. Zigzag journeys in Europe : vacation rambles in historic lands. I RICHARD. diad( is < ailed, was indeed a glitter of diamonds, and ti ious d< irried one back to the days <.f Queei LONDON. 183 Among the stories told of the prisoners in the Tower, saidMaster Lewis, there is one that is pleasant to remember. Sir HenryWyat was confined here in a dark low cell, where he suffered fromcold and hunger. A cat came to visit him at times, and used to liein his bosom and warm him. One day the cat caught a pigeon andbrought it to him to eat. The keeper heard of pussys devotion to thepri
. Zigzag journeys in Europe : vacation rambles in historic lands. I RICHARD. diad( is < ailed, was indeed a glitter of diamonds, and ti ious d< irried one back to the days <.f Queei LONDON. 183 Among the stories told of the prisoners in the Tower, saidMaster Lewis, there is one that is pleasant to remember. Sir HenryWyat was confined here in a dark low cell, where he suffered fromcold and hunger. A cat came to visit him at times, and used to liein his bosom and warm him. One day the cat caught a pigeon andbrought it to him to eat. The keeper heard of pussys devotion to theprisoner, and treated him more kindly. When Wyat was released, hebecame noted for his fondness for cats. Leaving the Tower, the boys stopped to look at the Traitors Gate,which had clanged behind so many illustrious prisoners brought tothe prison in the fatal barge; Cranmer, More, Anne Boleyn, bad menand good men, how it swung behind them all, and <-mded even hope!With sober faces the boys turned away. The Zoological Gardens in Regents Park presented the boys, onthe day after their visit to the Tower, a more cheerful scene. Whothat has read of the London Zoo has not wished to visit it ? Heresp
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