The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-07-12

able hand, which ESQ large that
handy" was all the tiny fellow could
manage. ::
These children took Washington
back more completely than anything
else to the old days when he had
brought his bride homo with her own
little ones. He felt those days come
back, too, when he was on his horse
In the open, going the round Of good
twelve miles and more that carried
him to all the quarters of his planta
ton.
Again atFarmer.'
Once more he was the thorough
farmer, ransacking books, when men
and his own observation failed him,
to come at the best methods Of cult.
walton. Once more he took daily az
count Of the character of his slaves
and servants, and OF the progress Of
their work, talking with them when
he could, and gaining a personal mas.
|. terry over them. .""-
Contracts for work he drew up with
his own hand, with a. minuteness and
particularly which were sometimes
whimsical and shot through with .
CLEAN OF grim 2hun1or.17:::~ :,
He agreed with Philip Barter that
It he would serve him faithfully as
gardener and keep sober at all other
times he would allow. him "four dol.
lars at Christmas; 2wtth which to- be
drunk four days and Tour nights; two
dollars at: Easter to7eftect the same
purpose; two dollars, at Whitsuntide,
to be drunk for two days; a dram in
the morning, and a drink Of grog at
dinner, at. noon;" and the contract
was drawn, signed. and witnessed
with all Formally.
A Thorough-Gofhe Master.
Philip no doubt found short shrift
Of consideration from his thorough.
going master II there was any drunk.
enness In the garden beyond the limit
Of the eight days nominated in the
bond, and found the contract no Jest
in the end, for Washington had small
patience and no soft words for q
breach OF agreement whatever its
kind. -
He would help men in distress with
generosity and wise choice of
means which few took the pains to
exercise but he had only sharp re-
buke for carelessness or neglect or
any slackness in the performance Of
a duty. Men who had cheated or
sought to impose upon him deemed
him harsh and called him hard mas.
ter. so sharply did they smart after
ae had reckoned with them.
ashae Sat e tssnt p&ttse ss st
other hand, to relieve genuine suffer
Ing and real want, though. it were de-
served and the fruit Of a crying fault;
In his home dealings, as in every.
thing else, his mind kept that trait by,
which men had been. awed in the
camp-that trick, as II Of Fate, of let
ting every act come at it's .conse:
quences and It's full punishment or re-
ward, as If he but presided at proc;
ess which was just Natures own. :.
When he succored distress, he did
It in pity, not In justice--not excusing
fault, but giving leave to mercy. = II
be- urged the government to pension
and reward the soldiers ;of the war,
who had only done their duty. he him
self set an example,. - S, -.. :.Gz.=2':.
Z, 81, Rewarded for Service. =
There were black pensioners not 4
sew about his own homestead. Bishop
his old body.servant, lived like q re-
tired gentleman in his cottage there
even Nelson, the good sorrd who had
borne him 30 bravely in the field till
Yorktown, now went forever unsad-
died, free In his own pasture i
But, much as he loved his home
and oourted retirement amidst the du-
ties Of planter, the old life would not
come back, was gone forever.
He was too famous. and there was
N end on It. He could not 50 abroad
without drawing crowds about him.
II no attended service on Sunday
away from home, though 1t were IN
never 80 quiet q parish; the very walls
Of the church groaned threateningly,
undsr the unaccustomed weight Of
people gathered in tho galleries and
packed upon the floor . zee the hero
q the Revolution. Not even ride
into tho far west, % Wow his lands
and pull together his neglected bust.
ness on the Ohio, was long snough to
take him beyond the reach of public
s 3 asffairl.
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