Little Washington's Relatives

d Anne Davis, as the four cousins

ike," replied M

home last nigh

know he had anything to do wi

said Jack. So Jim was whistled for, and his shin

lcome meeting-place of lilac bushes, they heard a shrill call

to John, as the latest member to the party wond

Bunker Hill,

a way, but not for a second time," said Geo

British drove the Americans from Brooklyn, to cr

't we go somewhere or do somet

r airships like they do at present, we could hav

ild an aeroplane and try

f?" ask

we fly?"

aph wire which runs across our property there, and we can run

ound from the barn-eaves to the pole, and to

arm when he was through being president of the United States,"

the river when it's fall!"

ave the farm!"

h-no one wants to play f

thing then-I don't

tled all such troubles. "Childr

and the children speedily rushed over t

et us here in half an hour. I'll look after

en in the bustle of prepari

going, mother?

fine drive there in the machine. We can have lunch in the woods alo

ng with delight. Jim alone stood silently by, his face expressing his state

ited about it?" cried George, catching him by his thi

h be glad affe

o, if mammy will consent,

Jim shrilly. Then not waiting for a reply he rushed away

ome and get his coat and cap. In a few moment

hu'ch? Is we goin' right off quick? Has Ah got time t' h

you say," laughed Mrs. Parke, giving Jim a

ps for Jim. The large car was puffing impatiently to be on the

yelled George, cl

ha as if a louder tone w

enuff?" asked

he best of the lot o

by children some years ago. Between the top of the socks and his claret-colored velveteen breeches, his dark-brown bowed legs made a somber break. His starched shirt was too tight, but to o

ht too much of Jim to let him see what they thought of his travelling costume. So

d on the way there, Mrs. Parke told the children many

unt Vernon came to belong to

eorge, looking at Ma

-and I don't b'lieve

fust fadder uv dis country, but Ah nebber hea

er at the unexpected remark,

have time to explain to Jim about the parentage of Amer

arriage and six children of the second marriage. At the father's death, his estate was divided among the children. The oldest so

ut later considerable land was added to it, until i

ington was left the land and mansion where his parents lived at the time of the father

s of which was a sister of William Fairfax, distantly related to Lord Fairfax. In this way G

sons and daughters of his host, and also received a rec

important part of Washington's career, as it

avorite with the oldest member of the Washington family, and he induced him to accompany him to the Ba

athed to his daughter. In case of her death without heirs the property was to pass to George. Thus it was

a Custis, 'cause you told us one day that sh

e she was married to her second husband, George Washington. But soon after this union s

hings he ordered a bust of Frederick the Great, little dreaming that not many years hence his walls would be adorned by a portrait se

an still be seen in the library or study at Mount Vernon many of the aged

fans, shell combs and satin slippers worn by her and never dreaming at that time that a group of distant de

on's swords and guns?" asked George,

d hold this place sacred to the memory of the illustrious Washington many things not originally belonging to the estate were received and placed on exhibition there for the public to see. Among some of the

time, and when these historical facts began to lose interest for the juvenile members of the party Mrs

wiches or enjoying juicy fruit. Half an hour was the time allotted for lunch, a

by the elegance of the place, and the children were overawe

replace, the crane, the pot-hangers, iron pots and teakettles amused the girls. The ladies admired the old china kept in the cumb

und the yellow-aged papers, pens, ink horns and other

o see-four-posted beds, quaint chairs, low rockers with most

cted in glass cases, and everything was labelled plainl

Well, both those ancestors seem mor

after seeing the great swords and other weapons shown there," said

al guns-I mean the pea-shooters you c

Will you ask him about

ind, for I know he can't injure anything with a dried pea. And boys will have some form of gun, you know, especi

e'll see what he think

ach need one, and John will have to ge

f he will consent to this new pla

a pea-gun 'cause it hain't so bad

n if we play Braddock and the Indians, like that other time," added George, thinking of

Anne are visiting us we could have the real battl

to it next time he passes a toy shop in Was

own good judgment whether you should have a pea-shoo

she would advise the guns at once, so they chattered all about the forth

the two ladies, who now and then were permitted to add a word or explain a remark

against rifles in days of disarmament, so the children felt

toys and games for children. The excited juvenile members of the family stood impatiently wa

dressed to "Soldiers and Defenders of America."

herein, upon the satisfactory recital, learned by heart, of the maxims and rules learned and followed by George Washington from the time he attended Mr. Williams' school, and written by Sir Matthew Hale und