El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-11

, men had, he studied every detail of his
estate with exquisite care, not only
from the point of uUtility and profit, but
from the viewpoint of beauty. Such
corn and wheat as he raised flourished
in. no other part of Virginia. There was
not q tree. a shrub or q blossom thar
the land would yield that he did not
plant. Everything was arranged with
the finest sense of harmony of color
and effect The simplest bud or the
smallest sapling was a living thing to
MIN, and he watched over it and saw
to its wellbeing as carefully as he did
that of the people about him. How he
found time for the multitude of tasks
he crowded upon himself is a marvel
One thing that added Zest to his work
at Monticello. no doubt, was the fact
that his wife had as deep an interest in
every detail of it as he had. There was
nothing that interested him, except pol
itics, in which she did not take as keen
n pleasure and enter into with IS much
fervOr as did he
A Perfect Love.
Between jefferson and his wife there
! was the most perfect OF love. She
thought he was the most remarkable
agOn among women. Monticello she
would have considered paradise were
it not for the fact that each succee ding
year found it necessary for her nus
band to absent himself more and more
from home
The Revolution was gaining force
gathering point for the patriot leaders
of the hill counties. Jefferson, who had
been busy enough In Virginia affairs,
now was called to Philadelphia and
New York His absence preyed heavily
upon the mind of his wife The care OF
the whole estate developed upon her and
her health was broken down. Children
had been born to her rather rapidly.
Two of them had died, and her grief
had been increased by the belief that If
her wonderful husband had been home
he by his knowledge Of medicine,
might have saved the life Of one OF
What did it matter if his name was
becoming one Of the great ones Of the
land? What did it signify if to him
was given the credit OF writing the
declaration which had just been adopt
ed at Philadelphia by which the colo
MES declared themselves free Of the
mother country A mother in her grief
thinks most OF her. young. Mrs. Jeffer-
sons prayer was that there should be
peace in the land so that her little
world of Monticello should know the
serenity and calm Of former years
The clouds became darker and the
fury Of the storm increased Jefferson,
after service in the Continental con-
gress. was called to the gOVernOrShIp OF
nifty for him to be at home, but not
for long Then Virginia was invaded,
first by Arnold and then by Tarleton,
The latter conceived the brilliant
scheme of sWOOping down upon Mon
ticeuo and kidnapping Jefferson. The
plan miscarried, and there was a lapse
Of only 10 minutes between the fligne
Of the governor and the arrival OF the
British troops.
JeffersOn's Grief at Wffe's Death.
III, harrassed by her worries and tor
turing herself with all sorts Of fears as
to his safety, Mrs. Jefferson pleaded
with her husband to give. up public
life so soon as his term Of office eX-
pired. Jefferson loved politics, but he
loved his wife more. and to please her
he retired from public life.
She had become a hopeless invalid
He became her nurse Then she was
happy
For nearly two years they we're in
separable. Those were two years OF
such peace and calm and JOY to Mrs
jefferson 9 IS rarely are known to Wom-
en-. All that time Mrs. Jefferson was
sinking generally. In 1882 she died
Her last words were a request that he
should not marry again. He gave his