The English Bodley family . ans time ? asked Sarah, for ithad a most dilapidated look now. To be sure, said the master; it was here that he came, and Iwill show you where he got his idea of the wicket gate. So say-ing, he showed them in the church wall a portal closed by a woodendoor, and in the door a smaller door or wicket. It was scored withnames and initials and dates, but was to be carefully preservedwithout further change. Near by was the green, and upon it was a decrepit building of A GROUP OF WORTHIES. 139 \ timber and mortar, the upper story projecting, which had the repu-tation of be
The English Bodley family . ans time ? asked Sarah, for ithad a most dilapidated look now. To be sure, said the master; it was here that he came, and Iwill show you where he got his idea of the wicket gate. So say-ing, he showed them in the church wall a portal closed by a woodendoor, and in the door a smaller door or wicket. It was scored withnames and initials and dates, but was to be carefully preservedwithout further change. Near by was the green, and upon it was a decrepit building of A GROUP OF WORTHIES. 139 \ timber and mortar, the upper story projecting, which had the repu-tation of being the school-house where Bunyan was taught. Theytried the door, but it was locked. They looked through the yawn-ino cracks, and saw that the lower story was used for the storageof some of the church furniture while the church was inquiry, they found where the key to the upper part waskept, and going for it they brought back an old woman who openedthe door and let them up the staircase into the rooms : r 1 < 1^^ iW^ Old Swan Inn, Elst And what is this place ? asked Mr. Bodley. Please, sir, its the Sunday-school room for the Independents ofthe Banyan meeting. What a forlorn little upper chamber ! said Mrs. Van Wyck. Yes, its an upper chamber, said her husband, smiling. There may be a good deal in common between this humble meet-ing-place and the stately church which we just saw. The village street was very quaint, and there were houses in itwhich might easily have been seen by Bunyan, but the house which 140 THE ENGLISH BODLEY FAMILY. was called by his name was the most unlikely relic of all, being notover a hundred years old, and used now as a little shop for the saleof candy and ginger ale. There are two other places in this neighborhood, said ProfessorAdams, that evening in Bedford, which we might visit, connectedwith the names of Benjamin Franklin and George Washington. By all means let us go, said Mr. Bodley. Well, said Professor Adams, which sha
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