Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-04-27


rs. told him To- tell You | -'nt him;
also 10 tell yoIl what lrr,, irtended
to wear, that You might array Your
self in similar manner He hur
rird off. aid dressed for the ride
feeling confident yuu would come.
carried a box out to the cat" to tab,
with H." To- get moss for hanging
basket. There's such lovely moss III
the grove by the lake. You know
Well, | waited and waited The
boys went tothc lakctp swim. and on
their return told mo they saw Mr.
Harrison and Fannie Ashton sitting
on the rocks at CRYSTAL Point Say
Alice. did he call for You,
Here sounds of suppressed laugh
ter We're heart III the next room
Alice looked il. and was surprised t.
see her father, with newspaper. sit
ting by the window.
oh. father. / thought You We're
out in the garden with mother
so | was. child. but the sun was
hot and | ran in for a few minutes to
cool off, and look at the papers
Seems to me, from what Miss Milburn
says relative to Mr.. Harrison, that
there was a screw loose. so to speak,
in the way you ladies treated him
You ladies' said Amanda. Why
sir. Alice seems to be wholly i'll the
dark in this affair. She has not told
me whether he called for her or not.
All. now. Alice, your face tells that
he did"
Yes. Amanda dear, he invited me
to ride, and | sent him for You. Then
without telling you he had been here,
you sent him for me. 1t was toe
funny. | got ready to go also.
but"
But" interrupted Mr.. Westbrook
rather satirically, this sensible
young man ran off on a tangent; and
left you in the lurch. and | think he
did quite right" Rural New
Yorker.
GENERAL CUSTER.
While still baby. Gen. Custer de
veloped strong taste for military
pursuits, and. upon hearing the beat
of drums and the blare of trumpets
he would. instead of exhibiting feal
as most children do. clap his little
hands and shout with Joy. When
two and half years old, his father
bought. unknown to his mother. ma
terial for military suit for the
child, and had it made with long
striped trousers, Il "swallowtailed
coat with brass buttons. and Il vest
These, with a jaunty little cap and
toy gun, gave the little fellow quite
the air of a soldier. and he would
strut up and down the road per
fectly happy and manifesting all the
dignity of a grown up general
Every day his father took him upon
the green lawn and put him through
regular drill. and in a short tim.
the child had learned to handle his
gun and sword with all the east
and grace of an experienced soldier
As the years went by his love OF
soldering" grew with his growth
until by the time that he attained
manhood it had become the passion
of his life
His social qualities We're as bril-
liant as his military ones. He was
exceedingly witty and entertaining
and his beauty of person and
great kindness of heart, combined
with his bravery in battle and in the
hunt, made him general favorite
in whatever society he was thrown
The picture. however, that rises in
the mind of every one who knew
him, upon the mention of his name
is always us he looked when firmly
seated upon his brown horse Dixie
his yellow hair clustered around his
neck, and his blue eyes looking
straight ahead. Like Napoleon, ht
appeared to greatest advantage upon
horseback. and there was that in hi
bearing, when on his favorite Dixie
which was calculated to rouse the
widest enthusiasm among an army
of followers. They kept an illustra
ted journal of daily happenings al
the fort, in the quiet days just before
the awful tragedy on the Rosebud
In this journal, the General woulC
write some bright, cutting article
and illustrate it, and a certain yer,
bright lady, the wife of an officer who
fell with Custer, would reply, oftel
getting the better of the Genera
both as to wit and illustrations. Sh,
was an intrepid hunter As well a.
writer, and at different times haC
killed six buffaloes with her owl
hand. These papers were read an,
handed around, adding much to tn,
entertainment and amusement of tn,
occupants of the fort They are still
in the possession of the lady, and re
garded as among her choicest treas
ureS
Gen. Custer was a peculiarly dcvo
ted son, and settled a beautiful HON,
on his aged parents. This home wa,
in Monroe, Mich, an antique ant
aristocratic little city, as western
cities go, and continuing about GOO,
inhabitants. The Custer house
stands on the main street of the town
1t is large gray mansion with lona
porches and low windows, covered
with creeping vines and shaded witt
poplar trees. After the death ot
General Custer one room was furn
ished as his room had been at Fort
Lincoln. Nailed on the walls were tn,
shaggy heads of bears, buflaloes. wild
cats and cOons. and the antlcrs OF
deer. Over the doors were the
crossed swords of the Custer boys. and
their brother in law, Lieut.. Calhoun
and in one corner stood THEN
stacked fire arms. In another corner
stood an escritoire with writing mate
rails and two exquisite china vases
with the heads Of the General and
his wife painted upon them On one
side of the desk hung the picture of
Lawrence Barrett, Gen. Clusters fla
vOrite actor. and above it one of tn,
Duke Alexis A scarlet covered
lounge stood on one side of the room
Al