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CHAPTER XIX?Continued.
"You are quite right, sir. But may I
^8k when Captain Fox is expected
t>ack?"
"It may be to-day, or it may be toSorrow.
Mr. Frenauld is to inform me.
i the meantime, Mr. Dayton. I can
eay to you, sir, in unofficial confidence,
that I am not at all pleased with the
appearance of things "
"On board the Wanderer, sir?"
"Un tioara ine w anaerer tmu vu
board the Sea Hawk, on ship and on
ehore. Shiver my timbers, Val?bfg
pardon, sir?I do not like the appearance
or things, so let us get on shore,
where we can talk without man-o'-war
restraint."
Valentine was more than willing to
agree to this. They were soon at Dr.
Hedce9* house, much to that gentleman's
delight?and they insisted on
talking in a room apart, greatly to that
gentleman's surprise.
During this conversation Mr. Hedges
told his nephew that the Wanderer, in
the absence of Captain Fox, was a very
different ship from what a man-of-war
should be.
"Man and boy, I have been to sea for
over thirty years, Val, and may I be
ewung to the yardarm, if I ever saw
*nyth;ng like it," said the excited
lieutenant.
"I do not understand you, fncle
George."
"Then I'll be plain, Val. Yonder ship
ia without doubt sailing under the commission
of good Queen Anne, whom
may heaven preserve; but, 6ir, 6he
ilooked so much like a pirate when I
(reached her deck this morning, that, as
jl am a sinner, named Hedges, I feel
like hurrying to the Sea Hawk and preparing
for an attack."
"What particularly attracted your
attention'^"
"First, the evident familiarity of the
men and officers; and then many of the
bearded pirates, for such they looked
to be, wore rings in their ears and
Jewels of great value on their fingers.
Think of 6uch things on the hands of
Bailors with seven pence half-penny a
day, and a penny for rum when at sea.
There is something wrong, if one could
only lay his finger on it."
"Why did Capt Fox leave the ship to
go among the Indians?" asked Valentine.
"He went to see this Col. Graham."
"How did he know this Col. Graham
was there?"
: "I don't know, Val."
i "When did the ship leave New York?"
| "I was so thunderstruck I didn't ask."
""tfell, all we can do is to wait till
(Fox comes. I eee no reason to feel
alarmed, for everything is right. We
are acting under orders," said Valen tine.
j "Tnat is true. Come, let us stroll out.
jit may be that I am getting womanish
In my feelings; but them that know
jGeorge Hedges, will say that it hasn't
been his habit to get alarmed at
ehadows."
The uncle and nephew walked out
fand strolled down to the inn, attracted
bpr a large crowd gathered about the
place.
" In answer to Valentine's question,
one or the bystanders said:
"A man been found killed, sir."
"Found with a bullet through his
'head," said another, "on Hempstead
road beyond Riverhead."
In response to further inquiries, it
was learned that the unfortunate man
was a po6t-rider on the way from New
York to Sag Harbor, that inscription
being found on his empty leathern pouch.
Some or the peopie tnougnt in:s ine
work of robbers; others were sure it
was done in revenge by slaves who had
taken to the woods, and a few Tiery wise
on<>s shook their heads and hinted that
.this was the forerunner of a general Indian
revolt.
While these rumors and comments
were flying right and left, a man in the
dress of a common sailor mounted a
step before the inn door, when he was
recognized as an old acquaintance, and
some believing that he was going to
make an address} shouted out:
"Silence! A speech from Sam Tallmadge."
Though evidently perplexed by thia
t.ho cnilnr a. fin A stnrdv
lellow, called out:
"I ain't going to make a speech, but
I have more news to give you."
"Let us have it," shouted a score of
people, and the crowd,with eager face6,
surged around him.
"I came from Gardner's Island this
morning, and two days ago I was in
New York."
"Oh, that ain't new-;!" broke in a man
irho knew that Sam Tallmadge's business
as captain of a small schooner took
him to New York very often.
Not at all discmcerted by this interruption,
the sailor continued:
"And in New VorK I was at the Governor's
office, and I h<ard officers of
ships, just in from the Atlantic, saying
jthat there was a pirate ship making for
these waters."
"A pirate ship!" came like a gasp from
the crowd.
"Aye, neighbors, a pirate ship comim&nded
by Captain Kidd, Mm as has
been away raising the devil in the East
Indies and the Spanish Main. And one
tofficer swore that the ship was the AdVenture
Galley."
"Where was tne ship heading for?"
tasked a man in the crowd.
"Due north. I heard the officers say
she will come into these waters or
cruise off Boston, and sink and rob till
she's driven away."
"Let her come hero if she wants to," j
said Doctor Hedges, catching a glimpse I
of Freuauld in the crowd. "We have
two good ships here, and if CaptaiD
Kidd doesn't tackle them, I pledge my
word they'll tackle him."
A cheer greeted this little addross,
but it did not satisfy the people, who
plied Sam Tallmadge with questions
that caused the honest man to repeat
"himself again and again.
