The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1901-05-30

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IN the suburbs Of Elizabethtown,
and In the month Of April, 1889, q
young girl went fitting with bird
like hops and sldps down the broad
Asivswsy leading from . gray, we'll
gabled mansion, 10 the great stables
beyond. The carriage. driven by .
ssbls-laeed goodman. was Just
emerging from their midst. The lit
tie maid, Just passing ehildhood's por-
tails, threw up her hand, bidding the
goodman stop. and take her upon
the seat beside him.
"Ah, Miss Dottie will always be
. little girl and want her ride around
from the barns to. the front door,
when the sosoh goes" said the coach
man. rssoliine down to help her up
ovse the wheel.
Il sm pot . listis girl any more,
Gam. r SsA . young lady, and am
chosen 10 be one of the IL girls who
will present, Aowers, and sing songs
whom Gen. ~ WasAington passes
through here on his way TO New
York. Do you know, they are build
ing . special barge to convey him
from hersf It is to be grendly deco
rated and rowsd by - pilots, and
Brother Victor is coming from New
York to be one Of them. Oh. Sam, this
10 a great and glorious time. Free
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hght-hesrted girl stopped and trilled
. stave or two Of . song beginning
thus, which she would help sing in
greeting for the hero upon his In
augural journey from Mount Vernon
to the governmental seat of that
time. "Uncle is spluttering around,
rushing everyone Of us to death to
get him ready" she continued. "He
is going by way of the road to New
York. Howard is going with him.
You know Howard belongs to tho
general assembly, and really should
not be lettering around here. But
we know why he stays, don't we,
Sam?"
Paying no attention to her light
questioning, Sam. soberly. said:
"Missy. they fought to throw of
the rule of one king, why should
they go right away and put another
over them?"
"Oh. there's no danger of George
Washington imagining that he is to
be king, although try to make
Cousin Dorothy believe that is the
i'm, ~ mt
on the talkative girl. II wish you
could hear her, Sam; and only over
from England so short time. She
is more American than we who were
born here. She and Nellie Custis are
the warmest Of friends. She has
Just come from Nellie's home, and
her whole talk 10 Of our future pos
sibilities-our liberties"
"Our liberty! Our freedom. What
10 there for Sam to rejoice over?''
The words were said with 0 low sigh.
"Poor Saml forgot. But you
know that you are we'll cared for,
and will be as long a. Dottis has any
sayso about you. And you are mine
because father left you to me. Vic
tor expects TO settle In New York,
and he wants you for his coachman.
and says he will give me Lizzie. your
wife. and Rachel in exchange for you.
But ueveri His body servant, Bob,
belongs to me. and he shall have Bob
for your Lssie when he settles away
from us to stay. and no other way
will ! make the exchange, Sam. ]
will not separate you from Nxzie."
Sam had been driving very slowly
his head bent low to catch every
word the little beauty uttered. "God
grant that you may live to be very
old. Sam has nothing to fear from
bondage under you.
They had now drawn up to the
wide front entrance of the house. and
Dottie stepped lightly down, went
dancing up the steps and into
the large reception-room. where. al
a mullioned window, a slender. grace.
full girl, with hair of the old Saxon
shade and dreamy blue eyes, sat
reading. Stepping in front of her
Dottie made a low obeisance. saying:
mistress Dorothy. am chosen to
salute our chief. As he steps upon
the barge I shall say: Hail your ex.
cellency, the king"
"You shall do no such thing" and
the English cousin playfully dung
her book after Dottie. who. springino
aside 70 avoid It, ran into . portly
gray-haired gentleman. bustling in
q large kerchief in his hand, "Herl
comes Uncle Dickerson." ~
"What title was that the sprite We,
bestowing upon Washington as came
in?" the gentleman said as Doroth,
folded and wound the sti6 kerchie,
around his throsA On being teid, h
said: His excellsncy,' or HE sersoa
Highness,' come up TO ny idsa - some
thing near the names by which on,
chief executive should be NAlrssssd.'
Ellis serene highnsssl" she repeated
-Ud; no. know Of whsA+ sRsasang
whsn I tsll you that Gen. Washingtos
vdll not answer to suoh . title"
Whsn Uucle Dickssson had goa'
hustling ont Of one entrance, the por
tierre at anothsr was thrust aside AMI
ee9tlepaA hvt slightly passsd youth
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