The English Bodley family . he warder. Whose keys ? says the sentry. QueenVictorias keys, says the warder. Advance, Queen Victorias keys,and alls well, says the sentry. God bless Queen Victoria! saysthe head warder, and the guard responds, • Amen ! Then the officeron duty gives the word Present arms! the guns rattle and theofficer kisses the hilt of his sword. The escort fall in among therest of the soldiers, and the head warder marches across the paradeto deposit the keys in the lieutenants lodgings. There s a wicketopen in the outer gate till twelve oclock, but there s no getting inor out af
The English Bodley family . he warder. Whose keys ? says the sentry. QueenVictorias keys, says the warder. Advance, Queen Victorias keys,and alls well, says the sentry. God bless Queen Victoria! saysthe head warder, and the guard responds, • Amen ! Then the officeron duty gives the word Present arms! the guns rattle and theofficer kisses the hilt of his sword. The escort fall in among therest of the soldiers, and the head warder marches across the paradeto deposit the keys in the lieutenants lodgings. There s a wicketopen in the outer gate till twelve oclock, but there s no getting inor out after that. Dear me ! said Charles, what a lot of ceremony; I suppose itsjust the same as Queen Victorias going round England every nightand locking up. Do you do it every night ? Every single night, said the beef-eater. They say there *s notbeen a riot in London from Jack Cade down to the Chartist riotin 48, but the leaders were planning to seize the Tower. I suppose they wanted to help themselves to the arms, AN OLD FRIEND. 25 And the sleeve-buttons and other trinkets, added Sarah. Well, we shall sleep easily to night, said Cousin Ned, when weknow that the Tower is well locked up. Shall you be on duty to-night? he asked the beef-eater. Ay sir, I shall be in the guard. We re ever so much obliged to you for going round with us, andas you 11 have to be up so late, I think youll need a bit of comfort,and Ned shook hands warmly with him, and left something in hispalm. The warder took off his hat with its blue and yellow ribbonsas the three nodded good-by to him and passed out of the gateway. What a sensation there must have been in London, saidCharles, when people came back with news about America, in SirWalter Raleighs time. Yes, indeed, said his cousin. People did not travel then asthey do now, and there were no newspapers to tell every day whatwas happening all over the world the day before. It is hard forus to realize the prodigious impression which the stories o
Size: 1355px × 1844px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookpublisherbosto, bookyear1900
