, 1897-03-04

III
Washington was the los Industrious
OF correspondents, and in his letters re-
veaed his most secrcJ passions and de-
sires. Bat, though We know how Ten,
DERBY he loved and how long he grirvcd
over the loss Of Betsy FaunJIerUy, We
are still IN doub as to who was the low
land beauty who seemed 10 nike DOS
session OF his heart us soon as the
chlrmer Of he house was driven or re-
tired from its portals.
Alas for Betsy. she failed 10 forecast
the future. and as The wife Oi a Virginia
planter lived 10 See her rejected lover
become the greatest man OF that or any
other age. Washington became morn
popular with The ladies' after his re-
turn from ~BrlddOck's defeat and the
massacre. In that battle he had TWO
horses shot under him, and four bullr.-
through his uniform. and had held his
Virginia regiment steady when The y,O-
crtn relocated British soldiers had all.
run away. When he returned, thc hero
OF The hour, every Virginia house sent
invitations to the gallant young soldier
TO come and visit. lie WAS here and
there, and everywhere, bul his heart was
m~Ortgaged beyond rrlrmp ion 10 the
proud beauty who would no; smile ~,
on him. One OF these letters Of welcome
10 him is from the Fairfax home. Three
Young ladies in The house parry wr.,.
Iim this Letter, which shows his uow-
born popularity from B~rlddock's bloody
field:
Dear Sir-After thanking heaven 10,
your safe return. | must accuse you a..
great unkiEdness in refusing Us ,au
pleasure Of seeing you this night. | do
assure you that 1luthing bur our being
satisfied chat our company would he dis
agreeable should proven, rs from Try
ing ii our legs would no. carry Us 10
Mount Vernon this nigh. Bu. Ii yD,,
VIII NOT come 10 us lumurrow morning
very early. we shall hcrr Mount Vernon.
Sally Fairfax. Ann Spclr.uc. Elizabeth
Dent"
From The home OF the RI1duiphs
came anuther ~inyiIttou. closing vi Ii
the message jll. Mrs. Cary and VI ~
Randolph join in wishing you tIlJ sJr,
OF glory which vii mos, cndcIr yuu 10
the fair sex.
In order 10 settle the question of the
regularity Ot ais commission as colonel.
Washington made Il journey 10 Bosom.
Beverly Robinson. a Virginiau, had
married Snsaua Phillips, a daughter Of
Frederick Phillips. The patron OF lhc
great manor by the Crotou. Robinson
entertained his friend, now famous he,
cause ii his glIlIntry at Fort Duquesne.
Il, his house. and induced his wife to
have his sister, Mary Phillips, as a guest
at The same time. Here WasutngLon's
susceptible heart was subject 20 an en-
tircly different charm from the English
ladies' in the Barbados. or the lovely
\irginlanS of his native state. II waa
The metropolitan girl-ihe New Yorker
as typical then AS nOw-scIc-pAsscsscl.
travelled, with the experience OF several
seasons in The society of the largest city
OF the country. familiar with The altcn-
ton of British officers and tiIled for
tune hunters. a beauty and an heiress.
The type was new TO Washington. and
he fell madly in love. Rut The proud and
tinical New York belle SAW loo many of
he WDDISm,n and Tho I-Ii,p Gub+or 10,
allure her from the rCinementS OF the
metropolis TO the sGclIsiun OF plantation
life, AID SO she gave her hand and heart
10 Lieut.. Col. Roger Morris. 10 become.
with her Tory husband. dGring The rev
olutionary war, 4 fugitive 10 England.
while Washington. in the fortunes of
revolution. made their house his head
G1ar,ers duriHs The campaign in New
York.
Washington, however. Two years aft
cr the Mary Phillips incident, met at a
house Mrs. Martha cambridge
Gusts. h was a widow. % years OF
age, and seven months of sorrow. Sue
only belonged to one of the most
distinguished families, but she was the
woman in the colony of Nir-
GINA. Her sorrow was a%lleviated by
presence OF two little angel Custises,
Jack and Nellie. Washington wrote to
his physician before arriving at thia
country house in very bad health, that
he considered himself a doomed man.
ana that he was expecting very soon
his decay" This was on March ..
1858. But the sick man LETT this hos,
home az Williamsburg on April
:, entirely recovered in health and en-
TO the beautiful widow. We know
little of Mrs. Washington except
that she was petite, a brunette, very
and could not spell. Washing
destroyed all her letters 10 him on
his account. Most of her letters which
ire in existence were written by Wash,
nglon and copied by her. But she prov,
ID a good wife. She was a born lady
md had all the high instincts o: a thor
,ughbred. Jefferson and Madison and
hamilton, who had met her, all seemed
o be impressed with her limited educa-
ional attainments and equally Impress
d with her perfect good breeding.
Washington never wandered in his af-
ection for her. and always alluded 10
Ter as the partner OF all his domestic
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