StNicholas . , and the Traitors CJate, and the gloomy-lookine tower called the Bloody Tower. I thought most aboutl^dy Jane Grey, and where she was beheaded, and where the twoprinces were murdered and buried. I saw what seemed to me 10look awful,—a block which had been used in the beheading ofLord Lovat, and some other noblemen, in 1745, and the markswhere the had struck the block, and the ax used for beheading;also the mask of the executioner. I thought of Lady Jane (ircy lay-ing her held down on such a block. I shuddered, and was glad Iwas living in a less barbarous age. Ada Buxton Statha
StNicholas . , and the Traitors CJate, and the gloomy-lookine tower called the Bloody Tower. I thought most aboutl^dy Jane Grey, and where she was beheaded, and where the twoprinces were murdered and buried. I saw what seemed to me 10look awful,—a block which had been used in the beheading ofLord Lovat, and some other noblemen, in 1745, and the markswhere the had struck the block, and the ax used for beheading;also the mask of the executioner. I thought of Lady Jane (ircy lay-ing her held down on such a block. I shuddered, and was glad Iwas living in a less barbarous age. Ada Buxton course any one who is fond of using his wits and fingers for prettypresents can try other things—churcnes. dog-kennels, pin-trays, andso forth. I am only going lo lell of one house, the first I ever made. lhc materials needed areold wooden matches, ofwhich you must first makea great collection, card-board for the foundation,mica or very thin glass forthe windows, and glue anda paint-box ; also a sharp.
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