The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-02-20

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interruptions. His guests saw him for !
!, I,'ue aitar dinner. and once and again
k.,t mignt 81, be, IN the evening also: but he
kepi TO his business throughout ali ,ht
WORKING hours OF the day: was AZ his
peSk even before breakfast ard after
~ ~ eakiast was always early in the sad
| uie ana OH 10 his farms
GENERAL AT DINNER.
vsr,n only at table did ne play the host. I'm
Serlng over the wine 10 give and csll for
toasls and relax IN genial conyersa lion.
!oslng. as the months passed by, some
~ ~ - she deep gravity that had settled upon
an enjoying relish for f" n pleasant sInrv
an unaffected sally of wilt, or a bur
lesque description" as in the old days
| awe OF him ''h III
II did not encourage talk In those who
nS Ss' Hsde TO say to sit in the presence
in a aha man nv who so looked his greatness
nsure even, and whose grave and steady
| eyes 50 challenged the significance OF
Wnat was said.
| Young people would ieave off dancing
nd ana romping when he came into the
roonl' and force him to withdraw. and
,e peeP at tne fun from without the door.
uHopserVed II was only among his in
Inmates That he was suffered and taken
70 ne the simple. straightforward SYM
pa.hlzlns man ne was. exciting not awe,
glance. an"
cb, rne II n. ,!S general. with few glasses of
EnriilSgne, EEnmtiiiipSsgne, got quite merry" a young
the good luck TO be introduced bv Rich
ard Henry Lee, and. being with his in
tldna timate friends, laughed and talked a
AS much as he could. he resumed the
oLd lie. and the thoughts and pastimes
shat mad gone with It. Once more he
Geeams tSe EanI the familiar OF his hounds at
as might be In the hunt at sunrise He
asked but one thing OF horse as Of
oni.d o,T, ana no that was to go along, He ridI-
horsed. provided the animal kept on his
legs" vi i't"
A PLEASANT PICTURE.
Ihe two little children, tiny boy and
romplng, mlschievous lass!e. not much
Custis's deathbed. took strong hold YSS
ms heart: and grew slowly to an init
macy with him such as few yentured to
c., G1d IN 1T any longer amidst those busy days
to Lafayette a very engaging picture
When when he saw Washington and The little
soadIing boy together-"a very little
holding fast to one finger Of the good
generals remarkable hand, which $50
iorge iow rI. tnat hand was all the tiny fel-
washington back more completely than
anything else to the old DAYS when he |
nad brought his bride home with her |
own, own httie ones He felt those days come |
me open going the round OF good |
twelve miles and more that carried him |
10 an the quarters OF his plantation.
once more he was the thorough farm
er' ransac cking books. when men and his
own observation failed him. TO come at
she pest methods of cultivation. Once
acter or his slaves and servants. and Of
the progress OF their work talking with
them when he could. and gaining a per-
'onal mastery over them.
ISpIr l. |
n =. pity. not in justice-not excusing
.ault; but giving leave TO mercy. II he
.rSed .a5 tne ne a1ssI g11ysesrnment to pension and
only done their duty, he himself set an
example. There were black pensioners
1ot 1ot few about his own homestead
| retired gentleman in his cottage there:
wen Nelson, tho good sorrel who had
Sorne him 30 brnvely in the field till
r orktowni now went forever unsaddled
rec In his own pasture.
OLD LIFE GONE. ,
But, much az he loved his home and
'ourted retirement amidst tho duties OF
planter the old life would not come
JACK. was gone forever. He Gwas too ia
ould not go abroad without dra wing
rowds about him II he attended serv-
co on a Sunday away from home.
sh. the very walls OF the church groaned
hreateningly under the unaccustomed
weight OF people gathered In the gall
cries and packed Upon the floor to see
he hero Of the revolution. Not even a
ide into the far west, to view his lands
nd pull together his neglected business
n the Ohio. was long enough TO take
Inn beyond the reach OF public affairs
On the 1st OF September. 1884. with DIR.
,raik for company. he set out on horse
ack TO go by Braddock's road again into
he west. For nearly five weeks he was
eep In the Wilderness riding close upon
90 miles through the forested noun !
aims, and along the remote courses OF
he long rivers that ran into the Mis- {
issippl: camping out as In the old days
'hen he was a surveyor and a soldier | {
4 his premiership in these very wilds
enew!ng his zest for the rough life and a
he sudden adventures of the frontiers {
,an. II
But, though he had come upon his own Z