were chiefly his labors in Frankland, and in Frank-
land Tours was the scene of his last, and in some
ways his greatest service. It was also a spot where
other appropriate memories clustered. There St.
Martin had come as a founder of monasticism among
the Gauls. There Charles Martel had delivered the
Frank from the Moslem. Thither Charles the Great
had journeyed to take counsel with Alcuin before
he went to Rome, to return as monarch of the Holy
Roman Empire. There his best beloved queen,
Liutgard, the devoted friend of Alcuin, had died
and was buried; and there, too, if the tradition
be true, Alcuin pointed out to Charles the young
prince Lewis as his successor.

And yet, when the news of his death was borne to
distant York, and the brethren there were chanting
prayers for his repose, they might easily believe
his longing desire that his soul might rest among
them, wherever his body lay, was then being ful-
filled.

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