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ligan," says I. "and in about an hour
I'll call you up and let you know
whether / can make it tonight or
not"
"Very WELL" says she. "In an hour"
And you can bet l lost no time get
tin Sadie on the phone. Say. what
is this you're wishin' on me?" de-
mands. who IL this Leora Milligan
party and what's she got over you,
anyway"
Miss Miiligan?" says Sadie. why
you know, Shorty. She's the delight
full old maid ! ran across when / was
motoring with the Purdy-Pells up in
New England last summer. Had all
that wonderful antique mahogany
furniture. you know, and promised to
sell me some of it when the estate
was settled. And, Shorty, she has an
old sleigh bed that's a dream. and a
pie-crust breakfast table. and Sher-
atom sideboard and
"'Senough" says I. IF you're on
the antique trail there's no risk you
wouldn't have me run, ! expect. But
Leora wants me to take her on q
nephew hunt to the Plutoria roof.
understand"
well. why not?' says Sadie.
chucklin'. "Give her good time.
Shorty, and have one yourself"
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would call today national boycott
against British goods.
X
It was a bitter boycott. 1t was also
the first act of the colonies which came
to be the United States for regulating
the price at which goods should be sold.
1t also urged frugality and economy in
private life. AS the Rambler thinks Of
these two features of the famous hey
colt agreement of the colonies. they
seem to him so little known by Ameri-
cans today as to be worth reproducing
even if such reproduction delay the
story of Henry Lee of Freestone Point.
Here they follow:
We will. in several stations. encourage
frugality, economy and industry and promote
agriculture. arts and the manufactures of this
country. especially that Of wool: and Will dis
countenance and discourage every species OF
extravaganza and dissipation, especially horse
exhibitions of shows. plays and other expensive
diversions and entertainments: and on the
death Of any relative or friend none OF US or
any Of our families will go into further mourn
ing dress than O black Grape or ribbon on the
arm or hat for gentlemen and q black ribbon
and necklace for ladies'. and we will discon-
tinue the giving Of gloves and scarves at
funerals.
Such as are vendors of goods merchandise
will not take advantage OF the scarcity OF
goods. that may be occasioned by this associa.
tion. but will sell at the same rates We have
been respectively accustomed to do for twelve
months last past. And IL any vender OF goods
O merchandise shall sell such goods on higher
terms shall in any manner or by any device
whatever violate depart from this agree
ment, person ought will any of US
deal with any such person. or his or her factor
or agent. at any time thereafter, for any com
modify whatever.
Well, while these things were going
on at Philadelphia and a little later
in the neighborhood of Boston, Henry
Lee in historic Prince William, Fair
fax and Stafford counties was active
with nearly all the other young men
in organizing and drilling troops,
called the militia of Virginia. In 1776
he was appointed by Gov. Patrick
Henry captain Of troop of cavalry
in. Col. Theoderick Bland's regiment.
| Gov. Patrick Henry was a. personal
| friend of young Henry LeeS father.
[ and had visited George Mason at
Gunston Hall and had no doubt visit
ed at the old Lee. home which stood
where we have beefPeoday. Col. Theo-
derrick Bland was near relative of
Henry Lee and young Henry had a
brother named after him-Theoderick
Lee. So, you see family influence
played its part in the olden time as it
does now. But. the Rambler has ex-.
ceeded the space allowed for these
poor stories, and we will take a re-,
cess until next Sunday, when he hopes
to meet you again. =
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| from what he conceived to be alone a
sense of indispensable duty. On the
| contrary, all his sensibilities have
been awakened in receiving such re-
peated and unequivocal proofs of sim.
cere regard from all his countrymen.
With respect to myself, 1 some
| times think the arrangement is not
quite as it ought to have been-that.
!, who had much rather be at home,
should occupy place with which
great many younger women would be
prodigiously pleased. AS my grand
children and domestic connections
make up great portion of thsS
felicity which / looked for in this
| world, l shall hardly be able to find
any substitute that would indemnify
me for the loss of a part of such en-
dearing society. l do not say this be-
cause ! am dissatisfied with my pres
ent station. No! God forbid! For
everybody and everything conspire to
make me as contented as possible in
it. Yet l have seen too much of the
vanity of human affairs to expect
felicity from the splendid scenes of
public life. 1 am still determined to
be cheerful and happy in whatever
station / may be, for have also learnt
that the greater part of our happi-
ness or misery depends upon our dis
position, anu not upOH JUL NISuh-
, stances. We carry the seeds of the
one or the other about us, in our
minds, withersoever we go, l have
two of my grandchildren with me,
who enjoy advantages in point or
education, and who, / trust, by the
goodness of Providence, will continue
to be great blessing to me. My other
two grandchildren are with their
mother. in Virginia.
