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Having seen him in such topping spirits the night before,
Mr. Casbury was amaz'd when he learn'd the death. He was
found in the town ditch, the hair as was said pluck'd clean
off his head. Most bells in Oxford rung out for him, being a
nobleman, and he was buried next night in St. Peter's in the
East. But two years after, being to be moved to his country
estate by his successor, it was said the coffin, breaking by
mischance, proved quite full of Hair: which sounds fabulous,
but yet I believe precedents are upon record, as in Dr.
Plot's _History of Staffordshire_.

"His chambers being afterwards stripp'd, Mr. Casbury came by
part of the hangings of it, which 'twas said this Charlett
had design'd expressly for a memorial of his Hair, giving
the Fellow that drew it a lock to work by, and the piece
which I have fasten'd in here was parcel of the same, which
Mr. Casbury gave to me. He said he believ'd there was a
subtlety in the drawing, but had never discover'd it
himself, nor much liked to pore upon it."

* * * * *

The money spent upon the curtains might as well have been thrown into
the fire, as they were. Mr. Cattell's comment upon what he heard of
the story took the form of a quotation from Shakespeare. You may guess
it without difficulty. It began with the words "There are more
things."

AN EPISODE OF CATHEDRAL HISTORY

AN EPISODE OF CATHEDRAL HISTORY

There was once a learned gentleman who was deputed to examine and
report upon the archives of the Cathedral of Southminster. The
examination of these records demanded a very considerable expenditure
of time: hence it became advisable for him to engage lodgings in the
city: for though the Cathedral body were profuse in their offers of
hospitality, Mr. Lake felt that he would prefer to be master of his
day. This was recognized as reasonable. The Dean eventually wrote
advising Mr. Lake, if he were not already suited, to communicate with
Mr. Worby, the principal Verger, who occupied a house convenient to
the church and was prepared to take in a quiet lodger for three or
four weeks. Such an arrangement was precisely what Mr. Lake desired.
Terms were easily agreed upon, and early in December, like another Mr.
Datchery (as he remarked to himself), the investigator found himself
in the occupation of a very comfortable room in an ancie