The story of the murdered post-rider
ana the coming of the roted Captain
Kidd at once became the all-absorbing
topics of conversation.
Men gathered in knots at street corners
to discuss it.
Women, with all their little ones
clinging to their skirts, like chickens
about a mother hen when the shadow of
a hawk falls upon them, came out of
their houses, and talked with other
women about, the awful topics.
The servants discussed it over the
fences of back gardens.
The good, old dominie thought seri- |
ouslyof summoning the people together
and holding religious services suitable
to the occasion.
- Th? sailors from the Sea Hawk and 1
1
Wanderer suddenly became objects of
an intenser interest than they had yet
attracted, for the people 6aw in them
tho heroes who must soon be brought
face to face with Captain Kidd and destroy
him, or be destroyed. There was
I enough doubt about the former conI
tingent to keep up the excitement?inI
deed, to add to it.
| In the midst of this hubbub three men
' mounted on horses and followed by two
? Bfirvnntc rm*> a xrhito lnri nnrl tho othfir
a negro youth, came into the town.
One was (aptain Fox, looking as
fresh and smiling as if he had been off
on a most enjoyable picnic; by his side
rode Uncas, chief of the Montauks, and
slightly to the rear was Colonel Graham,
looking very pale, nnd Othello,
looking, if possible, blacker than ever.
This party dismounted before the inn '
door and sent their horses to the stable.
Their appearance would ordinarily
have caused some excitement, but
they now entered the house nearly unnoticed,
excepting that some of the
people whispered together about Uncas
and his warriors bearing a band in the
general defense, in the event of C-apt
Kidd's making a landing. i
Ac ?nnn as FrpllRuld could do SO
without attracting attention, he drew
Capt. Fox to one side and whispered
nervously:
"It is known in New York that we are
in these waters."
"Who told you so?" 6aid Fox, showing
no sign of alarm. 1
Frenauld gave a synopsis of Sam 1
Tallmadge's report, and closed with a
referem-e to the murdered po9t-rider.
Great was his surprise to hear Fox say: I
"Good! By all the powers of 6ea
and sky, things could not have happened
better. Their very efforts to de- 1
Feat me will but further my schemes. '
Why, man, I would have given this
sailor a thousand pounds for what he
has done for us for nothing. Now, I !
shall to work, and when the cruisers
come after Capt. Kidd they will find he
has two of their provincial 6hips under
his command. The Sea Hawk is ours
Frenauld, as 6urely as is the Adventure
Galley, rechristened for prudential reasons
the Wanderer."
CHAPTER XX.
CAPTAIN FOX ACT8 WITH CHARACTERISTIC
PROMPTNESS.
"Will you remain here, sir, or go on
board?" asked Frenaulu, whose admiration
lor his audacious commander rose
with the latter's confidence.
"We'll go on board. Have the boat
ready. In the meantime, I must speak
with 6ome of these people," replied Fox.
"Will Colonel Graham go with you?"
"I think so; he will if he is wise."
Fox waved his hand, and Frenauld
left to obey the order he had just re
jeivea.
Dr. Hedges, who had been watching
Captain Fox < ver since he entered the
Inn, now approached him and said, as
tie took his hand, "I am very glad to
welcome you back, Captain."
"And I em doubly glad to be back,"
said Fox, retaining the Doctor's hand,
while he held his head down as if thinking
of something of importance. Suddenly
he added: "By the way, Doctor,
have you a few moments to spare?"
"All the time you wish," replied the
Doctor, who was more and more impressed
by the gallant bearing and aristocratic
manaejs of the Captain of the
Wanderer.
Fox asked the landlord to 6how him
and the Doctor to a private room, and
then he motioned to Don to follow with
the bag which he had brought from the
ship.
When Don went out the Captain closed
the door cautiously, and said, as he began
to open the bag:
"When In New York City a few days
ago, I found a few trifles, and with Miss
1 Aft iv\ mw min/1 T KrvllffKf th nm T lrnAUT
she does not like me as yet, but that is
because she does not know me, and
perhaps she retains a girlish affection
for Capt. Denham. I know Dothing
about Denham's family, but be it high
or low he is a g od sailor, and that is
saying a great deal."
"And that is saying all," said the
Tlnntnr with vi crrtr "AV? ft.ll hpllAVn
that Ralph Dennain is the natural child
of 6ome one. Of course, he is not to
blame for that, but my daughter shall
never wed a man she knevs nothing
about."
"Perhaps you are right," said Fox,
averting his face to conceal the 6mile
that he could not suppress at the other's
absurd reasoning. "But 1 was going
to ask you to do me a great favor."
"A thousand of them," said the Doctor,
at once.
Captain Fox drew an ebony, inlaid
casket from the bag, and taking a small
key?it looked to be made of gold?he
displayed the contents.