1.-The Presidents health is quite re-
stored by his late journey. Mine is
much better than it used to be-. I
am sorry to hear that Gen. Warren
has been i'll; hope before this time
that he may be entirely recovered.
We should rejoice to see you both.
To both I wish the best of heavens
blessings, and am, dear madam, with
esteem and regard, your friend and
IN WASHINGTON"
Mrs. Washington's home at Mount
Vernon was as attractively located
as any in the country. Their planta-
tion at that time consisted of 10000.
acres. equal to about fifteen square
miles. 1t was divided into farms of
convenient size, at the distance of
two, three. four and five miles from
the mansion. 1t was Cen Washing
toms delight to visit these farms
every day when the weather was
pleasant. On these trips he was fire.
quentiy accompanied by Mrs. WASH
ington.
No Secretary of Agriculture has
ever been more deeply interested in
experiments for the development of
agriculture that was George Washing
ton. The year the Washingtons were
obliged to leave Mount Vernon to re-
side at the White House they had
140 horses. 112 cows. 235 working
oxen. heifers and steers and 500 sheep
I, 60. A.
kept "a plows going pretty much all
the time.
The washingtons believed in hav-
ing plenty of good things to eat Each
autumn they killed $50 hogs for the
use of the family and servants
Wheat. corn. potatoes. barley, beans
and other farm stuffs were raised in
abundance. The lowly' turnip was
made prominent by raising fifty acres
each year.
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tation." but that was merely, rallying
cry and that rallying cry has come
down through the generations with
such persistency that Americans have
come to think it was taxation that
made our ancestors rebellious.
of the English government under
George III in refusing to recognize
the political equality OF English sub
jects in England and English. sub
Jects in the colonies that inf1amed the
anger of so many OF our radical an
cestors. Taxation may have been at
the root of the evil. but we lodged a
great many other complaints against
the English crown. The trouble had
been brewing for a hundred years in
the disputes between royal govern
ors and the popular assemblies of the
colonies: Here follows brief state
ment of grievances as set forth by
an association of his majesty's most
loyal subjects. the delegates of the
several colonies of New Hampshire
Massachusetts Bay. Rhode Island
Connecticut, New York, New Jersey
pennsylvania. the three lower coun-
t5es OF Newcastle, Kent and Sussex
on Delaware. Maryland. Virginia,
North Carolina and South Carolina,
. deputed to represent them in a Cont :
mental Congress held in the CITY of
Philadelphia on the fifth day of Sep
tember, 1774:"
Avowing our allegiance to his majesty
our affection and regard for our FELLOWSHIP.
Jects in Great Britain and elsewhere. afYeefed
with the deepest anxiety and most alarming
apprehensions. at those grievances and dis.
tresses with which his matesty's Americnu
subjects are oppressed; and having taken
under our most serious deliberation the sta 10
OF the whole continent find that the present
unhappy situation of our affairs is occa.
stoned by ruinous system Of colony admin.
lstration. adopted by the British ministry
about the year 1163 evidently calculated foI
lnsiavlng these colonies and with them. the
British empire $50
In prosecution of which system. yariou
acts of parliament have been passed for rails
ing q revenue in America, for depriviuR the
American subjects in many instances Of the
constitutional trial by jury, exposing theiI
lives 20 danger, by directing new and IN
legal trial beyond the seas for crimes ALLEGED
TO have been committed in America; and In
prosecution of the same system, several late
crueI ana oppressive acts have been passed
respecting the town Of Boston and Massa
chusetts Bay, and also an act for extending
the Province Of Qhebec, so as to border OF
the western. frontiers Of these colonies, estab
iishing an .afbttrary government therein an,
1ects in that wide extended country; Thus
by the influence Of civil principles and an
cfent prejudfces. to dispose the inhabitants
to act with hostility against the free Protes-
tant colonies, whenever a wicked ministry
shall choose SO to direct them.
This was in the nature of a preamble
to what We call the non-intercourse
resolutions but which was what we
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ments a sweet young thing at the

ments a sweet young thing at the
next table.
