The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-03-14

Augustine the second son, fell most
of the rich lands in Westmoreland.
George, the eldest born of the Sec
ond marriage, left to the guardianship |
of his young mother, shared with the |
four younger children the residue or
the estate. He was to inherit his
fathers farm upon the Rappahannock.
to possess, and to cultivate If he
would, when he should come of age;
but for the rest his fortunes were to
make. He must get such serviceable
training as he could for life of indie
pendent endeavor. The two older
brothers had been sent to England to
! 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 come; Angus
tine, to fit himself for the law.
George could now look for nothing
of the kind. He must continue, as he
had begun, to get such elementary and
practical instruction as was to be had
of schoolmasters in Virginia, and the
young mothers care must stand him in
the stead of fathers pilotage and
oversight
A Wise and Provident Mother.
Fortunately Mary Washington was
wise and provident mother. wom-
an of too firm a character and too
steadfast a courage to be dismayed
by responsibility. She had seemed
only fair and beautiful girl when
Augustine Washington married her,
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of how that gallant Virginian sailor
and gentleman had literally been
thrown at her feet out of carriage
in the London streets by way of intro
duction-where she, too was a visit
ing stranger out of Virginia. But she
had shown a singular capacity for bus
mess when the romantic days of
courtship were over.
Lawrence Washington, too, though
but five-and-twenty when his father
died and left him head of the family
proved himself such an elder brother
as it could but better and elevate a
boy to have. For all he was so young.
he had seen something of the world.
and had already made notable friends.
He had not returned home out of Eng
land until he was turned of twenty
one. and he had been back scarcely a
twelve-month before he was off again,
to seek service in the war against
Spain.
3 His Brother a Captain.
. The colonies had responded with an
: unwonted willingness and spirit in
:. 1740 to the home governments call
d for troops to go against the Spaniard
S in the West Indies; and Lawrence
$ Washington had sought and obtained
a commission as captain in the Vir
: ginian regiment which had volunteer
n ed for the duty. He had seen those
s terrible days at Cartagena, with Yer
d mons fleet and Wentworth's army
n when the deadly heat and blightine
s damps of the tropics wrought work
# of death which drove the English
:. forth as no fire from the Spanish can
/. non could He had been one Of thai
e devoted force which threw Itself
G twelve hundred strong upon Fort Sar
r Lazaro, and came away beaten witt
e six hundred only. He had seen the
e raw provincials out of the colonies
carry themselves as calamity as an,
veterans through All the merry trlai
e had seen the storm and the valor. tn,
e yacillation and the laundering. and tn,
1t shame of all the rash affair; and hat
e come away the friend and admirer o
II the gallant Vernon. despite his head
" strong folly and sad miscarriage. II,
70 had reached home again. late in tn
d. year 1742. only to see his father pres
,e emily snatched away by sudden i'll
st ness. and to find himself become hea
lie of the family in his stead
C Ali thought of further service ava
o from home was dismissed. He accep,