Great diamond stones that glowed
with the brilliancy of rainbows mirrored
and held under tropic suns, flashed in
earrings and brooches; emeralds, the 1
light of which seemed to fill the room
with a cold, green glow that was daz- ,
zunt;, gitJttinw i in writs wets ttuu uiuar ^
iewelry. And at one end of the casket,
liko a disjointed white serpent, there lay
a pearl necklace, worth in itself the
combined fortunes of all the dwellers
in Sag Harbor. i
The Doctor knew something of the
value of these things, and dazed at the .
concentrated treasure as well as dazzled
by its beauty, he bent his head over the ,
jewel case, and trembled with excitemeut.
"I secured these things from a Bur- j
gundian prince, who has recently been '
exiled, and came to the new world with 1
the only wealth left him. The price i
was much to him, but nothing, fortunately,
to me. 1 thought at once of the
beautiful Lea, and bought them."
"But surely not for my daughter!" exclaimed
the Doctor.
"Ves. for your daughter. Now, ]
know, beautiful as they are, that sh?
will refuse them at my hands. She
cannot do so if you give them to her."
"But slw knows I have not the wealth*
nor the "
"I know what you would say, my dear
Doctor, but you can tell Miss Lea that
the jewels were given or sent to you for
her by a highly valued friend. Keep
back the name, and 6he will be more
than woman, more than human, if she
does not accept. After she has learned
to love the gems, and it is a love that
grows very fast, she will demand to
know the donor's name, then, I think,
you can tell her without harm to my
cause."
If Doctor Hedges, good easy man,
had entertained any doubts about the
wealth and high rank of this nautical
Midas, it was dissipated now.
Here was a prospective son-in-lnw,
richer than any man in the provinceyes,
richer th?n any man in all the
American colonies. His warm board
and hair teemed suddenly to become
composed of threads of gold. He was
handsome before, but now he turned
into an Apollo, before whom the mythical
original wa? dwarfed.
With an invitation from Fox to come |
on hoard the Wanderer that night, Doctor
Hedges secreted his rare treasure in I
his breast and hastened home. 1
llo heard the people still discussing
the murder of the post-rider, and tho
coming of Captain Kidd; but ho gave
no hoed to (hem. J
When tho doctor left, Captain Fox <
I throw himself intp a chair, and gave
way to a fit of laughter that eboob every
muscle In his body, In his efforts to suppress
It, and he was still laughing, when T
the door opened, and Colonel Graham,
looking very pale and stately, walked in, p
and said:
"I knocked, but you could not have
neara me. T
"Heard you, Colonel? No, faith; I
have been laughing at as grim a joke as
I ever played,'' replied Fox, pressing Athe
moisture of hilarity from hie eyes.
"I am glad you enjoy it."
"Oh. I do enjoy it immensely. But I A
am over it now. Sit down, Colonel, and
let us have a chat," said Fox, cuddenly
becoming 6ober, if not stern.
"There is no time for sitting, and les6
for chatting." yj
41171 i.
wnyuuu, vuiuueir
"You have heard the rumors, and you ,
know them to be true?''
"Of course; and let me 6ay, the rumors
delight me."
"I fail to understand you," saitl the
Colonel, showing anger.
"Faith, as I don't understand myself,
after eignt-and-thirty years of acquaintance,
I can hardly expect you,
who have only known me since my seventeenth
year, to understand me. But ^
what do you say to going on board the J
Wanderer? "We can talk with more *
privacy there."
"I am agreed. When do you start?"
"At once. Frenauld has the boat t
ready. ? ahait nave Dut little time to ?
give to hospitality, for I see before me ^
much work, which, to be done well,
must be done at once:" li
They left the inn, Don carrying the a,
leather bag. and Othello walking beside
him with the double valise. 1
On the way to the beach a man who, 2.
having seen Captain Fox on his previ- T
ous visit, fancied that he knew him, fr
calico out: p<
"Been to New York, Captain Fox?" 0]
"Yes, sir," replied the Captain, Btill tl
keeping on.
"Heard anything about the pirate
Captain Kidd?" asked the man, bo much w
encouraged by the reply that he fell in P'
behind the little procession.
"Oh, a great deal. Every one in New cc
i'ork i6 talking about Captain Kidd," ti
said Fox, with captivating graclouenesa. ]0
[TO BE coxTiyuEa] jD
The Dignity of Labor.
That the dignity of labor is becom- al
ing the more universally recognized ti
is emphasized by the fact that some it
of the crowned heads of Europe are 0i
persistent toilers. at
Queen Amelia, of Portugal, in ad- ]0
dition to her royal duties, supervisee pJ
a military establishment in her own
palace, and there is no department of ^
her kingdom in which she takes a
deeper interest than the one which her n<
? * - it.;. ?' ? i ?n.
casie in mis uirecuuu junb uxcutou. w?.
Frequently the Queen devotes her entire
mornings to the pastime of assist- 0
ing her chief milliner.