Leora shrugs her shoulders scorn-
full. "At home!" says she. "I wonder
what he calls home"
We'll soon see." SAYS l.
But when we lands in front of this
! uptown apartment house. along about
12.45 am. there's no sound of mid
night revelry or anything of the kind.
In fact. we had to wake a sleepy ele-
vator boy to take US up to the fifth
fioor. He says Mr.. Milligan came in
about half an hour before.
Il trust he hasn't brought that troop
of young hussies with him." says
Leora
This being a three room and bath.
I doubt If he has," says I. Anyway,
1t was Midge himself that answers
the ring. And with the grease paint
off and in his shirt sleeves and old
slippers he don't look quite so young
and frolicsome. But he still wears
that happy-go-lucky smile. That is.
he does until he spots who it ia be-
hind me.
"well, whaddye know" says he.
Aunt Leora! Welcome to the happy
little home"
Before come a step farther. Thur
low" says she. "tell me who else is
here"
Nobody but the wife and kid" says
he. land young Thurlow, jr.'s, been
sound asleep since 9 o'clock. Hey.
Ducky-dear! Who do you thinks
been telling you about"
At which stout blonde in blue
and white checked ail-over apron ap-
pears from the kitchenette smilin'
| good natured. grabs Leora by both
hands and kisses her hearty.
yaya0 S,,Cf
rarebit." says she. "for Midge is al
ways hungry when he gets in from
work. so I have to sit up and feed
| him. Wait sec. until stir in a lit
| tie more cheese and therell be enough
| for the lot of u.s."
Uh-huh. It was just as domestic
scene as you could find anywhere
| in the country. 1t develops that
| Ducky dear had been in the chorus
| until four or five years back. but
since then shed been taxing care OF
the baby and keeping the apartment
.What we want, though" she ex-
| plains to Aunt Leora as she dishes
| out the rarebit onto hot pieces Of
| toast, "is to get out OF the city and
| little Thurlow will have a chance to
grow up like regular boy. Eth.
That's right" says Midge. Were
saving up for that. I say; Auntie. lt :
little little house for in Topsneld!"
Course. she didn't spring it on him
] right then. Leora Is too cagey for
! that. She wants to know all the de-
tails. about how Thurlow happens to
be doing such work. and when he
was married. and how they live. She
got 'em. too. And she begins to fall
dear. So at last she comes across. :.
twenty thousand! For-for me"
| Kasps Midge. do you hear that,
| Ducky-dear? whoop. whee"
And when left they'd "a joined thnss N hands sls
| was doiil' a wild free dance around
the dinin room table NY gusss is
| naxt mornin' to the janitor and that
P!utoria .nn9Ssr 19Ss samss.n ~ sodn be
nut. as I tells Sadie. what's New
York's loss is Topsfield's gain. and
her chances for gettin' an antique
sleigh-b at q bargain are gettin'
| brighter every minute.
Copyright. 1920. by sewell Ford.)
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ooh. I'm bound to-" says I. sa

"Oh. I'm bound to-" says I. sar-
castle, as 1 hangs up.
So / proceeds to make this date
with Leora. She says she's Just go
ing down to supper and will be ready
at 7:15.
sfor at 7:30 you gotta tackle IS
dinner. with a cover charge. sure
you have. Can't go scoutin' around
place like the PIutoria rooi IKE q
cheap skate tourist inspectin' Grant 3
tomb. Not with me. And youa pet sot
with you, for this is one OF tn. the
sportiest joints in town. Ch-nun'
Well, you picked it out. you know.
I'll cali for you in taxi"
."Oh. dear", she groans. II pSos =
stephen only knew tN ,;,,a. VIVA. ne '
And when 1 collected her later sne ;e
;s stiu fiustered. Il am sure this
must be one Of those gilded places
Of sin / have heard about. says she'
"or Thurlow wouldn't be here. a.,
,ben IT'S dd e,ravo; say the a cabaret show is one
Of the zippiest propositions IN town: ;:
srhe Whiriy-Twirly Girls is the way
it's advertised. and l expect '"eS
got 'em."
"But-but 1 do not wish to see a
show" protests Miss Milligan; only
want to have dinner dh" 'o
Cant dodge it," says I. The snow
goes with the meal. You "atch II
while you eat"
How absurd says Leora. DO
all New Workers have to be enter
tanned while they take their food!
