Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1913-04-06

q George, the eldest born OF the sec
ord marriage. Lett 10 the guardianship
Of his young mother. shared with the
, four younger children the residue OF
| the estate He vas to inherit his
/ fathers farm upon the Rappahannock,
/ to possess, and 20 cultivate IL he
would. when he should come OF age;
but for the rest his fortunes were 10
/ make He must get such serviceable
/ training as he could for life Of indie
: pendent endeayor. The two older
I brothers had been sent TO England 10
get their schooling and preparation
for life, as their father before them
( had been to get his-Lawrence to
{ make ready to take his fathers place
/ when the time should CONE; Angus
/ tine, to fit himself for tha law.
! George could now look for nothing
Z Of the kind. He must continue, as he
had begun, 10 get such elementary and
practical instruction as was TO be had
I II schOOImasters in Virginia, and the
, goUng mothers care must stand him in
( he stead Of a fathers pilotage and
[ overnight.
Fortunately Mary washington was
: wise ana provident mother, WON
Az Of too firm a character and too
, steadfast a courage 10 be dismayed
Z ~ responsibility. She had seemed
| 7nly a fair and beautiful girl when
| Augustine Washington married her,
! and there was q romantic story told
! # how that gallant VirsiaiaH sailor
and gentleman had literally been
brown at her feet out Of a carriage
the London streets by way Of intro
iuctiOu-whGre she, too was a visit
! uF stranger out Of Virginia. But she
! had shown a singular capacity for bus
ness when the romantic days OF
eourtship we're over.
Lawrence Washington, too, though
! 1ut five-and-tweuty when his father
! lied and left him head Of the family,
I proved himself such an elder brother
as it could but better and elevate a
Joy TO have. For all he vas so young,
ne had seen something OF the world,
and had already made notable friends,
He had not returned home out Of Eng
and until ke vas turned OF twenty
one. and he had been back scarcely a
tweIye-month before he vas off again,
90 seek service in the war against
Spain.
His Brother a Captain.
The colonies had responded with an
unwOnted willingness and spirit in
1850 to the home governments call
( for troops to go against the Spaniard
In The West Indies; and Lawrence
1 Washington had sought and obtained
T a commission as captain. in the Vir
ginian regiment which had volunteer
Cd for the duty. lie had seen those
Z terrible days at Cartagena, with Yer
7 mons feet and Wcutvorth's army,
when the deadly heat ard blightins
Z damps Of the tropics wrought a work
OF death which drove the English
forth as no FIRE from the Spanish can.
non could He had been one of that
devoted force which threw itself
twelve hundred strong upon Fort San
Lazaro, and came away beaten with
six hundred only. he had seen the
raw provineials out OF the colonies
carry themselves as calamity as any
veterans through ali the fiery trial;
had seen the storm ana the yalor. the
vaoillation and the laundering. and the
shame Of all the rash affair; and had
come away the friend and sdmirer Of
The gallant Vernon despite his head
strong folly and sad miscarriage lie
had reached home again late in the
year 1872. only 10 see his father pres
emily sBatched away by a sudden IL
ness, and to find himself become head
OF the f-Y-.iy in his stcad.
All thought OF further service away
from home was dismissed He accept
ed a commission as major in the Co