Little Washington's Relatives

eant to wash away everything on top of the earth. It continued to rain all morning,

r chapter of Washington's l

ventful chapter,"

attle of Bunker H

and then later, the death-bed scene of Colonel Custis. Then we can fill in time with reading o

nful readings, soon quieted both ladies and led them

ement perhaps you will like to hear of her second marriage?"

t Martha Custis and fell in love!" sighe

hapter, and then you girls must promise to list

be model listeners,

doun to Williamsburg, and in the course of travelling, he first

h dispatches to urge and explain to the Council and Assembly the imperative need

ed by his servant also acquired in the same manner, was passing the county of New Kent, Virgin

they approached the avenue leading to a stately mansion, t

t you passed the house of your fathe

e to bear letters to our Governor i

d borrow some of the fine moonlight to show you the way to

se me immediately after d

ness of military disci

ited horse to Bishop, the English servant, with orders for him to b

e moment the family of the courteous Chamberlayne heard of the arrival of t

were mutually pleased with each other, nor is this strange. The lady was fair to behold, of gracious manners, and well-

while Bishop, true to orders, stood at his post holding the ch

he old and well-trained servant wondered, for his

uty at the gate while the young colonel was completely entangled

, so Washington was easily persuaded to remain over night. Bishop was told to put up

ance and the reputation of the colonel, impressed the f

e lady who had taken his heart by storm, he felt that fate had

of the journey. And arrived at Williamsburg to deliver the messages, he tarried but a brief ti

e late Colonel Custis, he laid siege to the hea

home of Mrs. Custis, for the approaching bridal. Rare indeed was the re

nuptial ceremony, but of all the grand gentlemen gathered there, no

he bloom of life, handsome, winsome and aristocratic in every way. She had pe

perb brocades, costly laces, and sparkling jewels supplied by the Old World; and gallant cavaliers in the elaborate and elegant costumes of the time, attending the ladies through the brilliant apartments to the bountiful board in the dining-hall, where

on removed from the White House to Mount Vernon whic

of her country. She entered into the plans and confidences of her husb

t always repaired for an hour to her chamber where she read from the Bible and pray

efforts too, were to augment the comforts and happiness of his home, and everyth

rticles of household necessity, were imported from Europe, and were possible only to the wealthy. Eve

ordered with the utmost care and precision, and reports made

band on his official visits to Williamsburg, but her greatest joy was the ti

course with people of refinement and position was continued, and a large circle of agreeable and intell

who had walked hand in hand with his beloved sister in all the years of childhood, was grief-stricken beyond words. The mother, who had tenderly watched and planned over the child of

y, George sighed loudly. His mother glanced up from t

this time?-It's been all love-making and marrying

escribes his fifteen years of life on his farm, and his membe

that rain spatters on the windows, and then stop to think how we feel with Washington para

s cousin's plan for a more active stor

kip the fifteen years of quiet life on his estate, to get Wash

bout the Boston Te

boys and interest us gi

rs. Parke turned back to the ch

w Hampshire to Georgia. Even when the act-all except the tax on tea-was repealed, the populace conce

d merrily on millions of hearths, and the consumption of tea reached more than 5,000,000 pounds a year. Tea houses had sprung up like mushrooms all o

h price and tax, contrived to have it for a delectable drink of an evening when company had

. For the next three years after England imposed the high tax on tea, it became the symbol with which men con

nd the young American colony holding that a great principle underlay the act-that freemen should only be taxed by a represen

ced the vast territory of Maine, and from this northern boundary to the shore where the Pilgrim Fathers land

e defiance to the mother country across the sea. The highest sense of public duty grew in these people as weeds flourish in others. What a time that must have been: Heroes springing up over-ni

came welded together, for they were determined to stand together for their principle-Taxation with Representation. Thus the tea that lay scattered one night on

ndles whirred as fabrics were woven of home-grown flax and wool, and material hitherto imported from England now began to be made by the colonist

was dropped and t