. Gen. Robert Edward Lee; soldier, citizen, and Christian patriot. s not a man or woman at The Mess who everheard Mrs. Lee complain. The brightness of her nature, amidstuncertainty and pain, was wonderful. Her eyes would shine SOLDIER, CITIZEN AND CHRISTIAN PATRIOT. 335 whenever her husbandcame in from he rode in just tosee her for an hour, eachgaining fresh couragefrom communion withthe other. Their devo-tion was beautiful. sense of duty wasakin to his, too. Thesoldiers thought of herwith tenderest love, andprayed God to bless herfor saving their poorfrosted feet. The Gen-
. Gen. Robert Edward Lee; soldier, citizen, and Christian patriot. s not a man or woman at The Mess who everheard Mrs. Lee complain. The brightness of her nature, amidstuncertainty and pain, was wonderful. Her eyes would shine SOLDIER, CITIZEN AND CHRISTIAN PATRIOT. 335 whenever her husbandcame in from he rode in just tosee her for an hour, eachgaining fresh couragefrom communion withthe other. Their devo-tion was beautiful. sense of duty wasakin to his, too. Thesoldiers thought of herwith tenderest love, andprayed God to bless herfor saving their poorfrosted feet. The Gen-eral would take her socksback with him to campand distribute them tohis boys. With anacute sense of honor hedirected Major Janney tomake a distinction be-tween the socks madefrom Government yarn,and those made from theyarn which Mrs. Leebought. The f o r m e rwere charged against thesoldiers, the latter givenwithout cost. On Sundays whenGeneral Lee was at homehe read the Episcopalservice in Mrs. Leesroom, and the whole family assembled to hear him. There is much. THE LEE MEMORIAL WINDOWS IN ST. P.^ULSLOWER WINDOW. 336 GENERAL ROBERT EDWARD LEE, unwritten history in that square, back room, now full of books andcurios. One listens and almost hears the roll of the wheels of the invalid chair, the click ofthe busy needles, the lowconferences of the hus-band and wife, and thenotes of God moves ina mysterious way, or Rock of Ages, sung bybrave men and a band ofstout-hearted women. The color lasts, al-though the material iswasted. The spirit sur-vives if the bodies arebut dust. The only thingowned by General Leewhich the chamber holdsto-day is a pair of Eng-lish pistols taken from aBritish officer more thana century ago. Theywere presented by Colo-nel Massie to LightHorse Harry, and laterreturned by Robert to Colonel Massiesson, with a characteristicnote. The pistols lie ina velvet lined box, along
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