Emperor William, in spite of hiseccentrioities,
is one of the most accom- E|
phshed of European sovereigns. He x<
3an play on almost any musical instrument
and has a voioe of remarkable
flexibility. His particular fad, howaver,
is printing, and only a short ca
time before ascending the throne he M
displayed his cleverness in this line by Ci
setting the type for one of his own ar
musioal compositions. th
King Oscar, of Sweden, is one of nt
the most industrious literary toilers uj
in Europe. Aside from writing several V(
books, he has recently made a com- la
plete translation of Schiller's works, in
tie is also quite an expert woodsman lo
And takes a special delight in felling cc
trees. fa
King Humbert, of Italy, is a royal
gobbler. In the art of mending shoes M
he has no superior among his subject*, in
He is also a painter, and though not tfc
i master in this line, he has a very lij
ipreat fondness for the brush. cc
Notwithstanding her advauced years oi
Queen Victoria is still food of em- cc
ployment and frequently attends to Ri
3ome of her most important corre- fn
jpondeuce in person. His Koyal n<
Highness, the Duke of York, who of
served for a number of years on 6hip- D
board, is still a sailor at heart, and di
frequently spends his leisure moments tc
in making rope. cl
Other royal examples might be M
sited, but these are sufficient to show m
that manual labor is not beneath the of
iignity of even those who consider C<
themselves, and are generally con- Hi
siaered by their subjects, among the ea
most exalted, and that no one who is ti
truly noble can look with disdain to
upon honest toil.?Atlanta Constitution.
L<
What is Curry? pi
As the use of curry has often been &
mentioned in the various recipes which ad
have found their way into this depart- Jo
ment from time to time, several young pa
housewives have decided that they will Jq,
Snd out, if possible, just what curry bo
is, and have written, collectively, re- ln
guesting a description of its growth
and preparation. ftE
Curry is a vegetable; rather, curry loi
la tronrot.nHlaa Tt. is anise, coriander. aD
:umin, mustard, poppy seeds, allspice, ge'
almonds, assafoetida, gheo, cardamon gr
seeds, Chili berries, cinnamon, cloves,
jocoanut milk, oil, curds, fentgreek vj
seeds, an Indian nut that I cannot 0f
spell, garlic, onion, ginger, lime juice, d?
rinegar, mace, mangoes, nutmeg, pep- tb
per, saffron, salt, tamarinds and
tumeric. Rather a long list, but it is je
slaimed that all these ingredients W)
teally find their way into a certain ^i
mixture, whieh is our well known ^
Burry. All these are pounded toget her m
tnd dried in an oven, or in the sun. ?
SVhen bottled, it is the powder which
:omes to us as Indian curry. Now, is
it not worth admiring the wit and skill
that have brought together such a
number of ingredients, and out of
them have evolved an article so entirely
different from each, and in
which there is not one elementury
trace?
In India curry is produced at 6rst
hand. Different provinces vary the
ingredients and the proportions. If
brought together, the ladies of Madras
ind theludieB of Calcutta, would probably
comparc recipes, each of course
with her own preferences, as do the '
ladies of Philadelphia and Baltimore
an the stewing of terrapiu, and the
ladies from New Orleans und Charleston
over the boiling of rice. In one _
province coriander seeds predominate, at
in auother tumeric encroaches. Doubt- ac
lees thero are family recipes for curry
imong the Brahmins as precious us the ar
recipes of Aunt Glegg and Auut Pul- W
let.?Homo Queen. M
C<
Murder lor Krttic:itt(?n;il J'urpose*.
Two youns y-jmon of .Moscow, Russia, re- at]
sently strangled an old female miser and yc
took hor money, as I hoy explained in court, wi
"in order to provido themselves with funds ai]
for traveling abroad to complete their acieutillc
education." a
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Corn Makes a Low Price Record. to
The lowest price on recorl for May oorr. ^
in St. Louis. Mo., was touchod when it sold
:o 21>?@21X cents. It is thought the bot- V1
,om lias been reached.
WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY*
brilllng tranrle, throbbing drim-beat,
banners waving in the air,
onp and pageant and rejoicing, joy of
people everywhere,
3 tlifi waning ol the winter, lift ot chorusi.
flnsh nf winrr
nd t ie keeping of a birthday, in the forecast
of the sipring,
11 our heart new kuit together as the cannon's
thunders pour
ibilant salutiaga over river, fortresu, hill;
find shore,
'hile our thought goes back to kindle at thu
cradle where there lies
ist a simple new-born baby, dear ia mother's
loving eyes.
?Harper's Bazar.
Washington as a Lover.
MONO the auto?f
George Wash*
n g t o a, purchased
ctf his
vat aescenasnte Dy
Q?vernmen'i
?* *be
^ *T served in the
brary of the Department of State,
re four poems written in hie youth ;
robably in his seventeen th year. Two
f them are undoubtedly original,
he other two are manifestly copied
om BOE3 6 newspaper or magazine,
srhaps from a book, without credit
r reference to tiheir authorship. But
ie boy who wrote the other two could
Dt possibly huve written these, as
ill be neen by the slightest comlrison.
