. The home of Washington; or, Mount Vernon and its associations, historical, biographical, and pictorial . , for hewas the most punctual of all punctual men. Meantime, thehost enjoyed the scene of the veteran on duty at the gate,while the colonel was so agreeably employed in the parlor,and proclaiming that no guest ever left his house after sunset,his military visitor was, without much difiiculty, persuaded toorder Bishop to put up the horses for the night. The sun rode high in the heavens the ensuing day, whenthe enamored soldier pressed with his spur his chargers side,and speeded on his way
. The home of Washington; or, Mount Vernon and its associations, historical, biographical, and pictorial . , for hewas the most punctual of all punctual men. Meantime, thehost enjoyed the scene of the veteran on duty at the gate,while the colonel was so agreeably employed in the parlor,and proclaiming that no guest ever left his house after sunset,his military visitor was, without much difiiculty, persuaded toorder Bishop to put up the horses for the night. The sun rode high in the heavens the ensuing day, whenthe enamored soldier pressed with his spur his chargers side,and speeded on his way to the seat of government, where,having dispatched his public business, he retraced his steps,and, at the Wliite House, a marriage engagement took place. That charming widow was Martha Custis, daughter oiJohn Dandridge, whose husband, Daniel Parke Custis, hadbeen dead between two and three years. He had left herwith two young children and a very large fortune in landsand money, the legal evidence of which, in the form of deeds,mortgages, bonds, and certificates of deposit in the Bank of u MOUNT VERNON. DANTEL PAItKE CUSTIS. England, were contained in a strong iron box, wliicli is care-fully jjreserved by her de-scendants, at their beau-tiful seat at Arlington,on the Potomac, oppositeWashington City. And much, continuesthe writer we have quoted, hath the biographerheard of that marriage of Washington, from the grayhaired domestics who waited at the board where love made the feast and the Virginia colonel was the guest.
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