Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-03-31

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leading into the courtyard. On this
very spot where we are standing have
often stood Cardinal Wolsey and Arch
bishop Cranmer. Rockford and his Sis
ter Anne. Suffolk and Wyatt, as well as
their cruel and bloody king.
Passing through the corridor at the
farther side of the court and into the
entrance hall, the work of recent inn
provement is at once apparent. This
beautiful chamber is paneled from
floor to ceiling with Italian walnut and
contains lofty fireplace Of Verona
marble, most deliberately carved.
Bed Chambers Of Queens.
Ascending the staircase. the visitor
is shown through the gallery into
three historic bed chambers, the first
being that of Anne of Cloves, Henry's
fourth wife, whom he divorced to
marry Catherine Howard; for after be-
heading Anne Boleyn, whom Henry
denied to have been his wife, he stfll
inconsistency claimed and took own.
ership of Hever by right of his mar
rage to her. Next to this gloomy
apartment is the sleeping chamber Of
Anne Boleyn, containing the self
same old oak bed in which she slept
in her happy girlhood days. Beyond
this is the guest chamber occupied by
Henry VIII during the many visits
which the king made to Hever while
paying court to Anne. 1t contains .
handsome and richly-carved four-post
bedstead, opposite to which stands q
heavy chair with the Lion of st. Mark
sculptured on each arm. A winding
stone staircase built into the outer
wall leads to the famous long gallery.
often trodden by Henry and Anne be-
fore their marriage. Here is an old
oriel window with the Tudor arms en-
blazoned on its glass, and tradition
says that from this window Anne was
wont to watch for the coming of her
royal lover as his horse topped the
road over the hill.
Other objects of interest are the
council chamber and, near it, the stone
dungeon. where many antique instru-
ments of torture are shown. There are
also windowless closets and obscure
secret passages inclosed in the mas
sive masonry Of the keep. the very
purpose or use of which is forgotten.
In one of them the new purchaser
found q thirteenth century manuscript
of the Historic Scholastica of Petrus
Canestor. containing a chapter from
the Book of Kings-probably a relic of
Walter de Hever or Nicholas Heath.
View From the Parapet.
Looking out from the parapet at tho
top of the tower. the extent Of the i'm
provements outside the walls is appar-
ent On one side is a wide stretch of
artificial lake. Built along its margin
is garden in the Italian style. A high
wall of beautifully-carved yellow
stone. broken here and there by round
ed pavilions. throws q protecting arm
around one side, while on the other
side is a pergola-the two forming a
long cloister. Here, in summer, foun-
tains play. fish disport themselves in
sunny basins Of agate. exotic plants
twine about pillars Of porphyry, and
masses of roses cover everything.
Near the center is a Roman garden
with its impluvium adorned with col
umns and sculpture. The wall ends in
loggia, with broad marble stairs
leading down to the waters of the
lake.
Half concealed in the wood roarns 4
herd of dappled deer. and yonder is
the very site of Anne Boleyn's garden.
Her favorite walk, still known as
Anne Boleyn's Walk" lies Just across
the hilltop under an avenue of chest,
nuts. The villagers believe thatl her
restless and unhappy spirit still
haunts Hever, and has been often seen
at night standing where the faithless
king first met her. and wringing her
hands. Fancy the heart" wrote
Leigh Hunt. that could have sent this
poor little hysterical. half-laughing,
half-crying thing to the scaffold!"