Lives of the presidentsTold in words of one syllableBy Jean SRemy .. . f and plan for. He was abright, well-read boy; and was but six-teen when he took aplace at Wil-liam and Ma-ry Col-lege. Here, his love forbooks and mu-sic kept him from the wild life led by someof the young men there, and made friends for him a-mongthe great men, whose homes were in Wil-liams-town. He met a great law-yer, George Wythe, and began thestu-dy of law with him when, at the end of two years, h6left cbl-lege. In five years he be-gan the prac-tise of law inhis old home in Vir-gin-ia. In two years, so bright andquick
Lives of the presidentsTold in words of one syllableBy Jean SRemy .. . f and plan for. He was abright, well-read boy; and was but six-teen when he took aplace at Wil-liam and Ma-ry Col-lege. Here, his love forbooks and mu-sic kept him from the wild life led by someof the young men there, and made friends for him a-mongthe great men, whose homes were in Wil-liams-town. He met a great law-yer, George Wythe, and began thestu-dy of law with him when, at the end of two years, h6left cbl-lege. In five years he be-gan the prac-tise of law inhis old home in Vir-gin-ia. In two years, so bright andquick was he, and of such a strong, clear mind, that he had198 cas-es, held a high place in his State, and was a richman. In 1770, while he and his moth^er were a-way fromhome, the old house burned down. When news of thiscame to Jef-fer-son, his first thought was for his books, andhe said to the slave who had told him : Did you save an-yof my books? No, mas-ter, said the slave, but we didsave your fld-dle. You see e-ven when he was a great and 23 LIVES OP THE Home of Thomas Jefferson, bu-sy man he still loved his M-dle; but the loss of all his lawbooks was ve-ry hard for a bu-sy law^yer, and it took him along while to get the new books that he must have. He had be-gun to ??r « J, - . ^^tmM ^^^ build a ve-ry large newW 1* «&?? 1^*^^^^^ house at Mon-ti-cel-lo, and so in the lit-tle endof this he now went tolive. Two years lat-er,to this home, which wasto be-come known allo-ver the world, hebrought his bride, Skel-ton, ayoung and ve-ry richwid-ow. They^ weremar-ried on New Years Day, 1772, and came to their homein such a hard snow-storm that the hors-es could not dragthe coach through the big drifts, so these two young folksleft the warm coach, and rode the tired hors-es up to thedoor of their new home. Jef-fer-son and his wife gavegreat care to Mon-ti-cel-lo, and it was known far and nearfor its great beau-ty and for its choice and rare fruits
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