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Show 111 ! WAKEMAN'S WANDERINGS BVJ ''' A PEEP AT ANCIENT COVENTRY. Ul.torf n.l Trs.tHl.r. f llallaat Lady IC)o!l and llatf-allf l-fl"C Tom. m.W j.n.1 ISssfi af Groat Anllfiull. liar OIJ rofd'l Hospital 1 SI. Mary'a (OnprrlsUr, l?l, bf Edjr U WaWman., covrHTnv, tiftUivt, Ocl a Til Itll fiarHr with which a alngla tact, MleC or Ifiirnd from tiroou ttmt And loditmtnt In U mlntta of men atvl rrentiiallr femes a bulwark of local prM ar.J powtr, MWtll a.4 A ii0ijt of UtllTITMUnUrt, 1 mmhrn In llrtlnln tnonktrlktnr H ustrate.1 than In lb la tncient tity of Or KrrrwltknmiiOiaWorII rlwe h It KnUr or . shinliu Iwaeoii of pludW fact or mjth to which tin- tourist, lika a imritttr. tllrwr hi often ttinimiti ous way. Illarntjr hit It 4 "spine," IWI fAllup!niiti0tnUU aot liUtorlo plww of riot. M Ft. Im Ati'I Jinn burr am dntr In numrr rfajmn nmmor ork ami CiaurtMirx Art rich IiiwUI-mIlmUauI lora of pllitrlm. fHullitmrr wm th OM Brum of Hrltain Irliol ha-! It- ihilitf ton. l!raii.rr frl H)iUl Mount knawr Wortswortb atl KnwJrk wm tl. lminv of Bmitlur Ati'I CulvritlK Wi.fii Cifrl a lllll ! mfotlAOl wami DIcUha no I I.Li wonflrona lnw! of Umler crfiloti. Vnr mouth U Mm ply whro Ow "rcottj" flvralt, NtUl0Dlr rronlln HyrotL A'i-ImtUfonl, A'i-ImtUfonl, Mtlrowj Ami VtsbnrnU tvll, mora thin r aIUImp ( r WAlUrScoit NAMhAnrl Culhnlfn nian tli lMliroit tnrtit if hop Lln( dI tbuttrrolieuri i tlonofan hrolo prliim Atil IH Klorloki I Iioiim. (llourrlf r tM-AlU th orUln d( tli Fnndij Mtoo' lCfoilnrorth mvuaI ttio rvolrir or niliAUth. Jtogbr ukkmM errytlilD wBultoraAnt jtoM In ncimnl IrlMorAytrtltA r-vJItnt fawof llobuy" ! llitrn. Tliium Auuhrim .Itwloi tlin I eatlr trwewijr of the IrU.i utiunAOvrr I throw MriUfoM to Hi mind I hut fctt othrr word for Sbtkeflpexre. An 1 Covrn Irjrhu for 8j yer rant,AmlurII for rrer tolr iitft, IaJjt Uodlrn Aut MuLw,of Wtmlnitr, whoflourUhM About 1M0 10, first wt down the- cplMxI as sober Littery, lot fnlltd to mtko a pIacu for' IVtplbit Tom." 1 clurra uikq tbt cuntlouftt Ul of hoff Tto tkt rodt forth rtuthod on with ehaulin An4 on low ohvrhiyiRipArtof Ibfttiihtitatlh. Tb ftJ bjworJ of all per to tomt, lutrlnti a little aojttr Itole la fair. IWt-tt Lis ryes Ufore ttirjr LaJ lllr Vt obrlTtl it Into tUrUm lo hts brl( A1 drtitt Ufor LIuu tki thtTowtn, wbo On noble dtedt, rsacc I a scdm ta!tnL lloworwbsuthls"onf lowchurl.compact of tUnllcts VArth,MwA first tnU tb Uteful Antlthtslsof ldj (JMIta'a noblo nirrlflfT, orwhy the honest vocntlon of n tailor was nulled upon to auppl a culprit, "LVpliig Tom," wbwa psrudonym wilt coiitlnuo htr All ttmnAitypo of MfrrnbU An I ImnlTrrtihtt In utttlvrtirM, wm nuiio other thtn n t si I or, nn 1 that All tbes te rlhlt thine happened to him In Coirntrv, Worse UtAlhAu alt other to IVfptDjr'lou werohUAppUlniirciniliilngtnii;lra. TUj anifoitntlws hrre In Coventry In Hoijo, In wool. In dslft. In trcelaln. In wait whll tho vrr school twys Art Martially tmttutf new JackknUts upon iirotoquA ImlUUoits of lh rrpulilto object. Tht thlnirUeraAi yot from niches ttbovonn clcut tmildlnmt areiu to craoo Ita lei htr uut head from tho cornices of itvw Atid old houU, shows Its honet.li trfth from Attonu' shop window trifle. And haunt Audi'iimit yon until ou are startlwl to leAlulJurAiiienu rvproiliicod lntlefac4 ittramiHiA.d UlUmrs lo shadowy quarters quar-ters of tho musty old ton n If thU lucktoss Hlht has tn merely n l-opuUremUdiiuontif nil Asopponed to ico-xl, iMdy OoUva certainly exUinl In tho I liwu, Bbe U a hUtorto charACtrr of au Ihentlo certlllCAtion. She was sister to Thuroll.blierlff of Unoulnshlr. and wife of IxMfrlc lUrlof Mcrcla, a j rime farorlto ot hdward the Cuufnwor, In bis tint At . the head of various ktat tmmactlun. 