The Dolores star., 1923-08-31

front door. The stem Of the guitar is the driveway
which is bordered by magnificent cedars close
together. Where the body of the guitar begins
there are flowers and trees of many kinds rising
out of lawn Of the greenest green. All the trees
and plants set out By Jackson.
Ihe "liermitage" is a great Old-fashioned red
orlcK Of colonial style with wide verandas on
the front and rear. The house is about 100 feet
front, with six tall columns in of the porches
The windows are large, and each has panes of 10
by u glass. The entrance Is In the center Of the
building, and wide hallway through the
middle Of the house bori floors. This hall is so
large that wagon load of hay could be driven
through 1t without touching the sides.
At the back of the halt mahogany stairway
winds its way to the second floor. At the right as
you enter IS another hall upon which are Jacksons
bedroom and library, while Mt the left the
parlOrs which communicate with each other. The
dining ROOM which is by lar the largest room OF
the house, is beyond these reached by a door from
the veranda.
The bedroom Of of the greatest presidents
is in the same condition today as it was when he
occupied 1t. The same pictures the walls
the same bedClotheS on the he'd even to the white
counterpane. Imagine a room twenty feet square
with great mahogany four-poser bed at the end
OF 1t. At the left of the bed are three little steps
and the mattresses with the great feather tick on
top are so high that one must climb the steps to
get into 1t. Those very steps were used by "Old
Hickory"
The love of Andrew Jackson surpassed that Of
Ordinary men. II shines out everywhere ahout rho
"Hermtage." There paintings of Mrs Jackson
in almost every room and he had medalIions and
other remembranCes Of her In his bedroom Is m
oil painting of her. so placed that he saw II frs,
on entering and so that it met his eyes tho Ias,
thing at night and greeted them when he drst
opened them in the morning
We have all read the story Of his marrto,e =,
how he protected her from her drunken frst br,
band. Lewis Robards anG how he norrIad bo
In lID after Robards believed nv hoth 70
have obtained divorce. There was n ,roo,
scandal connected with the aNair jackson ,,orrtol
her again IN l793 when the divorce was sctuoIIv
decreed and he lived thirty-hve hapr,v ve,ru .t,i
her before she died During his life he ,voo 90
devoted to her and her memory that he was soId
to have n pistol always ready for anv ono h
dared to speak slightingly of er and those who d,
50 were only forgiven by him when he anna to d,
In his duel with Dickinson Jnckson vac ,rhu
justified according to the standards OF tho dar
Dickinson, who was eager for political recn,n,,on
publicly branded Jackson as coward and a.,
lacked the reputation Of JacksDns wife Dickinson
was Famous marksman and had killed bfs NAV
'uckson was poor shot The duel was nm Kar
lucky soil Dickinson fired first and shot m In,
Nhen Jackson did not fall Dickinson was amaze.
and possibly a bit terrified He stepped back frn,u
the mark The seconds ordered him TO taka bic
positloh again. Jackson took deliberate aim ond
hred. Dickinson fell, shot through the breast ona
died that night Jackson walked Off the field al. ,
ana without any signs Of emotion, Not until .av,