The Washington herald., 1907-03-24

little slab and bears the well-known
verse. "Goode friende, for Jesus sake
forbear, To dig the dust inferred here.
Blest be the man who spares these
stones, And curst be he who moves my
bones" The words are particularly TO
be noted. for by them alone (by ingeni-
Gus methods Of cryptogram making), lg-
natius Donneny constructed his famous
Baconian cipher.
We will 60 from Stratsord 10 Kenil-
worth to visit the ruins Of the ancient
Kenilworth Castle, where good Queen
Bess was often entertained. and with
which Is associated the sad story Of Amy
Pobsart, and the ambitious favorite Of
the virgin Queen, Lord Leicester, to wnom
the castle was given by Elizabeth her
self. The castle Is, indeed, ruins. and it
takes q lively Imagination to rebuild II
TO anything like its pristine glory, but a
guide will do his best for a small fee,
s-and give to airy nothing a local habita-
ton and a name. Showing you what
was the banqueting hall. the Swan tower.
the chapel. the presence chamber, and
even the very spot where poor Amy was
discovered in the grotto by the Jealous
Queen
Back we now go to rest in our snug
little chamber at the Crown in Warwick,
and alas, alas, tomorrow bright and
early we pack up our belongings and
must take the train for Liverpool, only
stopping for a last sightseeing trip in
Chester for a couple of hours. We sail
at 4.
Chester has the fame of being "the
quaintest city in England" and / would
almost add I'm Europe" If / did not
stop TO recall Berne in Switzerland, and
a delightful little out-of-the-way place
in Holland, whose name I dare not try
to spell.
The town stiu boasts its old Roman
wall, and upon the wall is flight Of
steps which one must run up without
stopping and take a wish-and an old
gentleman whom / met solemnly prom
ised me the wish was bound TO come
true" I wished I might return to Eng
land and the wish has come true. not
once, bat twice already
From the public square We will see q
delightful bit Of the River Dee, about
whose 'old miller" our mothers have
sung US to sleep. The houses and inns
are deliciously ancient. and the stores
under heavy grim arcades. are dim in the
brightest mornings. Every thing in al
Chester is out OF date. and Of long
forgotten time. and so with a unique
charm for US.
The most famous houses are two OF
the very oldest in town Gods Provf
dence House" is so called from the fac
that at the time Of the great plague
In the sixteenth century, I think-it was
the only house in all Chester without &
/ call from the grim messenger-Death
The other house Is remarkable for the
very crude Biblical pictures which IL ha.
upon its front, pictures 50 crude, in fact
that It quite shocks our modern ideas o
art, and amazes US 20 see ancient Ches
ters idea Of theology.
We shall take luncheon in Liverpool
and while slipping our cup of good ho
English tea, e We look out the window
well see the Kings soldiers in thei
smart red coats, who come marching
down the street; and what do we heal
the band playing? Listen. 1T is Kinl
! Cotton" the stirring march Of our be
/ loved country, and glad eyes grow dim
and in our hearts there IS a strange, new
/ joy. for the music seems like a voice from
| Dixie Land ACROSS the ocean. calling u
home-to home. sweet, sweet home.