El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-04

re was brilliant of speech, won
II derfuI in intellect kindly, but
4 at times, izaperious; master Of
many arts-a genius
She had few educational advant-
ages. lacked the superficial graces and
accomplishments about which most
young women think so much; was
gentle in manner and retiring in dis
position.
They clasped hands in the stately
mansion in Albany, n. Y, where her
father major-general of the COntlnen-
tai army, kept open house, during the
Revolution. He was blue-eyed, fair
of face. rosy of cheek, slender and IN
der medium height. She was black
eyed, pretty, beautifully proportional
and rather shy.
He was little more than boy-only
y, but already power in the fighting
colonies She was six months his
junior He was aidedecamp, COnfldant,
counselor, practically the right hand of
the commanderinchief of the patriot
army She was descendant of the
FIRST PATRON, patrician Of patri-
clanS- lie was poor. She was the
daughter of one of the greatest of the
landed proprietors. He was a scholar.
she vas maid who knew more of
cookery, OF indian raids and of needle
craft than of the classics.
The man of destiny was Alexander
Hamilton. The maid was Betsy Schuy-
Ter, He was bringing orders to her
Iagner concerning, the coming cam
palgn She was having the honor of
an Introduction to the gallant young
soldier.
He looked into the depths Of those
black eyes Of the Albany maid and saw
more there than man ever had seen be-
fore And from that moment he loved
her.
A Glorious Lover.
ETrsH TH-.H-
she were a queen he could not have
been more devoted. He lavished upon
ner all the wealth of his tender af-
lection. He was part Scot, part French.
lie sang TO her, wrote verses to her,
paid court morning, noon and night.
When he had TO leave he sent letters
back by every messenger She had be-
Wluched him To him she was the most
beautiful of her sex He wasn't salts
fed with telling her how charming she
was; he wrote about her TO her father.
10 her sisters to her friends. Here is
what he said in one of his letters.
she is most numerically handsome
ana so perVerse that she has none of
those pretty affections which are the
prelogallve of beauty. Her good sense
is destitute of that happy mixture of /
vanity and Ostentation which wouId
make II conspicuous. She is so strange 1
a creature that she possesses all the 4
beauties, virtues and graces of her sex, /
which others possess"
Ihe sorrow OF HamiltOn's life at that /
time was that his duties kept him from !
ner, but he had the great joy a little /
later TO meet her when she accom- /
panied Gen Schuyler to Morristown. 4
ana there were fetes and stately func- /
ions IN which she played her modest |
part
1t was not Hamilton alone who would /
WOO the pretty Betsy. There were half /
dozen Of the gay blades of the army
VINO were her slaves. Four of her sis
lers had elOped She had any number
OF proposals, but she wasn't as flightv I
as the others She turned the heads Of
50 many of the young men that Ham
iltOh wrote In a spirit Of banter to her (
sister Angelica, as follows.
IL IS essential to the safety Of the I
! SaIe ana 10 the tranquility of the army
mat one OF two things take nlace
ElUher that she be irnmedfafeI ~
moved from our neighborhOOd- or thar I
some other nymph qualified to main
Se.ILi an equal sway, come into it. Bv
her empire, it will be wea ker
ana she be much less dangerous when
7he mas rival equal in charms to dis
aid" SOuI
The ShadOw on HamiIfOn,g Life.
win all his love and all the glory
u MS prospects, Hamilton was i'll at
Ease mere was shadow on his life !
mat ne reared might blight his hanDi-
ness. As an honest man. he had 70
make a concession before he asked the !
5HI 20 wed him. He had to tell her
mar ne was born out of wedIock. and |
mat the brand of the bar sinister was