1 Jkith hlttory and tnulltlon unlto In honor- InglAdy (jodlTA wllli tb PoMeslon of ttututul piety uotxltieu nod Wuty, The ilerout pair crrulnly foundwl lure a jrreat monastery for lUmedlctlti muttks, which attained rtiormoin vtalth nn I splendor, niTered ttranttv rUltsltudpa, (asmnI lulo slUiicoandclt.artkndmAJislve vrMIe of lu remains Arottlll seen ontbo hanks of Ifacrlvrr her. U-ofrla died at JJron.Uy, MnlTiirdsblre, hut was hurled In on pon.li r lh tnaoAtArjr At Coventry, wbllo his wife, wbo At her death kjto 'a rlchrhaln I of precious atones to h put Around tb lieckof tbobhtMel Vlrilu'alma,(e, aothnt thou) whurAuiaof dsvotlon bltber woull i ii many prayer Mtbera were M-tna it hi ii," was Lro burial In the other It Is Also Inooutostlbly true that tbe. cltlien if Country, when Iofilos vunU, did rervlte, ibrouph fyi ty tlodlra'aeilorls with hcriwrlm warrior hmUud, som sort of mauunilol in front svrvil tenurv, as not i-nly Aiit-kut records pruve, hut as was alo Llenrl) etldciicwlhy tbomeinoriil wlnduw wbUh Ptowl la tht south trunw.pt of 1 rln lty Chunk up to tie ,f ttcuih century, and contuli ed a pittura of l,vf (iodlvA and -il l.frlc.tLo Utter hohlliitt In his rlulit hauduchtrur hearloi: tho Mlowiuic lu Acriplloji l.IiOrlch,frluaff tbM lJwiiuAkUuNuUriil free, ThU much for history and hUtorlejil trn dltlon. Uuraturv mil Art, omttrut4 iuoriowcrfuInnd luoulrw tlmn history, liittu(liin thvrwt, Coventry Is not nviry lartce t lty, eoutatnlni; I nrely &0,(XiU Inhnblt Huts, but koiii of Usijiurtera Aro very HuJtiitAnd plcturas'iue, 1U wonderful spires of It church, rspocl y of 1 rlulty AndSL MUhRflU, tbslaiur IwiuiiSJ tn luhiUht, btwtKheu th jUc a crrUlu fame, 1 hen la tho old da) of ths mouM terlrt Co ntry wa noted for lu piljtrtiii-ak4 piljtrtiii-ak4 from France tater pnrlUmeuts wrro L"l 1 h Uhlu 1L Thu tuiiHAUt of kliik nd iiueens to thu pious city ha rtiuuled tb uioiii spUndld proctons At atideut Caii ttrbur). tre4t Jou.l Hud lourunmeitU Wsrehellhsrd. :Ut old city wall wr tiirea milts look, ulno fut thick au t wer fcurmuuntod by thirty mo l.fiytoucri Tli old time CiiMsot Cm tutr) was former , ly a! Virynote.1 .Ur QmnoC Uota woa for a totiii time Imprison! her In the ii.ijoiWiAxlor ..f Uulld or ht Mary a 1 JUlt,stilltaiidlnitl.oiigniienrlyCOO)ear ot4 All tb.M. and touutlsn more things ofosuMidlrw lauitst ilsvvlop aud charm alt pllkrlms hi re, though the untral Iluures whhh otlilnslly attract them all htv rJl-int rJl-int Uodiva and rAlly IVi iIiia Torn. iJks'a U;t luiuulu&io: Cueutryar Hptaaaftak jL dlMrpi'.r.t.i'a t r ill a ic re of nn a Away lUbeautlM spirrsare en ' r ngi sugftestlr f f atitlqulty And r( nt Near lo? tfa c.lr U rises from a wn toaous cbstnpsliia country, ittl rMed, od with an nnpleastat nA ftf lh cUyffr 4ll checker! oa tb fields And outlining tM rather lonnm And heriRel adjacent highways, t ourinc lb city from any dl rectho, modern streets hoDteml with modern houses hint of a sponettigoutof All the old nooks and neste, an I tfles a forrbfldliitf m of Rainless 0oet Hat on well Into