Middletown transcript., 1878-12-07

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8 tirement of home. On Christine
eve, 1888, be once more reache
Mount Vernon, after an absence c
a eight years and-a-half, during whicl
: time he had stopped there only twic
on his way to Yorktown and back
The September following his return
he began an equestrian tour beyond
9 the Alleghanies, where he held som,
: property, and, going near the planta
ton where twenty-six years before hi
participated in jumping match, hi
called.
Two young girls were sitting on the
piazza, and rose to meet him as he as.
cended tie steps. "Do Captain and
Mrs. Lenari still reside here?" he
asked.
eyes, sir, answered the younger.
Il i'll call mamma )" while the elder,
pointing to an easy chair of willow,
said, won't you take a seat, sir; it
is cooler out here than inside,' blush
ing all the while under his scrutiniz-
ing gaze just as her mother had done
years before.
"Is your name Nettie ?" he asked
eyes, sir"
Named for your mother, l sup
pose?' The astonished girl had no
time to reply, for the Tom and Nettie
Of olden time appeared through the
arch doorway and the stranger rose
10 greet them.
"Will you take in an old friend and
wayfarer to dine with you to-day? 1t
is pleasanter being with friends than
at an inn."
"With pleasure" they replied, in the
old Southern style of true hospitality.
He noticed, however, their look of per-
plexity, and said: 81 will not tax
your memory too far, for twenty-six
years bring heavy changes, still you
can't forget our last meeting. Do
you remember young colonel, cap
tain, whose presumption enabled him
to outstrip you in a jumping match
years ago, and who yielded his right
to the prize you so much coveted ?"
Indeed do" exclaimed Captain
Lenard, springing up and grasping
his hand once more. 81 knew I had
seen you somewhere, general Pa name
Tom unwittingly gave him from the
frst-"but could not recall the oc-
casion. We are indeed glad to see
you, and give you warm welcome to
our table,"
They sat on the piazza after dinner,
the same old western piazza, with its
climbing roses, where Nettie stood in
her youthful grief twenty-six years
before. And here, shaded by the same
old ivies and pOplars, they talked of
the changes the years had wrought,
particularly for our country. Gen.
Washington enjoyed this visit exceed
ingly. They all addressed. him as
general" but their free and uncon-
strained remarks relating to the late
war, and their intense admiration for
the great leader of the American arm
les were evidence enough that he was
unknown.
When he rose to take leave, and
was giving each warm pressure of
The hand in farewell, Capt. Lenard
'aid, general, I gave you this name
because it seemed to suit you, not that
thought you were one then, and it
S the only name we have known you
oy. Were you aware you had never
us?"
Washington smiled. II supposed
rom several remarks made to-day
hat l was unknown, and I have enjoy
d free, social intercourse too much to
nkghten you. Will you excuse what
las seemed like breach in polite
less and I will rectify the error now
s far as possible" Saying this, he
resented his card:
GEORGE WASHINGTON,
Mount Vernon. :
Not a word was spoken, and in the
Hence of amazement their world !,
amed guest departed. :,
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