The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-19
ND sraud4tother, III '''piay and cty, and
cry md play, for ions hours together.


hers kraud4iother III N play and cfy, and
crys and piay, tor long hours together.
upon tho liarpsiehord.
IA Nfrs, washington was q lady Of SOME
s.ernnesa ana 8SihdeSibitity 81 spite o 4
.her & 81 ssiohately lovlng temperan1et y y
Mt gher grandchildren udored llier never
tiiele.s, and no one sof then, more tl, E
our sweet Bctaey Custis$ lierself.
Among 5tho tenderest aid most pre-
c,n,,a reljcs over possessed and treas.
,,,nI III, 4 Al " u d yIittle silver scls-
.ass Di,epa 81 n n, 4 u r with Tho Initials
IN AZ Is III. SsS f,stscy laid liz away, care
;Fujiv VIA pped IN V d LIP Of paper, on
which slie wrot II my beloved t'
,Grandntother.'. 5ai II sSsS \, \.
BE- Another or tred tires leo Y gilt
from 81 NJ IL. slS sfingt or1---swas an ivory
fan, hatid-pHlnted and s,inlaid Win goi 81
several
St,st anv it,a many great ball ok her dry;
NH n $doibt# hot A that 4 slic oecaiuay tE
and knew Wall how tlso II and Ike 81
ia s si,nnnred III to ytndvantagc when {she
carrledsitl sho as triost: good y loo az
MI and i,nd @ d M Z and chasn1 Of l:cra
III x n 'ntto6 Sas definite as FOR Sister
3Neiiy,sa though utterly d fferent. 81 Il
4 Her 1nUthor's tvldoWioo was q very ,,1r
Sbrlof ot,e. IN Mrs Gust yvtis exc ulsltelv
pretty, ana only tysc,ity + |. W :. q 7
tJa Gusts die 20 stt was = 81 o y
that Or. stunrt' yooihg 81 :, 3ull
prosper, nnd that stoshould wed we'd hin = IN
npf IN bi,t n# short period 3of mourning.
8,rhc tvhshingtonsj u lwn w lunfalllngly
III, ero,1g, & scef,i n 10 "a have actepted the
t,ew g. husband, their Beloved 81 ck's''s
al acegsor With entire klndllllcss Of fee .-
1np. and appear "a to lave borne y N atri
NAT 8daurft tr.in law no ill-Will for her
3iiusty second maria &c. s VI IL.
Srrs8nf1d Mrs.H s,tliAi ii lt)l lsetsoy q "a
Martha (Pattey) for re ea "
tiful Nyoung aunt, long sif1ce dend -. !!
3ilrst I'D bingdon, hen Hope
when patteys was but pc va teen she
I, arriadf trhotIia 4 ret u son DIT ri ,'la.d
gpatera1o 81 4. aeor zetowtl. S Md B she va .
so1Iv'41st d year a Dung TER thu A 13etsey,
and tho \ sisters had been almost l,k I.
wins, "a tl,e oa:.tiiig was felt decply S3tll
ethnuth5 ina Peter 4 oi1ple SEEM t. e lias'o
spei,t much % tEcir time witt Pattey' y
S pggp Ill bout this tlme thnt r,ctscy
ggaf, to pay 4 NOM Vern on AZ re1 ia e
yjstts, n There SHE Appeared q g s sly
$disndya Il ., sp okIng y Y
sbetng comps n " b, 8 nay
grown up one gretat,ess peau-
Ties Sof5 her day. 3etsey vas g lso sumo
ss.,i;a 1,,,i Ter ana less u vivaclous than
MI ayer.sp ightlyiS.i and 50 gave ,n
&t ti impression of being older than SIZE lle'
1 There il now here an elderly sister ~ e
I, }, MISS GUSTS not 80 hand me Z s.t'
Ssharsn f.,.Ss 60 n John 1redell svro e Of her
e fis VIE: but she Gems very agree
THE phrase elderly as ter s:rS!E:Gs y,
as particularly my sing IN We O lllo
fact that Betsy wa l'ar three yea ~
older than Nelly, ana the time q NlT.
Iredell,s not nave peetl '''olc
III ono Ii historian M says 81 that she was 9
1adv 81 ere at y eau: u talent, q '; ~
n,s ! "a fSailf have II Il word to Gtt w con-
cnrr,,nr her sweet mature and keen WI 9 {.
Il lbs byS virtue Of lie own T,ec'ul-
liar charm Ut reJicencc We find 7 or Elos
o,Isly figured ontomp ora1 eo ~
hoprap fies and CHI los Y han her vow =
tile sister. Il, ], u ~
II ali ways she seems to have renlalne 8
= little apart, preferrlng the o1s tlnot.o.
81 al appreciate that was per sonal ~.
to- one the was uniYer 81
and ,lnoriginal From the q ylne
Iliattar "a may see IN what ffeotion ane
ast san, 4 Ia great tWash ingtQn held her
5hnwS we'll worth while he cotisl Tered n e
Tins bent II, writing her the ad vice " w nlcl
vas tre outcome OF q lifetime OF exp =,
anr,e The confidence and eft feet lon oe
tween the two lis pretty thing TO nc not e
and q seems Il to- uplift K Betsey y ABOVE he
felIows-if Indeed her sweet youth Il am !!
iovelvI pers onallty had failed to do so az
read 81 S3s
But She Did Not Heed.
FL Ait 3 te,r all, she did not heed his ad
vlce-the advice Of the man ian she revere.
"a loved, a as we'll as OF the greatest MAJ ma
81 her country. What girl OF nineteel
ever did heed tho counsel OF a an Ode
nerson in an affair of the heart Wash
| sinrtond mad ~ strong plea agnfnst inter
nat ionul marriages, but after tho many 40
mirabie things Y which Washing ton n q
written III favor OF choosing one o. ne; ne
own countrynen as O rnnte--Betsey ma
Iried an glishn1an 3$s
Her choice was Thomas Law, = ne sfa'
lyorite nephew Of Lord Ellen borou l |
young Law had held POSI- ton q !, re
sponsbility In Bengal for some TIM ~
had finally settled In Arne with aWhlc !
ration he eventually identifle himself sci
pisa q Parke Gusts married gs him 8 81
March 81 A8l706, when she was not#qut
twenty years old, and about two monlh
llafter yNashlngton's letter$to .her
Wa hington himself seems not to hay
Known tho exact date OF tho we dding,A g
ljit WIS some u time before tho nct ual %:
that he wrote to Nelly N e MS
s5as see This day, accordl Ing to our. n
formation, gives d husband ito Your eide
sister-and consummates II 8is 70 be pre-