The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-08-01

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sun." he wrot9 in grave playfulness,
to a friend; :" { my hlrelings are not
in their places by that time. / send
them messageN of sorrow for their in
disposition; h, wing put these wheels
in motion, I Examine the state OF
things furtheI& the more they are
probed the deaper / find the wounds
which my BULL ngs have sustained by
an absence andheglect of eight years;
by the time II have accomplished
these matters Nfeakfast Ga little after
seven o'clock, bout the time, / pre-
sumo, that YOU are taking leave OF
Mrs. McHenry lis ready; this being
over, l mount 4ny horse and ride
round my farm3 which employs me
until it is time#to dress for dinner.
The usdNl time of sitting at
the table, a wall and tea bring me
within the dawnBf candlelight; .prevl-
GUS to which, if Hbt prevented by com
pany, l resolve hat as soon as the
glimmering tape supplies the place
of the great lunI harry l will retire to
nv Writing-table Ind acknowledge the
letters / have rNceived; when the
lights are brought 1 feel tired and
disinclined to engage in this work,
conceiving that g e next night will do
as well. The nS It night comes, and
with it the same Ncauses for postpone
ment, and so on Having given you
the history of lay, it will serve for
a year, and / am persuaded that you
will not require n second edition of it. "
He had kept his overseers under his
hand all the tinIf he was president;
had not forgotten to write to DR..
Young upon methods of cultivation;
had shown the hme passion as ever
for speeding and8reg ulating at it's best
every detail of lis private business;
but matters had gone i'll for lack of
his personal Supervision. He was
obliged to sell NIP less than fifty thou
sand dollars wbrth of his lands in
the course of fdfhr or five years to de-
fray the great expenses he was put to
in the presidency and the cost of
bringing his estate into solvent shape
again. He did nd try to begin anew;
he only set thinge in order, and kept
his days serene.
Another Stark of War.
A spark of war WAS kindled by the
new administrations dealings with
France, and Washington was called
once more to prepare for command,
should the fighting leave the sea and
come ashore. Butformal war did not
come. The furry emily kept him lit
tie nearer the movements of politics
than he cared to- be. He was the
more uneasy to SEE how the Demo-
Gratis bore themselves in the presence
of the moments peril; doubted the ex
pediency of assigning men of that par
ty to places of command in the army;
approved the laws passed against
aliens and againSt those who should
utter seditious libel against the gov
eminent; showed again, and without
reserve, how deeply his affections
we're engaged on1 the side of the insti-
tutions he had DO labored to set up
and protect; was intolerant towards
any who soughtsto touch or question
at any point their new authority-im-
perious as of old in question Of &C.
ton.
Still the Simple Gentleman.
But it was His home that chiefly
held his thought now. He had not
changed towards his friends through
all the long years of public care and
engrossing business. An old comrade,
who had come in his rough frontier
dress all the way from far Kentucky
to Philadelphia to see the president,
had been told that Washington had
become puffed up with the Importance
of his station, and was too much OF
an aristocrat to Welcome him in that
garb''
But the old soldier was not daunt-
ed, pressed on to make his call, and
came back to tell lis friends how the
president and his hdy had both seen
him and recognizes him from the WIN
dow, and had hurried to the door to
draw him cordiallykin. 81 never was
better treated" hea said. Il had not
believed word against him; and /
found that he was SOld Hoss' still.
Twas the same With his neighbors,
and with strangersAtoo. He was the
simple gentleman OF the old days. A
strolling actor riding Mount Vernon
way on a day in july, stopped to help
a man and woman swho had been
thrown from their cliaise, and did not
recognize the stalwam horseman who
galloped up to his assistance till the
overturned vehicle had been set up
again, they had busted each the others
coat, and the stately Stranger, saying
he had had the pleasuFe of seeing him
play in Philadelphia, bad hidden him
come to the house yQpder and be re-
freshed. Have l tile honor of al
dressing General Washington" ex-
claimed the astonisf.Sd player "An
odd sort of introduction, Mr. Bernard"
smiled the heated soklier; ''but | am
pleased to find you can play so active