WOMAN WHIRLED AWAY BY THE DEVIL
Those who know Hatton Garden, London, will he interested in the old legend, sent by a leader of the “Daily Express,” concerning Lady Hatton, wife of Sir Christopher Hatton, the favonrile of Queen Elizabeth. Outside Hatton Garden Charity School one may see the ofHgios of a demure charity girl and a soda(c charity boy in quaintly-fashioned garments. Every little charity hoy arriving at the school was al once toll! how Lady Hatton sold herself to the devil for riches, how her husband was wealthy beyond belief and was given the Bishop of Ely s mansion in Hatton Garden, the sole reminders of which are the old inn, the Mitre, and the bishop's chapel in Ely-place. Lady 11aHon celebrated the gilt bv a great ball. While the ball was in progress the devil appeared to claim his own, payment being overdue. The devil whirled Lady Hatton away from the guests, and her heart was found in lllcedinc Heart Yard. There was evidence of her unwilling departure. Certain scratches, for example, were found on the stonework of the old school, caused by the fair dame's fingernails as she tried to hold on to earth before she was dragged to a nameless region. The story ran also that, if anyone had ilio. pluck to use the pump at Bleeding Heart Yard when the moon was full if would be found that it pumped blood.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 14 November 1928, Page 7
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237WOMAN WHIRLED AWAY BY THE DEVIL Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 14 November 1928, Page 7
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