One of the original poems hae reintly
been discovered to be an ncrosc,
which was a fashionable trick of
ve making in those days, and the
litial letters of the lines :form the
ime "Frances Alexa"?the Hast word
rideiotly being intended for "Alex*
ider." But the poem is unfinished,
ie remainder of the page on which
ia written hpincr Vilftnlr TTie. mnno
: the youthful poet and lover prob)]y
became weary. It reads as folws:
om your bright sparkling eyes I waB
undone;
iys, you have more transparent than the
sun,
nid6t its glory in the rising Day,
jne can you equal in your bright array;
>nstant in your calm and unspotted mind;
jual to all, but will to none Provw kind,
knowing, seldom One so Young, you'll
Find.
1! wo's me, that I should love and oonjeal
)ng havo I wished, but never dare reveal
ren though severely Love's Pains I feel;
>rxes that great was n't free from Cupid's
Dart.
id all the greatest Heroes, feltthe smart."
The traditions of the family Indi.te
that the object of this affusion was
ias Fanny Alexander, a daughter of
aptain Philip Alexander, a descendit
of the Earl oi Stirling, from whom
ie city of Alexandria, Va., was
imed. The Captain owned and lived
)on the estate adjoining Mount
arnon on the north. The young
dy was two years older than Wa3h*
gton, and wafi probably his first
ve. Nothing is known of their
mrtship further than the evidence
rnished by this poem.
"A Journal of My Journey over the
ountains," which was kept by Waehgi;on
between the 11th of March and
ie 13th of April, 1748, when he ffati a
;tle more than sixteen years old,
intains a copy, or, perhaps, the
iginal draft of a friendly, and rather
in:Bdential letter to "Dear Friend
obin," who was undoubtedly ayouth1
schoolfellow, although he has
;ver been identified. The original
: this journal is in the library of the
epartment of State, having been
scovered by Mr. Sparks, the hisirian,
in 1827, when overhauling a
?/aaf rki n" A 1/tffora nn rl rlnnnmATlia ftf.
ount Vernon in search of historical
aterial. In 1834, with a quantity
other papers, it was purchased by
ingress, ana in 1892 was printed
terally with copious and valuable
:planatory notes by Dr. J. M. Toner,
ie accompliphed oraole of Washingmia.
The letter reads as follows:
My place of Residence is at present at Bis
>rdshlps(Lord Fairfax) where I might, was
y heart disengaged, pass ray time very
eaaantly, as theres a very agreeable Young
idy Lives in the same house (Ool. George
ilrfax's Wife's Sifter) but as that's only
Idlng Fuel to Are it makes mo more uneasy
r by often and unavoidably being in coiainy
with her revives my former passion tor
lur Lowland Beauty, whereas was I to live
ore retired from voung women 1 might in
me measura eliviate my sorrows by buryg
that chast aui troublesome Passion in ttie
ave of oblivion or entarnall forgetfulness
r as I am very well assured that's the only
itidoto or remedy that I ever shall be rsived
by or only recess that can administer
iy euro or help to me as I am well convinced
is I ever to attempt anything I should on!y
it a denial which would be only adding
ief to uneasiness.
The sister of Mrs. Fairfax, who ro
ved "a former passion" in this yonth
' sixteeu, was Miss Mary Cary, the
kughter of Colonel Wilson Cary, for
lirty-four years collector of customs
Hampton,, Va., and for the lower
imes River. He wao a man of large
ealth and aristocratic connections,
s eldest daughter having married
e cousin of Lord Fairfax and the
anager of his American estates, whioh
'
MARTIIA WASHINGTON.
nounted to more than 3,000,000
roe.
Bishop Meade, in his "Old Churchot
id Families of Virginia," eays thai,
ashington was an ardent admirer of
iss Mary Cn.ry and at one time asked
jlonel Cary's permission to pay hit
[dresses to her, but way refused. The
>ung lady afterward married Mr. Edird
Ambler, who was a groat swell
oong the colonial aristocracy, being
graduate of Cambridge and the
yner of a lar^e estate near Jameswn.
He died in 17G8, at the ago of
irty-five, and his widow, who surved
until 1781, was a frequent guest i
at Mount Veruon after Washington'
marriage, ae his diary shows.
About this time Washington wrot
another tender letter in which he al
lndes again to Miss Gary, Thi6 wa
addressed to "Dear Sally," whose'othe
name is unknown, and it reads:
This comes to Fredericksburg fair in hope
of meeting with a speedy Passage to you i
rour not there which hope you'l eet shortl
altho I am almost discouraged from writin
to you as this is my fourth to you since I r<
ceiv'd any from yourself I hope you'l no
make the Old Proverb good out of sight ou
of Mind as its one of the greatest Pleasures
can vet foresee of having in Fairfax In ofte;
hearing from you hope you'l not deny it t
me.
