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Show Locking- Up st (llbrstlsr. Terhapi tho favorite light of Gibraltar Gib-raltar li tho dally procession at sundown sun-down tor tho locking of the town, gates. Tho keeper of tha keys, look Ing iery lllto a prisoner despite bis uniform, marches through tho town tn tho confer of a military guard, preceded pre-ceded by a regimental band, which plays Insprlng, familiar tunei. Tho keys, ot enormous slxe, are borno aloft before him aa an outward and vlilblo emblem of the vigilance of Britain lri guarding her prime military treasure. "On arriving at the gates, th guard salutes, the martial strains strike, up with a redoubled peal of triumph, while the great door slowly (wing to, and are solemnly loikcd for the night Then right al.out turn, and the pro-cesidon pro-cesidon marches baik to the convent to deposit the keys In the governor's keeping, ronieylng by It paasago an nsilirune to tbo people and garrison that thoy may rest In peace. Once the gates are uhut It were easier tor a ionic! to pas through the ey of a needle i, an for any unauthor'xed person per-son to r Into Clbraltar liven a bs-latod bs-latod officer returning from plg-stlek-Ing beyond tbo line would b eon-fronted eon-fronted by so many formalities and the aoc-ssslty of Inconveniencing so many high prsonarea that h would probably prefer to eucouutsr th discomfort dis-comfort of Spanish Inn without, Tlt-Ults. |
