The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-04-11

Martha Washington.
: goi6. The brave show Of respien6ent
/ uniforms. II he Iit-Ie church whera
( the marriage was soIeunized O7ce-z
( Of his naiesrys service crowded
there. IL their gold lace and scarlet
{ coats 10 see their comrade welded;
the new governor. Francis Fauguier
: himself came. clad as befr-ed his
rank: and the bridegroom took the
( sun not less CALAMITY than rae TesE-
as 1e rode. IN bT1e and silver a11
/ scarlet. beside he coach and sig that
core his bride honeward amidst me
+ th-crgtng friends OF the cCua -rv-sida.
/ The young soldiers lore Of 4 gallant
array and a becoming ceremony vas
satisfied 70 the full. and he must have
/ -eioiced % De so brave q hCrsema1
CT such q day.
For three months OF deep content
~ lived with his bride az her owa
residence. cha White House. By York
river side. where their roth had
been pIighred. forgetting the faefgues
Of the frontier. and learning gratefully
The new life CT quiet lore and homeIy
duty.
These peaceful. healing months
gone By. he turned once more 10 pub
tic business.
Six months before his marriage he
had been chosen a member Of tie
house Of burgesses for Frederick
counCy-tha county which had been
his scene Of adventure ~ the old DAYS
OF surveying IN the wilderness. and IN
which ever since Braddock's fatal
rouC he had maintained his headquar-
ters striving 70 keep the border
against the savages.
Leads the Poll.
Small wonder that he led the pcil
taken there in Winchester. where
through so many seasons men had
seen him bear himself ike a capable
man and a gallant. indomitable sol
der. Twas no unwelcome duty.
either, 10 take his young wife 70
Williamsburg in "the season when
all Virginia was in town in the per-
SONS OF the burgesses and the country
gentry come 10 enjoy the festivities
and join in the business then sure 70
be afoOt-
The Young soldier was unused 70
assemblies. however, and suffered a
keen embarrassment TO find himself
for a space too conspicuous amidst
the novel parliamentary scene. He
had hardly taken his seat when the
gracious and stately Robinson. speak
er OF the house and treasurer OF the
colony these twenty years. rose. a.
the bidding OF the burgesses. TO thaak
him for the services OF which all
were speaking
Speechiess With Emotion.
This sudden praise, spoken with
generous warmth there il a public
place was more than Washington
when Sir. Speaker vas done. but he
could not utter a syllable. He stood
rhere, instead, hot with bushes, STAN
nering, all a-tremble from head TO
loot. Sit down. Mr. Washington,
cried the speaker; your modesty is
equal to your Falor, and that sur
passes the power Of any language
/ that 1 possess"
Again and again. as the years pass
ed, Washington returned at each ses-
sion 10 Williamsburg 70 take his
place in the assembly; and with Gus
tom came familiarity and the ease
and frmuess he at first had lacked
upon the floor. His life broadened
about him; all the uses Of peace CON
tributed 10 give him facility and
knowledge and a vide comradeship
in aIairs. Along with quiet days as
q citizen. a neighbor. and q country
gentleman. came maturity and the
) wise lessons Of various experience.
Married a Fortune.
No man in Virginia lived more or
with a greater zest henceforth than
Colonel Washington. His marriage
brought him great increase Of wealth,
as well as increase of responsibility
Sir. Gusts had left many thousand
acres OF land, and forty-five thousand
pounds sterling in money, substan-
tial fortune TO the young wife and the
TWO little children who survived him;
and Washington had become. by spe-
cial decree of the governor and
council in general court. trustee and
manager Of the whole. 1t needed ca
Dacity and knowledge and patience
Of no mean order to get good farming
out Of slaves, and profitable prices
1ut Of London merchants; 10 find
prompt and trustworthy ship-masters
oy whom to send out cargoes, and in
duce correspondents over the sea TO
ship the perishable goods sent in re-