The Argosy — page 160: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

148 A Day at Malta. that this bird’s-eye view of Malta from the Bastions is one of the marvellous sights, one of the great panoramas of the world. The streets were hotter than ever as we rattled through them to the Governor's Palace. Here there is a splendid collection of armour, which seems to represent all the eras and vicissitudes of the island. It is full of wonderful guns, shields aud helmets, whilst complete suits of armour once worn by the Knights of St. John stand in rows PALACE OF SAN ANTONIO. against the wall, and look something like the skeletons of the old monks in their mouldy crypt. I once read a story of these old skeletons to the effect that a young fellow accompanying a lady into the crypt thought he would play her a practical joke, and quietly pinned her dress to a skeleton monk’s cloak. As she moved away the hideous thing fell forward and its rattling arms enclosed her. But the shock and horror were too much for her and tumed her brain. It nearly turned one’s brain to read about it. The horror came back to me as I had looked at conmiicbooks.com