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admirers, 50 often Exclaimed: God bless

admirers, so often exclaimed: God bless
the grateful people"
She further mentions the condolences Of
the return Of her brother on a visit, after
years of residence In the South, when he
participated In the Lafayette memorial
services. singing the funeral ode by w. ID.
Gallagher, done. gone forever, Gnufs hoee
Another incident IS quoted in her own
happy words; II remember seeing Dear
born carriage pass down Western Row and
II was festooned with strings OF hickory
nuts in honor OF the hero OF the battle OF
New Orleans, old Hickory To my child
ish mind this was shameful waste OF
good things for my father was strong
whig" She calls those days, when every
heart bounded in unison to the inspiring
words Of Hall, Columbia, proud days or
vlrtuous poverty of both the government
Then the scene Of her memory changes
TO the country home OF her father near the
same city, where little Julia--who still re-
womanhood In tho genial companionship of
brothers, sisters and parents. The Lee
children epent many hours In company OF
an aged couple who had married during the
Revolutionary war, and their tales Of
patriotic heroism so fired the heart of young
Julia that In later years caused her TO
American independence for the Aldine the
Sunny South, and the Galveston News.
~
With the pastoral pleasures Of her coun-
try homo were mingled the delights Of
study and reading, the dominant pastime
Of the Lee household Whenever the car
riaga went 10 The nearby city It returned
laden with books, which event always
made a ripple Of excitement among the
juveniles Of the family. They were al
lowed to choose at will from a wholesome
collection OF fiction, science and history.
Julia roamed without other guide than
her own preferences along the seductive
paths Of poetry and fiction until she one
day met history, who offered her hidden
treasures to the child. saying: my tales
are real Then "Plutarch's Lives OF IL
lustriOus Men," together with other works
Of biography. opened up 20 her enchanted
vision vistas of another world. Botany Do
came her favorite science because the TOW.
ers we're her piaymates.
She began to write verse when very
young, caroliug her early mathis with the
wild freedom Of the birds her daily com,
panions. Her brother. Samuel, showed
other gifts, making an enviable name as a
landscape painter collection of his best
pictures were sold to a friend, w. II.
walker Of Pewee Valley. near louisville
Ky Mr. Walkers home with hix notable
and valuable collection OF art treasures
was subsequently burned when the South
ern art world lost more than 1t can ever
The writer Of this sketch has had the
pleasure Of seeing old-faEhioned engravings
Of two Of Samuel Lees landscape scenes on
the Ohio river The Deserted Cabin" is
one we'll remembered and frequently men
toned by artist admirers Mrs. Sinks says
His pictures were the Joy Of my childhood
| I can give no better description OF them
4 than in the words OF Gallagher, a poet OF
1 that day and the editor Of the Cincinnati
/ Mirror
/ against the harry sky
/ Motianiess rests the thin and heecy cloud
| Lee such have met thine eye,
/ And such thy canvas crowd.
/ Painter ere Il from the easel goes,
| with the sSy's light and shade and warmth
n gioWs.
/ T,y peucii ton can give
! Tcruu "a the glowing ina Ees that Hive
! In the poets brain and forever IN MS Rong.
/ GLORY awaits thee gifted one. and PANE.
! Hlvb on Arts Temple. shall inscrihe this
name
Another tTihute To the inimitahle powers
| n MS color poet was written by Mrs q
| Price of Louisville for the Journal oi
1 thaf citv The srtistE brother died ia
| ycnis,sna in ls4i A niece of Mrs. sinks
| NIiss Julia Robertson q Austin. Texas,
| ertnced the same artistic Temperament and
| sniiitg, but che died young yet not before
shs lad Shown her aarurd tread kha