The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-02-21

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Posses those Joys denied by Day.
Alta later date he wrote to q Miss Alexander
the following poem:
From your bright sparkling Eyes was nndonc.
Rays. you have. more transparent than the sun,
Amidst Its glory In the rising Day
None can you equal In your nrlsht array;
Equal TO all but VIII TO none Provo kind
SO knowing. seldom one so Young your Find:
All Woes me. that should Love and conceal
Long have 1 wished. but never dare reveal
Even though severely Loves Psnes feet.
And all the greatest Heroes felt the smart.
Fortunately for his fame, he abandoned tho
masses after his marriage. He visited the Bar
Dadocs and IN his iournalirecords that he did not
they were generally agreeable. ''they. affected
the negro style" The letter which he wrote
is one Of tho most affecting epistles in the
annals of love. The letter read:
SIRE l should have been down long before
this. but my business In Frederick detained
me somewhat longer than expeclsd. aud I'm
modiately upon my return from thence was
taken with a violent pleurisy, but purpose AS
soon as I recover my strength to wait ON Miss
Betsy in hopes OF revocation OF the former cold
sentence and SEQ n | can meet with any altera.
should DO much obliged to you FOR the delivery
IL it,"
ture, and as the wis OF a Virginia planter lived
to sec her rejected lover become tho greatest
man OF that or any other age washington ne
turn from Braddocks defeat and the Massacre.
In that battle he had two horses shot from under
him and four bullets through his uniform and
had held steady his Virginia regiment when the
veteran relocated British soldiers Ia i all rnn
Sway When he re'n armed s. tho hero on the
the gallant young soldlJr - come aud visit.
lie was h ere and there and everywhere. but his
heart was mortRaged beyond redeinp'i0 Ion to tho
proud beauty who would not smile upon him.
Ono OF these letters OF welcome 10 him IL from
house party write him this letter. which shows
his newborn popularity from Braddocks
DEAR Sin: After thanking heaven for your
safe return. must accuse you Of great unkind-
ness In refusing us tie pleasure OF seeing you
.his nirht. do assure you that nothing but
our being satisfied that our company would De
disagrerRble should prevent us from trying II
our legs would not carry us To Mt. Vernon THIS
row morning very early we shall he AZ Mt.
Vernon. sally Fairfax. Ann spearing. Eliza
From the home OF the Randolphs came an
other invitation. closing with the message that
Mrs. Cary and Miss Randolph Join In wishing
you that sort OF glory which VIII most ehuear
you to the fair sex"
In order to settle the question Of the regular.
ny Of his co nn.ission rs Colonel. Washington
made a journey TO Boston. Beverly Robin.
son. n Nirginian, had married susanna Phil
ips. n daughter OF Frederick Philirs.th" patron
OF the gre N manor by the Croton. Robinson en-,
tertained his friend, now famous because oil
his gallantry at Fort Duaucsne. at his house,
and induced his wife TO have her sister, MARY
l'hillps. US guest at the same time; here
washington's susceptible heart was subject IL
an entirely different charm from the English
ladies in the Barbado.s. or the lovely Niigln-
isns OF his native state. 1t was the metro
politan girl.-the New Yorker rs typical then
as now self possessed, travelled, with The cN.
perience of several seasons In the society "
the largest city In the country. familiar with
the attentions Of British officers and titled for
tune hunters. n beauty and an hercss. The
tyne was new TO Washington. and he Tell
madly in love. But the proud and inical
New York be- . saw too many OF thc-wayB Of
the woodsman and the Indian igh.c t. allure
her from the rCnnements OF the metropolis to
the seclusion q plantation life, and 50 she give
her hand and heart to Lleut.-Col. Roger Nor.
ris. to become with her Tory husband during
the Revolutionary war. fugitive IA England.
while Washington. In the fortunes OF r.volu'
ton. ma lie their house his headquarters during
the cAmpaign In New York. And agnin N
1900. which was the second year Of his + rest
at II picnic-Nnd. by the way. he was very t2nd
OF picn.cs-and that The dinner was provided
by Mr.. Mariner at the house lately OF Col.
Roger Morris, hut confscatel and in the occu'
patton OF common farmer.
When sorely pressed by u friend some time
| ago undertook te give what practical talent
] possessed To untanglo her COMPLICATED estate.
She was being bankrupted by interest and
legal expenses ! found that she had ideas
that were directly the reverse Of those preva-
lent In tire market MS to the value OF her prom.
| always disregarded IL when not In accord
with her own views. when. after unrayeling
the many complications OF her estate. sug-
gested the sale OF part OF tho realty TO pay
the debts and leave he talance as an income
upon which she could comfortably subsist.
| cruelty In urging her to sacrifice her patrimony
| at 20 much less than its value, namely. the
price II would bring. ! was compelled 10 say
| TO her that after a great experience IN the
| course OF u checkered career had come 10 the
| conclusion that there were two things could
| not understand, one was real estate and the
other was women. And 30 wonder whether.
| when in England as In America. In the Urit-
| ish Parliament as in the American Congress,
elouuence was cJhaustiLg Its power to picture
| as the unexampled man OF all the ages Cen
| Washington. Betsy Fauntleroy and Mary PHI
ips made existence any the happier for their
Washington. however. two years after the
Mary Philips nSdsnt; met r at country house
month. Of sorrow: she not only S,slonssl 70
vas the wealthicst woman in the colony OF Nir-
| Rina. Her sorrow was atoytated by the pres.
| Patsy. Washington wrote 10 his physician
before arriving at this country house Ii very
bad health that he considered, himself doomed
his decay" This was on March 8, 1898.
But the sick man left this hospitnhle home Mt
and ND engaged to eh ha s
ON. We know very little Of Mrs. Washington
except TIM, she was AS petite brunette, very
| stroyed all her letters To him on this account.
Most OF her letters which are in existence were
But she proved a good wife. She was born
oughbred. Jefferson and Madison and HamIl.
| pressed with her limited intrlleo tual attain
| ments aud equally impressed with her per
| feet good breeding. Washington never wan
dered in his affection for her and always al.
| luded to her as the partner OF all his domestic
| enjoyments. They lived happily together for
| forty years. In his last illness no lay for fouI
| hours at night with that chill which killed
| him, because he would not wake his wife and
| have her get up In the cold: This considernt lor
for her puy him almost beyond HELM whcr
| morning came.
lie was the most attentive OF husbands
| Fearing she might OyrrwOrk herself with tue
| multitude OF guests that thronged Mt. Vernon
he secrued housekeepcr He saved her the
trouble CT ordering her own clothes u It lRrr,
extent. IIe was u martinez on appearances
and extremely particular both as 10 his owr
clothes and Ms 20 hers. White satin and black
velvet wore his favorite materials Tor his own
coats, He seems 10 have had some doubt n,
to the Widows fidelity when they were tlrs
engaged. for he records Ia that account book
In which. during his whole life. b. put vcry
scrupulously every expenditure, that he sen,
to Philadel phia for the ring. md that IL cos
ONLY two pounds. sixteen shilling. in III,
same book we find among his orders 10 London
for her were Salmon colored thhhY Of IA,
enclosed pattern. with satin flowers, to he mad,
in an ,Que: one cap. handkerchief. tucker. ant
rutiles, to 10 made OF BRUSSELS lace or point
proper to wear wi tn the above nCgligct. aud Il