The History of England - a Study in Political Evolution

was in the West In-dies he was on good terms with Gen-er-al Went-worth and Ad-mi-ral Ver-non, and he had no doubt they would do their best to get his bro-ther a good place. He

so strong and brave and full of pride, gave way and

let George go to sea. She said that some of her friends had told her it was a bad plan, a

cheme, and George was

ine and rod take the size and shape, the length and width, and mark it all down in one of his books,

hat day-books, and such books as you will find in great use now-a-days were not known at that time.

e, at his fine place on the Po-to-mac, which he had called Mount

h and worth was much at Bel-voir at that time. He had bought large tracts of land in Vir-gin-i-a, which had not been staked out, or set off in-to lots. In fact he did not know their size or shape,

lands. He wrote down what was done from day to day, and by these notes we learn that he had quite a rough time of it, and yet found much that was to his taste. H

ST SPEECH TO THE

d in he found his bed was of loose straw with not a thing on it but the thread-bare blank-et he was to wrap him-self in. The fleas and bugs soon forced George to get up and put on his clothes and lie as the rest of t

minds to stay there for a day or two; went to see the Warm Springs, and at night camped out in the field. At the end of two days, as the stream was still high, they swam their steeds to the Mar-y-land side. The men cross

and they had a chance to see a war-dance. The red-men cleared a large space, and built a fire in the midst of i

and ran and jumped round the ring in a queer kind of way. The rest soon joined him, and did just as h

some shot in it, and a piece of horse's tail tied to it to make it look fine. One man shook the gourd, and

he pay of King George as justice of the peace. Here they camped, and at the meal that was spr

n fell. The straw on which they lay took fire, and George was

at home, "but when I have walked a good deal in the day, I lie down on a heap of straw, or a bear-skin by

hard life to lead he could be out but a few weeks at a time.

quite 16 dol-lars. A pis-tole is a small gold

him for the toils and ills of war, of which he may have dreamt

fine mind though his tastes were queer. He lived on a knoll, in a small house not more than twelve feet square. All round him were the huts for his "help," black and white. Red-men, half breeds, and wo

lks with Lord Fair-fax were a rich treat to the home-bred youth. This wise friend lent George good books whi

'twixt Eng-land and Spain, and they put George through such a drill wi

ed to know a great deal of the art of war. He it was that took Ge

k these foes, and to up-hold the laws of the state of Vir-gin-i-a. There was need of some one to take charge of a school-of-arms at one of the chief o

gged George to go with him. George gave up all thought of self, and the two set sail for Bar-ba-does, Sep-tem-ber 28, 1751. At sea he kept a log-b

that met their gaze. On all sides were fields of corn and sweet cane, and groves of trees rich in leav

x, and this for a time put an end to all their sports. But he had the best of

sun was half an hour high it was as hot as at mid-day. There was no change in the sick man's health, and he made up his mind to go to Ber

have been glad to step on shore once more, for the cold winds and fierce storms to be me

r home-"to his grave." He reached Mount Ver-non in time to die 'neath his own roof, and with kind fri

ir hearts were bound by ties so strong and sw

thrust on him by his bro-ther's death, that took up all his time and thoughts for some months; and