I Pass the time of much more agreeable
than what I imagined I should as there's .
very agreeable Young Lady lives in thesam
house where I reside (Col. George Fairfax'
Wife's Si8ter)that in a great Measure cheat
my sorrow and dejectedness tho not so as t<
draw my thoughts altogether from you
Parts I could wish to be with you downther
with all my heart but as it is a thing almos
Impractakable shall rest myself where I an
with hopes of shortly having some Minute
of your transactions in your parts which wil
be very welcomely received by Your
The "Lowland Beauty," to whon
Washington bo tenderly refers in hi
letter to "My Dear Robin," is sup
posed to have been Miss Luoy Gryme
of Westmoreland County, who in 175!
married Henry Lee, Esq., of Strat
ford Hall, and beoame the mother o
the famous "Light Horse Harry"?
the Custer of the Revolution. Verj
little is known of Miss Grymes or o
Washington's attent'on to her. Othei
writors assume that the Lowlam
Beauty was Miss Betsy, daughter o:
William Fauntleroy of Fredericks
burg, who also refused WashiDgton'i
attentions. '
A MEETING OF GEORGE WAS
The Fanntleroy family had a fine
plantation at Naylor's Hold, on the
!Rappahannock, about fifteen milet
from Wakefield, the birthplace ol
Washington. In 1752, when he wae
twenty years old, the latter addressed
u letter to Mr. Fanntleroy, which hat
been preserved, asking permission tc
make proposal of marriage to hie
daughter, "in the hope," he sa^s, "oJ
fi rovocation of a formor cruel sen'
leDce, and see if I cannot find an al
leration in my favor."
This letter was written immediately
titer the return from the voyage he
.% n <3 sx 4- r* Pa?V\a r\t\a mif!* Vila V\*nfV> Ol
ilittUU lu J-/Oi unuuco niva uio uavhuvj
Lawrence, who was in feeble health al
the time, and died soon after. So the
"cruel sentence" must have been pro
nounced before they sailed in Septem
ber, 1751. The father's reply has not
been preserved, but evidently was un
favorable.
This was the most serious love affaii
Washington ever had, except the latei
one which ended in his marriage.
The young woman who jilted him,
afterward beoame the wife of Thomas
Adams of Williamsburg. It is a tra
dition of the town that she married
for money instead of love, and re
jected Washington because he had less
wealth thun her other suitor. It if
said, too, that after he had become
famous and visited the town of Will
itimsburc as the cuest of the people,
she watched from a window the tri
umphal pageant as he passed on horse
back through the streets and fainted.
The home of the Fauutleroye was t
magnificent mansion, which stooc
within a beautiful park overlooking
the river, and remained until a fet*
y ears since, when it was pulled down.
To Betsy Fanntleroy was addressee
the other original poem, which reads:
Oh ye Gods why should my Poor Resistles:
Heart
Stand to oppose thy might and Power
At last surrender to Cupid's feathered Darl
A.nd now lays bleeding every Hour
For her that's Pityless of my grief and woe;
And will not on me Pily take
I'to sleep amongst my most inveterate Foei
\nd with gladness never wisb to wake
In deluding sleeping:* let my eyelids close
That in an enraptured dream I may
In a soft lulling sleep aad gentle repose
Possess thoso joys denied by day.
With the volume in which this poen
appears was another, found at the
6ame time and also purchased by the
Government. It hears the title,
"Forms of Writing," and contain!
models of deeds, bonds, contracts, re
ceipts, recipes, bills of sale, manifestoes,
and other commercial and legal
papers, together with two poems. "On
Christmas Day," and "True Happiness."
These follow a torm of a
"Subpoena for Evidences to Prove s
Will," and immediately after them appears
a recipe "To Keep Ink from
Freezing or Moulding'."
Tho latter part of tho volume contains
the famous "Ilules of Civility,'
by which Washington governed hie
conduct.
Four years after his affair with
Betsy Fauntleroy, Washington became
enamored ot Miss Mary Phillipse,
the daughter of a prominent and
wealthy Englishman, Frederick P.
Phillipse, who lived in a superb mansion
on the bank of the Hudson, near
.
'e West Point. While on a-' journey t( t
Boston in 1756 he met this yonnp
e lady at the house of her brother-in
1- law, Colonel Beverly Robinson, whc
? lived in the same locality. After b
r few weeks' acquaintance he proposed
to her, and was frankly informed thai
ss she was engaged to marry another.
If The suocesBful suitor was Captain
y Roger Morris, a companion in arms, *
who, like Washington, was an aid to
t General Braddook in the fatal Indian
't campaign.
u Miss Phillipse was two years older
o than Washington, having been born
r at Yonkers, July 3, 1730. Her husa
band fought on the British side during Tj
e the Revolution, and her family were ai
3 all royalists. In 1778 Mrs. Morris sp
? and her sister, Mrs. Robinson, were
r aooused of acting as spies for the jj
e British, were arrested and imnrisoned. h\
and their property was confiscated.