lllghstrte t, to the riftbt And teti In rvery dnecilon and In intermlnihl t ronai., nr narrow lliorwuflifrtrrH wlmllnit and IntcrUelru In tjtialnt nn 1 charmlnrf confutlon 0 kllrasAiMt I'wplnit Toms bi-gin bi-gin to smltn and glower upon you from trtry nlch ad I window Upthcr to th rlitbt leads a narrow street. Your ImputM lead you thither Not a hundred yards rnor atil down Ij jour left opens en of tht mostchAratter fill thormisfarare In all Tumpe, It li 1 lu tr hern Itow Vmi InstAntly step fmri ItiA Nineteenth to tb ISiStrenth rental A day's lolterlnrfwoull amply rettnnlel hste. Jut behind Its ramthackln oil huue, And twrhap primeval trees frlui liiit AttiAdowy clote, Into which Are hn 1 lie I th churches of ht. Michael a and lilnlty All alfout them Is almost iinrroonlvi an In AirbltetturA. Iltlf llmlierul I.oumh, two, thrw, four And Ore miturle old crowd around tho plaeo In Alt m inner of finiAstlcAtiKleaAndfaca'Ivs. At th cornet of Hay I ji no and list ley I.ant Juu wher tho fin ild picture Is metluwrat as yu l look tmrk upunth hilf verdurcovett MA of Ancles And cart In j., stand A 3UI yanr U Inn, mloml to Its ( ft p tern t oak an 1 mortar, black and Uvrndei pAlnt And ombanstftit stories, thit th visitor may know how thvohl town looked when It hull lerslubl left their work spick And Anlii the kloryot first completion, A tut I beyon I, Its I m, wide front, a mis of rrumbllutr carvlnK. stands on th most InitrestliM structures of a former an-In lmUud, IbUls HL Miry'AllAll. Tho other, to me, most f AMrlnatlnK spot la Coventry Is tirds llosplul In Gray I rlnr a lnr, no AlmhoiiMj for old, ol I women, lit; At tiiuiiy, many i-lln-t striiiture most ran aud cnrlou Le-v, Atnoug I hem, Ht. Michael' Church, ovri whkhfttnAlInwthornecuuldbtwarnwl Into ruLtlmli tf ' Si old, t mdurititf. so liiiiev rich, with such Intricate mknuto-nc. mknuto-nc. In It UoMi that, look ui lone a uu will at It, you can alnny discover aumo-thliii aumo-thliii new directly tWoto your e)r ' ad 1 tlmt, "of all l,iidi h things I hnv seen, mo-thinks mo-thinks lhchurchrdlaAppiilnt in leut.' Trinity Church, with Its pulpit accounted 'tb ury llnesl In th klnutom ' aiiI ltonla Ilosplul, a rcmftrkAhl iirnrture, fsundeil nearly 4' year ajo as a hoiut furaKl men Hut lite two j luces are J rrfect In their linking of an ol len with th pre tit day, present In themselves auch striking tlciitre of a rrmoto uol mtlluwuut, and wlthnl present so fully on I At a Rtanco the very time An 1 mold of thnt which Iim held nil I.iulih speak I nit la ml l lothl!ea4t.tpAKefromtbi kotdrn . of hnsllsh literature, that on cornea to them In thrlr halo And sturdy auo a wt turn wliii I eirt thrill Amldeliu'bt to the (sHmlusi fnec of dear ol 1 friends. As nearly as can l as -ertAlneil by an tlqiiarlAnatbvdattofbt Mary's Hall li ho. tweenltWAiidlllX It Is therefore nwrlyouO yeirs old. The Ancient uulld of Coventry wrro famon for their wealth And sum' tu on host liality. And this I.aII was tho Rath triiiKphco of tin city's uolto-l kuIIU. It stands rntlr just n It wssl.ullt, Itlsotso rfmirkablnAUlDjonofth fsw i!hti ofpubllo Interest to which strangers Ar Adinlttnl In Jii eland where a fm 1 not do iiuudvd or expectnl. Thai A'on make on fond of thsttendld anlluo, lis en traoca BiUlsopposltotit Mlchael'sChurclL Th nirvlUEi, though crumbled todly.wer orlKtnally almntrlch as tbo of Mel ros Abbey ThlsArchcdwayleidsthrnuuh a