. Book of the Royal blue . and was promptly indicted by the grandjury of the county, and the trial resultedin his conviction. An appeal to the Su-preme Court was taken, and in due timethe case was decided against him, causingmuch criticism in the south and frequentcommendation in the north. Coming atabout the time of the .John Brown insurrec-tion and the battle at Harpers Ferry, as years. Dr. Bowles dying about the time ofthe expiration of Dr. Ryans lease, thesprings were managed by the administratorsof his estate for a year or so, when theywere leased to Dr. Ryan, .James M. Andrewand Hiram E.
. Book of the Royal blue . and was promptly indicted by the grandjury of the county, and the trial resultedin his conviction. An appeal to the Su-preme Court was taken, and in due timethe case was decided against him, causingmuch criticism in the south and frequentcommendation in the north. Coming atabout the time of the .John Brown insurrec-tion and the battle at Harpers Ferry, as years. Dr. Bowles dying about the time ofthe expiration of Dr. Ryans lease, thesprings were managed by the administratorsof his estate for a year or so, when theywere leased to Dr. Ryan, .James M. Andrewand Hiram E. Wells. These gentlemenwere succeeded by the French Lick SpringsCompany, organized by Louisville people,who in July, 1901, sold the property to theFrench Lick Springs Hotel Company, thepresent owners. The present owners of the property areexpending thousands of dollars in the erec-tion of a new hotel and in improving andbeautifying the surroundings, and it is theirintention to make this resort second tonone in the THE NEW HoTKi, AT FRENCH LUK IN Vxi. ROBERT E. LEE. BY COL. ALEXANDER K. M CLURE IN CHICAGO INTER OCEAN. FOR a year or more before our civil warthe citizens of, and visitors in Wash-ington were often attracted by a soli-tary horseman on the streets of the was known as one of the handsomest ofour prominent men, rode with superb grace,and was as modest and unassuming in man-ner as he was elegant in form and man was Robert E. Lee, then Lieuten-ant Colonel of the Second regiment of cav-alry, who, after having served with hisregiment in Texas for a considerable period,was called to Washington in 1859 to jointhe staif of Gen. Winfield Scott. It washis usual custom to ride on horseback fromhis magnificent estate and palatial mansion,known as .Arlington, on the southern sideof the Potomac, to the headquarters of thearmy, and return in the evening. That heattracted attention on the streets of thecapital was not a source of gratification tohim,
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