g It was in the Phillipse honse that
1 Benediot Arnold was residing when he
betrayed hia country, and from their to
1 grounds he took the boat which car- 8il
s ried him into the British lines when
- his treaohery was discovered. Mme. n(
b Jnmel, the French woman who married in
3 Aaron Burr, afterward purchased the 6!
- estate and lived npon it. ^
f Two years after Washington was
- jilted by Miss Phillipse, and when he CI
r had just returned from Fort du
f Quesne, he went to Williamsburga
r military dreas attended by an orderly, ol
1 While crossing Williams's Ferry over
f the Pamunky River, a branch of the ^
- York, he was accosted by a venerable ^
3 gentleman named Chamberlayn, who bi
had learned his identity, and invited y(
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HTNGTON AND MARTHA CURTIS. 2d
to rest for a while at his house in the {j
neighborhood. Washington at first w
declined, as his business with the Gov- oi
ernor at Williamsburg was urgent, but ^
finally consented to stop for dinner. m
Having arrived at the hospitable man- tt
sion, he was introduced to tha family. 01
and a number of guests, among them
a charming and beautiful widow who
lived near by. There was a mutual
attraction, and instead of departing
immediately after dinner Washington t
remained through the afternoon, and
r finally consented to pass the night.
; In the morning he proceeded upon his
r way, and having transacted his busi- M
t ness at Williamsburg, returned to Mr.
3 Chamberlayn's and spent several 51
* days.
The beautiful widow was Martha
t Dandridge Custis, the daughter of
John Dandridge,whose husband, Dan
iel- Parke Castis, died a year or so
' previous, leaving her two children ai
and a large fortune in lands aud
money. She was born in New Kent tg
. County in 1732, was married at seven- CI
' teen, and when Washington first met ai
her was twenty-six years old, and in
1 the richest bloom of womanhood. She to
- had a fine residence at Williamsburg cc
3 ?"the six chimney house" it was
i called?and a plantation near the city, **
i with $100,000 of bonds and mortgages g<
- in her strong box. It is said that the to
day after she accepted Washington
she planted a yew tree in the garden
behind "the six chimney house," a
symbol of devotion and consistency. w
i -? yc
THE YOUNG WASHINGTON*. i
tic
i The marriage took place at the residence
of the bride on January 17, <]
i 1749?about six months after the firt.t He
meeting?and the cercmony was fol- J*1
lowed by a reception. Washington wl0'
' was attending a session of the House nei
i of Burgesses at Williamsburg, then slu
the capital of Virginia, and at its close, ^n'
removed with his wife and her two lit- ,lu
, tie children to Mount Vernon.
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Woman's Face on Money. ore
1 Im
Tho only woman's face that has ovoj qu
adorned United States paper money ii of
that of Martha Washington.
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tELIGIOUS READING. 1
rr\ v.. 4.1?4Mr.r. TTA "
J.IJUU WliU UUSb f?ii tuilt^o mrw,
Be not thyself forgot!
No longer may thy children live
As if their God were not!
But every day and hour,
t Since thou dost bless us thus.
In still increasing light and power
Reveal thyself to us.
?W. H. Furnese.
RtTiVALS : HOW HELPED OB UIXDEBED.
Speaking on this subject, Ilev. Theodore
Ouyler, D. D.. says: Every genuine reval
has a divine side and a human side.
10 Holy Spirit works, and Christians work;
id the results are the most deep, wideread
and enduring when Christians coterate
with the Holy Spirit The power
at produces a true revival comes from
laven ; it is not manufactured down here
r any method or machinery. The Spirit of
od is indispensable. There must be a hunir
for such blessings as the Holy Spirit can
(Stow.
There is often a strong temptation to pasre
and churches to shirk their own reeponbility,
neglect their own duty, and to
nd off after somebody to come and do
;elr work for them. The pastor thinks that
srhaps a new voice may wake up the sleepg
souls in his parish, and his officers sag;st
that some novelty may draw the peo- \
ie out, and. Accordingly, some itinerant or \
angeiist is sent for.
But there are not Moodys and tiankeys ana '
hapmans and Whittles enough to supply
lie whole nation. And if there were, has \
Dt every pastor the responsibility laid on I
im to preach.pray and toil for the salvation \
! souls; and shall he not have the joy and
alight of doing it ? The idea has beoome
lite too current that the business of a pas>r
is to prepare sermons, visit his flock,
>nsoIe the sorrowing, comfort the sick and
jry the dead ; but if souls are to be conJrted,
then somebody must be sent for
hose profession it Is to convert people! IX i
lis wretched notion were to prevail gener- \
lly, no young man of brains and godly V
Bart would ever enter the ministry. Every- J
ling that tends to diminish our sense of
ersonal responsibility and our depend- I
ice upon God is an effectual hindiance J
> a revival.
Another serious hindrance is what may be
illed almanac piety. A week of prayer
appointed for the early part of the
ear; and when that week is made a
jason for earnest praying and is foliwed
up with earnest working, it has
Ken produced glorious results. But In too
lany churches the praying which begings i?
lat week ends with that week. Then it bejmee
a solemn farce. ; !
The minister who blunts the "sword of the
pirit," and fails to preach a blood Jieat gosel
every Sunday is hindering a revival.
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THE HOLT GHOST A FBOTECTION.