sumptuously decoraleil ouiirt orrr nn opentcallery directly to tbo ureal hall cf entertainment. In tbo other bat Minus upon which tbo court opens ar m-cu th ArriiiiEvmctitsof akcsIu which tho who! business of frs'lvalwa conducted within tho walls of on establishment. Tho kltcb en, entered beneath th gallery, Is nti cf tho hujtest and most antique, now oxlstluif In r nglAud It lofty arch Aro supported ly octangular columns. A tremendous Arch vault! tb cop'4-rs. And nt vm h side Is an anue 1 holding a shlef 1, Th four chlm DfjsarstU larkestof this kind now ox taut, nn 1 hive cummunh atlntt arches. Ad Jolnlnit th kitchen are th vaults In which wer alored record, treasure, wlms and Alta. H Is aald that th cellar, of no klnijorpotonUtoiurpAswd theso In their dy. They ar lu every particular today ai they werausedln th tlmo of their curly And aplt udld wassail ry. Th rutin walls and celling of the Interior In-terior of the treat hall Is a solid liuueof sculpture, palntlotr, tapestry And carvlutc Almost every development ot art tn em bletivula decoration for &XJ yenra ha fou ml riprcsalon here, aud, mors eitraordlnary than all elte, each object or design standi InlurespwttvopUc Jnst a It left some miuUrahand. Coventry folk themselves h.no no Aih-qunto cotnpruhenslon ot tb mine of nrt wealth tbns rottlotf n nils con tain, I hat the word of a famous I.ondon connoisseur that ho had, out of pcrsonnl curiosity. Attempted a careful valuation, hut had Riven up In discouragement after he ha 1 but fairly liegun an 1 hnl reached Dm sum of i.i UiO, or About 11.000 uia Onlynllttl wu from EL Mary's llall, dowu a uarrowwynd callMUray Trlar'a Jmoi,1s fuunl lord Hospital, a unique specimen of Architecture preVAlllnit In tb erttlypartof tbebliteenth century, Tb entire front Is covered with th richest of woo. I carvlug. Ubrro huge ah I canopied Kahlua project from the aecon I story. A wide, low, iunred nrrhwny loads to n long, narrow court, oieii to th sky, whoso el ten are wholly composed ot carved supports and frame act with countless tlnypnnea, 'I hlriy old women are In the chirlty. blx tn ii nro housed herein lis sixteen nualnt est rooms to be found In tho llrltlsh Isle. lb entire structure stands pn duly n It was built 8oVenr Ago, and Is absolutely untouched by Innovation. 1h aliteen houMNl hopltallersrrcehe each pcrwiek four shilling, free washing ud rbyslclan' Atttudaure, and Annually two ton of coal. Tbey cook their own fotMl and come aul go AtwtIL lho lUln outside rv ceie the aaine allowauce, And all Are given six hhllllugs and eight pence iwr Annum for nun, rutted 'tower, n loud tlcklimclock nu I a purrlngcAt Are noticed In e ten room. 1 be kirden wall behind Is a part of the ol I tity walls and Is pierced forutunou, l.icl. hospltdlrr Is Allotted a separHte bit of ground 10 fest wule and X feet lung fur a "garden" I was ahown one upon which aaI Mr. Noon was bestowing the nUht of hvr dim old llfv. It was a mancl of neatness mid luxuriance (11 odulth candy tuft, Held corn timers, a few rose bushes, aome mint nud mlguonvtte,etral vatl tk'sof ferns und a wealth of Anion's roils wit li tbtfr Ruudy yellow hhtonis An, ), sal J Mr. HInl-ow, tbo brisk rim run, at parting, 'ue has what ) e might cail AcomfortaMg lot JtssuoMt hut aome tlli.es "ttilawltU A sigh of commend t la tuKtAih u, It'a a proimr rum lot, u r roi r rum lot, u you'll Und.l has tooare for" ILKJAU U WAMIUX. |
