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F „ r the Sunny South.]
Frivolity’s F Le.
hollo ftlKl l )eau t0en at thC B P ringS
1 C , v li-h and >o say,
;in<l there on pleasure’s wings,
Vro' 'lolirious way,
1 1 ;i-i\ (-. and sails, and things,
Kr V»; , ‘l.aII- find concerts too,
,., An .o-vring j<»v- with long purse string!
I'!;. 1 ' | |v m-usoii through.
i thiii,rv -iid in the lavish flow
A Vr i,»r live last and high,
1 intumnal winds, that blow,
^nio all homeward fly?
Ji'ku I o.mld say ’twereso;
',V' ih, beautiful belle, the lover,
, t hev made too great a show.
'Ik..'-- " ‘home doing old gowns over,
all being gone,
eke
,, i he. hi- savings all being g
•' !I : ji- place lost, now must
nfe in a garret, all alone,
on tifttfn cents a week.. _
Eva L. Vollxn’tikb.
I.N HA3LPT0N COURT.
BILL NYE AND CLARENCE VISIT THE
PALACE.
An Adventure on the Way With a Govern
ment I)eei—History of tlio Palace From
the Time It Was liuilt—Some of the Pic
tures In the Galleries.
[Copyright, IS94, by Edgar W. Nye.l
London, Dec. 23, 1893.
Saturday I had promised to take Clar
ence down to Hamilton Court with the
understanding that I was to pay the
bills and Clarence to tell me what train
to go upon and when to get off. We
traveled third class in order to conceal
the fact that I was an American. Also
in order that we might smoke our black
and malignant pipes. There are several
ways by which one may go to Hampton
Court and a good many more by which
one cannot go there. Some go by coach,
as 1 did some time ago and to which
reference was then made.
Hampton Court is not a new subject
upon which to write, but it is a very
interesting place indeed. It is open free
every day except Friday, and so far 1
have not missed anything that was free,
from salvation down.
Riding from the station up to Hamp
ton in a hired drag, Clarence raked up
an old yarn regarding the horses of
England and the neglect of the letter h,
ON THE DEER.
at the same time calling to mind the
cage remark of the old horse doctor
tvho defended.hunting. He said: “Hit
his not the ’unting that ’urts the ’orses.
Hits the ’ammer, ’arnmer, ’ammer on
the ’ard ’ighwav.”
The approach through the park along
a beautiful drive of over a mile between
double rows of enormous horse chestnut
trees is most beautiful, "while under
these trees the hundreds of tame deer,
in droves like sheep, eat the falling
nuts without fear. Even my loud, ex
plosive, checkered clothes did hot
frighten them away.
My! how beautiful they are and how
i would have liked to pop one over with
my faithful little revolver, voted to me
years ago for being the most popular
man in Tie Siding, Wy.!
These deer are protected by the gov
ernment, however, though the stag 1
tried to feed with a hot cross bun real
ly hoes not need the protection of the
government. Dear reader, did you ever
suddenly find an armful of horns be
longing to a gentleman deer in the pit
of your stomach? 1 have. Of course it
was only play and all the bright eyed
children and nurses laughed ha, ha,
hut 1 wore out a Martin umbrella on
the beast and haven’t used that scarlet
necktie since. Red has been quite a
popular color for the scarf this autumn,
even among the elderly gentry, and 1
wore one that actually interrupted con
versation.
The palace of—Hampton Court was
built by Cardinal Wolsey in 1515, though
has been repaired once since that and
one can see where the mortar is a shade
lighter between the deep red bricks.
lX is about the plainest building I have
® ver seen, considering its cost. It has a
iacade, but no lift. The walls are of
old fashioned handmade brick placed
one upon another.
Cardinal Wolsey presented the palace
to Henry VIII on his birthday, and the
king occupied it for some time. Henry
VIII added to the palace a new iron
mud scraper at the door, as a delicate
hint to his retainers not to retain the
mud on their mammoth feet when call
ing on the king. The scraper is still
pointed out to visitors, having been
brought from Paris in the sixteenth
century.
Edward VI was born here, and here
died his mother, Jane Seymour. Queen
Elizabeth has lived here, also James I,
Charles I, Cromwell—who will be re
membered as an active partisan in Eng
lish politics; Charles II, James II, also
William and Mary. The last king to
reside here was George II. During the
reign of William and Mary the most of
the palace, with the exception of the
summer kitchen and leanto, was torn
down and rebuilt from designs by Sir
Christopher Wren and is in the Dutch
style. The front of the palace is ex-
ceedingh' plain and reminds one of the
old Illinois Central railroad depot in
Chicago. Over the entrance court are
the arms of Cardinal Wolsey. I do not
know where his legs are, though I in
quired of the caretaker, an old party in
a red calico uniform.