In the best men there is a tendency to do
srtain things they ought not, but the more
ley are filled with the Holy Spirit,the more t
is true of them that they are kept from
oing what otherwise they would. When I
as a boy I used to go to the Polytechnic in
ondon, where my favorite diversion was
diving-bell, which' had seats around
le rim, and which at a given time was
lied with people and lowered into a
ink. We used to go down deeper, deeper
ito the water, but not a drop ever came
lto that diving-bell, though it had no botr
)m and the water was quite within reach,
ecause the bell was so full of air that,
lough the water lusted against the air, the
ir lusted against the water because aiz
as being pumped in all the time from the.
>p, and tne water could hot do what it \
therwise would do. If you are full of the {
!oly Ghost the flesh life is underneath you,
rad though it would surgo up, it is kept )
ut.?Rev. F. B. Meyer. f .,
1
A FBAYE.B Ff>B UNSELFISHNESS. <
We thank thee.O Christ, that we are ao- ' :
jpted in thee, and that there is no barrier fa
> our free access into our Father's pres- i
ace. We call upon our souls and all that L
i within us to bless and praise and magnify fl
lee. May our earthly life be inspired with M
le spirit of heaven. May we go to and fro 'M
bout our business as those "who have fl
sen the face of God and have come down JK
) earth with the light of the other world
pon their faces. Prosper us, oh blessed ^
od, in all that we put our hands unto.
:ay our hearts be filled with thy love, oui
ps with gentle, helpful words ana our
ands with kind, unselfish deeds. Hay
lose who see us take knowledge of us that
e have been with Jesus. May the fragrance
r his presence be shed abroad in every act.
[ay the Holy Spirit keep us in this frame
mid all the changes and chances of this
lortal life, and may we come at last into
to heavenly aome. through Jesus Christ
ur Lord. Amen.
?ls what I know of Thee, my Lord and
God,
That fills my soul with peace, my lips with
sung ;
hou art my health, my joy, my staff, my
rod,
Leaning on Thee,in weakness lam strong.
!ore of Thyself. 0, show mo hour by hour*
More of Thy glory, 0. my God and Lord ; .
:ore of Thvself.in all Thy grace and power'
More of'Thy love anil truth, Incarnate
Word!
?Bonar.
PRAYER ALL POTENT.
If thou desirest Christ seek Him in prayer
id thou shalt find Him. If in thy pilgnm;e
through this wilderness world' thou art
fiieted with spiritual thirst come thou in
ly devotions to the spiritual rock, that is,
tirist. and strike it with the rod of pr?yer
id streams of divine grace shall flow forth
i quench thy thirst and supply thy need,
ost thou wish to offer a pleasing sacrifice
God. Offer prayer. Wouldst thou hold
instant intercourse with God? Take de;ht
in prayer, for this is spiritual convertion
between God an.l the devout soul,
ouldst thou taste and see that the Lord is
>od? Then constrain the Lord by prayer
take up His abode in thy heart.?Gerhard.
THE BLESSED LIFE PROVIDED.
If we live in the Spirit we shall be led by
im every dav and every moment. Wb?t if
>u were to open your heart today to be
led with the Holy Spirit ? Would He not
able to keep you ever)- moment in the
Feet rest of God ? And would not His
ighty arm give you a complete victory over
a and temptation of every kind, and make
iu able to five in perpetual fellowship with
e Father and with His Son, Jesus Christ?
nst certainly, this is the blessed life God
s provided for us.?Andrew Murray.
SOT AN IDLE PROMISE.
Lo, I am with you always, even unto the
d of the world," is not an idie, not an un111
lied promise. He is not with us merely
a thought, but as a life. He gathers us
i into his own being. He lioods us with
There is inspiration here, certainly for
iy duty, for any endurance. The faith.
irist with me, can make the poorest and
i hardest life luminous, joyous, glorious.
Way land Hoyt.
candle that won't shine in one room is
ry unlikely to shine iu another. If you
iiot shine at homo, if your father and
ithi'r, your sister aud brother, if the
ry cat and dog in the house are not the
;ter aud happier for your being a Chrisn,
it is a question whether you really are
e.~J. Hudson Taylor.
sTo life is complete which docs not eomeie?
sit tru'tlully waiting to be fed by God.
Krotty Sccoe at the Wli'ra ilousr.
["here was a pretty scon? at the Whito
iuse when Mrs. Cleveland receive 1 the iuit
class of Sr. Mark's Church, forty-four
;le ones, all under eight years of ago. Sao
lcoraed them in her most charming manr,
told them they weie the smallest visitors \
i *3ver had, aud then brought down Ruth j
i Esther Cleveland to make their acquaint- r
ae.
American Floor in Ktigland.
rhe Mark Lane Express, of London, in its
>p review, estimate* the shortage of the
lian wheat crop at upward of a million
arters, and says: "The increjisod pressure
American flour in the British market is
aslng some anxiety to tho millers who flated
themselves at this time in 1896 that
ierio.in competition had been collarei."