Idaho semi-weekly world., 1890-09-02
mAsHlnaroN.s wooINo.
w.. slshlng and Lorn. hut bea'
he VS. and Unsuccessful.

h' and unsaccessfai.
e,,anoa that one SO persisteht aha
aoassfnl as statesman, patrlot Ahu
,..arr,or should have been so dimuohs
"A,'.. ,,..assful as wooer. In Inc
n = - canatity we catch a glimpse 81
~ ,ss'' ,an in an entirely different char-
acter from that presented py .ho 49, A.
fnl narents and historians 70 tne .,sans
aaeratiors First, the little chiid ~
so,d with telling emphasis ths'
.naoroar never told lie, and the cred
u,ous youngster opens his eyes anu 'r'ss
60 swallow the statement why uo
- not tell him instead thas
.George" never saw a iuciier inasun' M
steam engine, electric light OF 0oio
ahnneo They could comprehend TINS ana
still keep faith in what their elders say.
Some neoule even go so far as TO say
~ he never swore but once. we nope
this il 80. but woefully doubt II; now
aror this has nothing 70 do with w asn-
inpton as a wooer." He hgureu hrss -
this capacity at the mature ~ age y
.ixtaen the object of his affections oeihR
Misc Grimes known in history as
..wasbinpton's Lowland Beauty" ne
was siohing and lorn, but, o, SO bashlui!
Arain and again he tried to speak, tried
80 nour out his heart to this beau
teous damsel, but each time, Pahio
stricken. he failed. And shef Weii'
sbe married the man who ala Assn nor'
nd ha CHANGED to be named Lee In
stead Of Washington. According TO
tradition she became the mother OF
Henry Lee (Light Horse Harry), VINO
WAS the man finally chosen by Congress
to deliver the Grafton at Washington
funeral. Henry Lees daughter--tne
Lowland Beauty's granddaughter-in
ana time became the wife OF Martha
Washington's son. Truth is stranger
than fiction" The youth mourned long
for his lost love, doubtless spending
hours in futile self. accusation.
But by and by sly Cupid twanged his
bow-string, and away sped another arrow
straight into the barely heart
and George became victim to tht
charms of a beautiful New York belle
who resided with her brother. here
AGAIN he became deeply enamored, and
as the years had somewhat effaced M
diffidenoe, there seemed naught to In
terrupt the flow of true love; but, alas
her brother was Tory, and she sidet
with him. 1t need have made M
difference to the young lover
but it did; and for the sake
nrinciple (which was dearer to thi
man than life or love) he BAD
the fair woman farewell and turne'
away. Again he mourned ruine'
!. hope, again he sighed DER a fade
, dream; but not for long. Those wer
DAYS to stir the blood and rouse me
from the selfish contemplation OF thei
: own woes Life rolled on
One day when riding across the conT
try on horseback he CHANGED to pause
0 the house of friend. The latter il
o vited him to tarry for dinner. VAST
s ington refused, on plea of the urgenc
: of his business; but, as the invitatio
n was pressed, he yielded and dismountet
8 and then and there he met his fat
g in the person of blushing, winsom
@ Martha Custis. ''Was ever widow s
Y divinely fair?" thought the smitte
It patriot, and then forgot business, TO
Il got every thing but the ew-found 10,
n A genuine case of ''love at sight"
/ proved, maturing and ripening rapid.
until, when he continued his way tt
next day, there was no doubt in tt
mind of either but that Providence ha
ordered it thus.
If They were married soon after, poss
bly, any undue haste being the result
< ''George's" fear of another slip 'twi!
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