The herald., 1912-11-21
By ALBERT KENYON

ed and misapplied his his.
"'Er majesty he said. was one of
the finest sovereigns that hever lived.
Hi was in the public service under 'er
for many years, durin' which 'er peo-
pie was 'appier than at hany other
reign, though that 'appiness was con
tinued under the reign Of 'er gracious
son King Hedward"
Did your office bring you in con
tact at all with the queen?"
Hi, In contact with 'er majesty!
Not Hi, sir. Iii never sOr 'er except
when she was bout hairing. But Hi
was hoften at court, sir"
Had you duties there?'
mo, sir Hi 'ad 10 duties at court;
Hi went there to see the nOtables.
sir"
81 presume you could give bits of in
formation about many royal and emf
nent people"
and Justice W. occasionally and many
Of the most heminent barristers il
England"
Army magnates"
mo, sir. Hi never met any army
officer But Hi once met parson. Hi
'ad official connection with him, sir"
I'm what way"
HE was doin' too much talkin'. Very
windy, sir. Hi shut it Off"
was puzzled to make the fellow
out. At this bit Of information | fan
cied he might be a sergeant-at-arms or
something of the kind attached to the
residence Of some one Of the royalties,
employed to see that no inadmiSsible
person forced his way into the palace,
or if such succeeded in getting there
1t was his duty to put him out. Hav'
ing been brought up to consider ques-
lions as to peoples business i'll bred.
refrained from asking him what his
Office was. L let him 60 on talking, ex-
pecting that in time he would state 1t
of his own accord.
ct must have taken a fine lot O.
cordage to swing that block O. marble
into position. sir" said my companion.
Il don't think they used much cord
age for the purpose" l replied. 1T
would only be needed to guide the
mass as 1t was swung on to its pedes-
tai. They doubtless used chains TO
lift It."
"Now, really. Hi wouldn't "a thought
that. Hi should think ropes would be
better Chains might break the marble,
els In 20 II
the neck. could they. sir"
1 looked at the man surprised. He
appeared to be sufficiently intelligent
to know that a statue would not be
lifted on to its pedestal by the neck.
what made you think they would
do 1t In that wayy asked.
"Well, sir. it seems to me the nat
ural way to lift person"
with rope? You would break a
living persons neck by lifting him
that way"
"But you wouldn't break a marble
persons neck"
81 think you would In this case. The
figure is solid and must weigh a great
many tons"
"And II wouldn't do, sir-not in this
case-to swing 'er most gracious males
~ even In marble by the neck. 'Eaven
forbid that hany Of 'er loyal subjects
should think O. such thing! Hits
rank treason. sir"
He seemed terribly shocked.
I was not especially edited by this
In fkar rf Of bic ahot fhonOh hofnro
he got on to 1t he talked sensibly
enough. so | thanked him for the in
formation he had given me and start
ed away. saying:
81 expect to go to court soon. Per
haps shall have some attention from
you there I'm your official capacity"
"Hi shall try to make 1t as easy as
possible for you. sir. II you do"
This added so largely to my curios-
ity that | was sorry I had not asked
him the nature of the position he held.
He was not a gentleman and likely
would not have taken 1t amiss. How
ever, it was now too late.
Some time after this | was walking
on Oxford street with my friend Har-
grave. a LondOner. when | saw ap-
preaching the man | had met at the
statue. II did not occur to me to ask
Hargrave who he was. for I had no
idea he would know.
do you see this man comingT' ask.
ed Hargrave.
"Yes."
Hes Calcraft, the hangman."
Then I understood the mans refer.
ences to court-that he meant legal
court instead of royal court ap-
preciated his horror as a loyal subject
Of Queen Victoria at the idea of put
ting a rope around his sovereign's
neck even * stone But / was more
especially affected at the remembrance
Of his words when | told him l ex
pecteti to go to court soon, "Hi shall
try 70 make 1t as easy as possible for
you. sfr."
Since that memorable interview
have never passed Queen victoria's
statue without thinking Of Calcraft and
the court to which he belonged.
White Paint.
To remove match marks from white
paint rub them with a cut lemon. To
prevent a repetition of the marking