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The rain still continued, so that S could not share in any more of my rambles, but J and I went out again, and discovered the Guildhall. It is a very ancient edifice of Richard II.'s time, and has a statue over the entrance which looks time-gnawed enough to be of coeval antiquity, although in reality it is only a representation of George II. in his royal robes.
"We hates to accuse a white man of a deed like this," said Jake Rowlett, a time-gnawed old Indian fighter, "but Thornton made a statement to us under oath. He recognized Peter Doane and Peter would of scalped him as well as shot him only he heard somebody rustlin' the brush an' got away." "Peter Doane!" Caleb pressed a shaken hand to his bewildered forehead. "Peter Doane but I can't credit that!
The rain still continued, so that S could not share in any more of my rambles, but J and I went out again, and discovered the Guildhall. It is a very ancient edifice of Richard II.'s time, and has a statue over the entrance which looks time-gnawed enough to be of coeval antiquity, although in reality it is only a representation of George II. in his royal robes.
The most picturesque feature of the place is the old church, set amid tombs whose mossy and time-gnawed cherubs have exchanged grins for two hundred years and more. The old flint tower is grave and grim, but softened by a wonderful centuries old ivy in a veil of living green. A pathetic interest to artists hallows the venerable church-yard.
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