Gosh, no" says l.. You Wont on
see many real New Yorkess ses, nsr mere.
gor. Ne. and Grand Rapids. Mich,
and Phoenix. Ariz. The oily rich
from the edges Of the map who .o come
selves separated from their spending
kaie. And the cabaret dinner with
the extra plate charge and .srve all ths is
onr one best bet. I don't suppose
YOU @ got any idea as to what Thurlow
might be doing?
No. she hadn't. Maybe he's run
MIN the roof elevator" says I.
That was a poor guess. And
Leora couldn't place him among the
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Regretted Election of
Husband as President

A T this time. when practically the
~ entire womanhood of the
United States is felicitating
Mrs. Warren G. Harding upon
her good fortune in soon attaining the
title of "the first lady of the land" it
seems strange to learn of the wife of
| one President who keenly regretted her
husbands elevation to the presi-
ldency.
That one exception to the general
rule was Martha Washington. Her
lregretful feelings on that subject
were expressed in a private letter
Mr.. Washington was made Preside mt.
Here is the letter in full:
"New York. December 20, 17ss
MY Dear Madam: Your very
friendly letter of the 27th of last
month has afforded me much more
lsatisfaction than all the formal COM
pliments and empty. ceremonies of
done. am not apt to forget the feel
ings that have been inspired by my
former society with good acquaint-
ances. nor to be insensible to their ex-
pressions of gratitude to the Presi-
dent of the United States. for you
Justice to believe that l am only fond
iof what comes from the heart. I'm
der conviction that the demonstra-
tions of respect and affection which
have been made to the President orig
! mate from that source, / cannot deny
that l have taken some interest and
pleasure in them. The difficulties
which presented themselves to. view
upon entering upon the presidency
seem thus to be, in some measure.
Z q ~ tn1 TO-
ness of our numerous friends. in all
quarters, that my new and unwished-
for situation is not indeed a burden
to me.
! when I was much younger, I
should probably have enjoyed the in
most of my age. But 1 had long since
placed all the prospects of my future
worldly happiness in the still enjoy
ments of the fireside at Mount Yer
mon.
II little thought. when the war was
finished, that any circumstance could
possibly have happened which would
call the general into public life again.
I had anticipated that from that mo-
ment we should have been left to
grow old, in solitude and tranquility
together. That was, dear madam, the
first and dearest wish of my heart /;
but in that I have been disappointed.
l will not, however, contemplate with
too much regret disappointments that
are inevitable.
Though the generals feelings and
my own were perfectly in unison with
respect to our prediction for pri-
vate life, yet I cannot blame him
for having acted according to his
ideas of duty in obeying the voice of
his country. The consciousness of
having attempted to do all the good
in his power. and the pleasure of find
ing his fellow citizens SO well salts
fed with the disinterestedness OF his
conduct, will doubtless be some COM
pensation for the great sacrifices
which 1 know he has made. Indeed, in
his journey from Mount Vernon to
this place, in his late tour through
the eastern states. by every public
and by every private information
which has come to him. I am persuad-
ed he has experienced nothing to
make him repent his having acted
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help in the cloakroom or behind the
cigar counter.
"Take look at the bus boys and
walters as we go In" l suggests. -
But Leora acts SO dazed when she
gets under the white lights and finds
herself being towed by an assistant
head waiter through about. an acre
Of tables that / doubt IL she could
size 'em up careful. I'd slipped our
guide a five-spot, SO instead ofrpark-
in US in a far corner against the wall
he leads up to a little twosome table
right on the edge of the dancing
space. And Of course Leora wants
to know why all the diners are
crowded SO close together when
there's all that room in the middle.
That's where you do your shim-
myin' later on" I explains.
"Wha-a-at?" she gasps.
Just dancing" says I. II don't in
dulge myself. but maybe / could dig
up a partner for you if
Certainly not" says Leora. puck
erin her lips until her mouth looks
like a crack In a saucer.
1t was more or less entertainin', too,
to watch her meetin' fancy food for
the first time. She takes a nibble at
the caviar .canape and was about to
chance another bite when she de-
IT ands to know what 1t 10.
"Salted fish eggs" says I. pretty
tasty. eh?"
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Finding of H o m e
w h ere He w a s
Born, at Freestone
Point, Brings Up
Subject of Famous
Mans Career A
Section of Old Do
miniion Which Pro-
.duced Many Great
Men In Early His
tory of Nation.
