The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-05-13
FOUND IN ODD PLACES
ROSTER or HISTORIC TREASURES
SAVED BY CHANCE.
In the List ls Recorded the Priceless
Par Hment ia Which the Magma
charta Was lnscrlbed-Nos
In British Museum.

Not infreQuently manuscripts Of lit.
erary treasures. long deemed to have
been lost forever turn up in most IN
likely places and By most unlikely
means These reooveries form an In
teresting and romantic chapter IN the
history Of literature
Il Is said that the oldest known
Greek manuscript Of the New Tesla.
ment nov the chief treasure of a mu.
scum AZ 81 petersburg. was about to
BE- burnt together with other and ap
parenty valueiess manuscripts. BY the
monks OF a Syrian monastery. when
BY lucky chance Tischendorf inter.
fered in time 10 save It.
A page Of another valuable Greek
manuscript came 70 the Bishop Of
uganto in a startling way. IL was
wrapped round a FISH anl brought into
the bishops presence: when. by the
merest chance. he examined Il and
found il 10 be part Of a treatise
thought for many centuries to be lost.
The Rood man ? listened to the stan Of
the butcher IN the market where the
Ash had been bought Just in time to
save the remaining pages OF the treas.
ers
Quite as lucky as this was the
chance that led 70 the preservation Of
The Magma Charta from destruction
The story runs that Sir Robert Cotton
had one day entered his tailor's shop
precisely AZ The moment when se
tailor Was about 70 cut up. for pat.
terms. an ancient looking document
whercto were attached many large and
Imposing seals. Sir Robert arrested
he hand os tie tailor. egen though ne
aid not Immediately recognize the
salue ef the document. which he pur.
chased for q few cents To-day the
priceless manuscript Is in a glass case
Il the British Museum. most carefully
guarded
Another valuable manuscript that
vas about to be destroyed. after being
smoshered IA dust FOR over TWO cen
turtles IN a moth-eaten Golfer. was the
famous Journal q his Italian Travels
written BY Montaigne This Is now
looked upon as one o. the greatest Of
Freach literary treasures.
A decorator at work In a room 81
tineoln's Inn In London was one day
preparing to repsint the ceiling. when
Z bendls e he state papers ef Thur.
.ow feli oHs from a falss panel.
For ever two hundred years Millions
rcmrenrlace Book wherein vere en-.
tered iha rorgh notes and plans Of al
bis poems. was lost. but finaIlY Il turn.
ed ap Ia the garrett q q neglected
nouss n London
One 81 TIE most highly prized NAM.
scripts Of resent times was rescued
snst Ia time itam a cupboard In
house where the poet had for some
tine lived as d bachelor. This was
tbs manuscript cf DIn Memoriam.
and Il was to the poet himself that
The recovery vas due; FOR he remem-
h4red thzk tha book wherein Ne had
Transcribed the uFisiaal draft lad
been hastily thrust into the cupboard.
shsse Taznyson also lad been aecus
toned " keep bis pickles and Jams
Whe- the friends sent BY the rast 60
reeoger ths manuseripl arrived en-
the sesre TIE ccntents 81 the cup
soard had been removed by the land
l4dy w1o was Just then engaged II
eer tesk x house cleaning. and tarst
ADVISED her yisst0rs mat they hst
scaas none TOO sooa iaasmueh a. she
Wu4id that day have burnt ell ths
trarhs ahe had found nd-Ths eahasy
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