The great hall, over 100 feet long, 40
feet wide and 60 feet high, is a grand
affair, but hard to heat in winter, I
would think. At present it is heated by
large steam coils, but in the days of
Henry VIII, when his majesty felt chil
ly, he took another drink.
The beautiful stained glass window
shows the armorial bearings of the
king and his six wives, each of whom
was the only woman he ever truly
loved.
This rx>m has a lofty ceiling, beau
tifully decorated and carved by a man
who vas certainly more gifted as a
carver than I am. The walls are hung
with old tapestry representing the life
of Abraham. It is not for sale.
The presence chamber, doubtless
where Christmas presents were made, is
also hung with tapestry which should
be taken down and wiped with a damp
towel as soon as spring opens up. These
tapestries are worked in allegorical
designs, showing people with peculiar
enlargements for which I presume they
are not to blame, and street little nude
boys with piano legs.
Descending to the second court, one
will see over the gateway on the west
side a clock nearly 400 years old, though
the works have been replaced by later
ones. The king’s staircase is on the
southeast side of the colonnade and just
west of the escapade. This stairway
leads to the state apartments, the throne-
room, the guardroom, the king’s bed
chambers, etc. There are also 29 pic
ture galleries, I believe. A great
many of the pictures are portraits and
should have been done by Landseer or
some other good animal painter. Most
of the men look as though they were
suffering from hypernutrition, and the
savage scowl of royalty shows ever and
anon a tyrannical character utterly
without compassion.
Of course there are some historical
pictures and some Biblical scenes,
among them being a graphic chief-do-
over representing Joseph excusinghim-
self to Potiphar’s wife in order to catch
the last boat for Staten Island.
Another picture, enlarged from a ko
dak, I judge, represents Adam and Eve
in the Garden of Eden. The figure on
the right in this group is Eve, as I learn
ed from an attendant. Adam is on the
left—one cannot tell by the clothes
which is which. One has just peeled a
large 20 ounce pippin and has thrown
the peeling over her shoulder to see
what letter it makes.
Adam seems worried about the ser
pent, which hangs near him in a tree,
and one can see that onr ancestor is try
ing to remember where his serpent an
tidote is so that he can go and lay his
hand right on it if anything should hap
pen.
One cannot but be impressed by this
picture, the picture of those two single
handed parents of the human race.
With no experience at all, green and
countrified as all get out, raw and un
lettered, yet called suddenly forward
and asked to become the parents of all
mankind, white, black, red and yellow!
Think of it! Who could not shudder
at the very idea? It is a mighty solemn
thing to be a parent even where one’s
child is of same color as one’s self; but,
ah, stop and think over for a moment
what it must be to have the doctor
bring with him a Mongolian baby, or a
little red brother, or a fifteenth amend
ment!
I do not wonder that Adam strokes
his whiskers thoughtfully and wishes
that as a forefather he might be allow
ed a vacation. Eve’s face is not so easily
read, as she has partially turned to see
about the apple peeling on the ground.
Both Adam and Eve have a fine com
plexion and considerable of it.
I would say Hampton Court palace is
now occupied only by a number of the
very poor of the nobility who are un
able to pay rent and are by the kindness
of the qneen quartered here. Left with
nothing but their empty titles now,
these noble paupers boldly put on their
door plates the only possession they
have, and ever and anon one sees a bell
pull or a knocker nnder which is en
graved in big letters the Earl of Bar
leycorn, the Duke of Lower Sandusky
or Lady Eleanor Malloy-Tidd.
Here, where for centuries the king and
his retinue dwelt in magnificence and
these sunny courts echoed with silvery
laughter, where the table of the royal
master could be heard even at night,
groaning nnder its weight of good
things to eat, including paste and sweets,
porridge, joints, toad-in-the-’ole, shan
dygaff and everything that heart could
wish, now at dawn one sees the Duke
of Lower Sandusky light up his gaso
line stove and with raspberry tea and a
smoked herring begin the long, long,
weary day. Or he sees Lady Eleanor
Malloy-Tidd come down stairs furtive-
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Then at evening when the old palace
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“Too bad," said Clarence, knocking
the contents of his pipe ont against the
heel of his boot, for I allow him to be
perfectly open and free with me. ‘ * Poor
chap! Very sad that. I’ve seen ’im
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