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Show l , IHFK ClllJRCII , <~ !· :\!•. \'\ well's daughter was marr ied to Lord Falcon bu ry; and here it was that Cromwell himself was once the chief center f influence and power. But whatever may have been the attraction in the past, the attraction at ll ampton Court now is the more than ninety-years-old grape \'inc, and the beautiful Ga rden s thereabout s. \\' ind or Ca stle was reached ahout noon, and the pa rty proceeded to find and to enjoy a \\·ell prepared lun ch. Our g uide then called, and w \\'C re soon on our way to in-.pect the "fanJrite sca t of th e sover eigns oi < ;reat Britain inr the pas t eight centuries; and l'\'en hcfore \\'ind sor Cast le was found ed hy \\' illiam 1l1c Conqu ero r, the Saxon kings resided on this spot." Everything about this ·as tl c causes one to feel th at r yalty is near-the high \\'all, the pre-;encc of stately-hearing sold iers, the sternness of dignified guides, the arc hi tecture of the huild - ings. hut e\'l'll thcc,e clo not seem to detn the a\·erage .\mcrican; he proceed-. on his \\ ay with :1 coniiclent :tir tmtil stopped hy ''onl' having authorit\· ... St. c;c<,rge\ Chapel is intl'rcsling because it has been lhc ·cene ol royal weddings. \\ 'hen the late king oi England was the Prince of \\ ' ales. he and the Prince.: ,\le anclria were married here, and that sweet singer, ::\fadame .Jenny Lind ( ;o]d-;dlll i1it. sang the song of praise that da~·. ft may abo be recalled that two other celebrated persons were identifiecl with that \Vedding; .\lr. Frith painted the picture of the grand ccn·mony, <llld Tcnn.'·son. then poetlaureate of (:real lhitain, wrote the nupti al ode. In the vault of this 'hapel arc the remains oi many oi the mmt noted l~ings of l ~ nglancl: hut \\·hat is the worth of the body of a cleacl king mnre than the body oi a dead peasant ? l'ag-t Une llund red !o'o rty five |