F you should stand on a wooded

F you should stand on a wooded
hill on Freestone point, where
Light Horse Harry Lee was born,
certain reflections would come to
you as they came to the Rambler. On
the hilltop the old trees. which per-
haps that gallant soldier knew when
he was a boy, have been felled, and
thickets of saplings grow around the
stumps and from the roots of the CO.
lonial trees. Younger oaks. hickories
and pines have lifted their tops and
spread their branches above the earth
that was shaded by the older trees.
Vines of many kinds are growing
there. Honeysuckle, jetted over with
clusters Of. shining black shot-size
berries. has woven a net that though
still green shows in places that frost
is touching it with claret colors.
Struggling against the advance Of the
honeysuckle is periwinkle, whose
name is also myrtle, and this has also
laced itself over the ground, and in
the spring this vine puts on pale blue
dened the garden of the Lees. 1t is.
as the Rambler said in a previous
story. lone and somber spot.
Up the Potomac. fourteen miles
northeast, is Mount Vernon. and line
drawn from the site of the home of
Henry Lee and Lucy Grymes-the IA
ther and mother of Light Horse Harry
to Mount Vernon passes through or
! within a few yards of the home of
/ George Mason, which is called Gun
ston Hall. and now maintained in
splendid state by Mr.. and Mrs. Louis
Hertle. Gunston Hall is seven and a
half miles above the forsaken site OF
the old Lee home and about five miles
down the river from the home OF
Washington.
X + \ +
Standing where Light Horse Harry
Lee was born, you may look southeast
across the Potomac river and the
! mouth of Mattawoman creek to the
Maryland mist-blue highland between
| that creek and Chickamuxen creek
On that highland, four miles from
| where you stand in the wood of Free
stone point. is the home of Gen. Will.
liam Smallwood of the Continental
Army. man to whose gallantry and
war service George Washington, Con-
gress and your ancestors in the new.
born republic paid just remark. BY a
tall tree against the Maryland sky.
line the Rambler picked out what he
thought he could identify as the an
cient Smailwood farm. and he won
uereu II tne olo mouse In which gal
liant Smallwood lived is still standing
for it was nearly fallen down when
the Rambler visited it three or foul
years ago.
The reflections that came to the
Rambler about George Washington
George Mason. Light Horse Harry Lee
and Gen. William Smallwood! He
thought. What neighborhood oI
colonial and revolutionary notables
this is"' Washington, the first soldier
and a prime statesman! SmaIlwood, q
brilliant soldier commanding the
Maryland Line, at times the best and
always among the best troops OF
Washington's army! George Mason
patriot and eminent man in many
ways. who was a prominent actor in
breaking the bonds between Great
| Britain and the North American col
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"JUST DANCING" SAYS 1. II
DON'T INDULGE MYSELF, BUT
MAYBE 1 COULD DIG UP A PART.
NER FOR YOU IF
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EIoped. But Are Bach.

Sheriff Bloom went to Hagerstown
Wednesday and returned with Harold
L. Stevens and Mrs. Eta NJ Monath.
this city, and lodged them in jail
Stevens was charged with transporting
Mrs Monath for immoral purposes
and Mrs Monath is charged with de-
sorting her 3-year-old child.
Two weeks ago the pair left West
Minister and went to small town
near the Pennsylvania border. Then
they went TO Security, it is said,
where they rented house of the
Security Cement and Lime Company
and lived, as husband and wife, it is
alleged.
A hearing was given the accused this
morning before Justice Walsh. Both
were found guilty. Mrs Monath was
sentenced to the House of Correction
for six months. Stevens was held for
ethe November term of grand jury
Stevens was. released from the Mary
land peniten6ary about year ago.
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United States are complaining Of a
dropping off of business. The sale IS
c1assed as good indicating that the
public is consuming much candy, but
not SO much as formerly. Candy mer-
chant prepared for a big summer
and winter business. They
bought heavily of sugar at inflated
prices. Now many are petitioning the
Department of Justice for licenses to
sell sugar, which they declare they
have in unnecessary quantities.
Eve are glad to issue these Ii
censes" said Assistant Attorney
General Ffgg. Sales of surplus sugar
by candy dealers should tend to re-
duce prices"
Big. reductions have been forced in
wholesale prices of materials like
cotton, crude rubber, leather and
steel. Although these, do not affect
directly the average consumer, they
nevertheless have an effect on
general commodity prices, officials
said. Prices OF crude rubber and lea
lther recently reached pre-war levels