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conscience she sat pure as light, stainless as a star." I 

 believe that, my dear Colonel. Why can you not give 

 the world such gems as you are capable of, and let us 

 alone about future things, concerning which you know 

 no more than a new-born babe or a D.D. ? 



There is a good guide-book for Coventry, and there's 

 much to tell about that city. It was once the ecclesias- 

 tical centre of England. Parliaments have sat there 

 and great things have been done in Coventry. Many 

 curious and valuable papers are seen in the hall. There 

 is the order of Queen Elizabeth to her truly and well- 

 beloved Mayor of Coventry, directing him to assist 

 Earls Huntingdon and Shrewsbury in good charge of 

 Mary Queen of Scots. There is a mace given by Crom- 

 well to the corporation. You see that ruler of men 

 could bestow maces as well as order his troopers to 

 " take away that bauble " when the commonwealth 

 required nursing. These and many more rare treasures 

 are kept in an old building which is not fire-proof — a 

 clear tempting of Providence. If I ever become so 

 great a man as a councillor of Coventry, my maiden 

 speech shall be upon the enormity of this offence. A 

 councillor who carried a vote for a fire-proof building 

 should some day reach the mayorship. This is a hint 

 to our friends there. 



The land question still troubles England, but even 

 in Elizabeth's time it was thought not unconstitutional 

 to fix rents arbitrarily. Here lies an edict of Her 



