
with whom, she used to correspond as
with an equal, she tells how whenever
she tried to,db, anything IN the presence
Of her sharp and severe parents
either to speak. keep silent, sit, stand
or go. eat. drink be merry or sad. be
sewing; playing, daneing or doing any.
thing elsesr she was constantly crit.
cised and very often ptnched or slap
ped II she, did not DO &c perfectly.
In those. days children were freely
chastised by their parents even after
they. had grown up. and Lady Jane,
great heiress though she was and OF
the royal blood, got her share OF whip
pings But she says that when she
was at her studies she was always
happy and when called away from
them she, woulf burst into tears.
Ascham. who visited her at ERADICATE
when she. was a girl OF twelve, found
her reading Pinto in the original when
the rest OF the family were out hunting.
and she told him that she was thank.
full for having such stern parents. as
she had learned by their strict disci-
pllne to finf more happiness In learning
than in; an the pomps and vanIties and
all the pleasures OF the world.
She was wonderful child in her
knowledge OF politics and OF what was
hiking place IN foreign countries. and
great men used to correspond with her
about Affairs OF state when she was a.
little miss OF twelve as II she were. a,
grown woman OF the greatest intellect
But poor little Lady janet All her
learning and wisdom did not save her
from sad fate. When she was sixteen
they married her to a weak but. other.
wise estfmable young man and matIe-
her queen for few months. Then she.
was overthrown, taken prisoner and
early the next year had her head cut
or for usurping the crown.
1t was her ambitious father who
forced her to take the, crown. and he.
too had his head cut OF for the bad
advice he gave his daughter.
Those were stern old days when they
carried on their political campaigns
with an az, and a learned, gentle and
beautiful girl Ike Lady Jane was out
OF place In them.
But If she found no sympathy in her
own times she has found It since, and
more tears have been shed over the sad
fate OF Lady lane Grey by the present
age than her misfortunes and her vir-
tues ever caused to flow In her own
London Spectator.