Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1910-09-28
MISS FISK'S LETTER.
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power, and had made us purer and
higher in character. and had encour-
aged us to keep rising still higher, so
we were under obligation to give
forth to others at home, and abroad
by our living influence and by our sup
port of missionaries. Coming out
from st. Giles, we saw children wend-
ing their way, and we inquired what
and where, and found there was a chill
dren's flower service, so we fell in
and were well paid, for it was a
| beautiful sermon to the children, who
| had brought flowers to distribute
among the sick.
Monday morning, we started on our
| drive for sightseeing. went through
st. Giles again, and were shown the
place where Jennie Geddes sat when
her wrath was so aroused by the prel-
ate that she threw her stool at him.
We saw the figure of John Knox and,
in the yard, his burial place. / had
discovered the heart of Midlothian on
| the way to church the morning be-
| fore, and now my thought was con-
| firmed as the guide showed US a great
heart made of bricks laid in the pave
ment, as the place where Scott locat-
ed his story. We went to Edinburgh
castle where so much of history CEN
tiers, saw the Duke of Argyle's tower,
saw where the duke was imprisoned
| for the cause of the Reformation. and
entered the apartments of Mary, Queen
| of Scots. The room is very small in
which she gave birth to James 9Th of
| Scotland, and who later became James
1st Of England. High up in the tower
a stone was pointed out to us. 1t
| owl yuhn q unTslTY
! doing repair work, noticed a hollow
sound made by his hammer. The wall
was opened and a little oaken coffin
about two feet long was found. In it
| lay the remains of a baby in richly
embroidered silk and heavy outer
covering. The whole was replaced
and the opening sealed UP again.
Not far from the castle is Hollywood
| Palace, which contains the apartments
of Lord Darnley, from which a wind
ling staircase leads up to those of Queer
Mary. Here we saw some most eX'
quisite carvings and paintings. One
of the latter is a portrait Of Queer
Elizabeth, and your mind runs back
into the history of these cousins. who
maintained a form of friendlinesS
while circumstances and political in
fuence, compelled them to be at en-
nifty. The bedroom Of Queen Mary
still has the bed with it's rich covering
and trimmings. all falling to decay
and hanging in shreds. Passing along
we are taken into the dining room
where the Queen and her friends sa
at supper when Lord Darnley came il
and held her fast in his arms while
those who came with him, reaching
over stabbed Rizzio, while he clunt
to her. begging protection. We wer
shown where he was dragged aloni
: and stabbed again and again.
In the afternoon, some Of our mum
Der went to visit Lincoln monument
} carrying a wreath which we each ha
contributed to purchase. 1t was yer.
handsome. AS l did not go there,
; shall simply tell the outline of the in
teresting story. One held the wreatl
while all sang, America" Their
were brief addresses and songs, an
the wreath was hung on one arm o
the figure of a slave kneeling befor
; Lincoln and holding up a carve
wreath. The monument was erecte
in honor of the Scottish heroes VIII
fell during our Civil war.
From Edinburgh, we went to Mel
rose. Naturally the Abbey held tn
cnlel dIIFacGlOn mere. 1t is all l
ruins but it has been called the mos
beautiful Abbey in the world. Gu
. attention was called to the fact tina
no two parts were exactly alike, an
we doubted it not, when we had stoo
for awhile and studied and compared
Such perfect balance and yet tn
sides of an entrance, although in syn
metry were not alike. The guild
called close attention to these things
" for a general view would not disclos
it to an Impractical eye. The carvin
was like delicate lace work, and mus