OCR Text |
Show (JiMrko ilasliliiKlim It will not bo Maclly In tho nalnro cf news to inf mi our rendcrj tl at (loorn i W oOilngton was lwrn lib W, lu it h soma of our readers might fi rgct it IJut lie ba 1 been dond orer ten yoars bo foro bis surrtvln fellow counryimu Ugan t i tl Ink what it very groat man bo bail teen and the) root reel to 1-bralo 1-bralo bis birth lay Bonn after this 1. Ban tbo mlrtclo period of Ainerlc in bis-lory bis-lory writing, when every Iteroluilonary Reiioralbocnmoademlgwlonilevtryliiii llshuian n coward nn I n Ikuho thief ai 1 a liar bonldes Tlin it w is that Ueorgo W aablngton lwgan to loom up In nil tbo I roirlloiu of a leroof nytlology Tho stories that were printed in the eurly Unlti-J Mtates bittorlea of him ami other Itevolull nary worthies woul 1 I rli g a blush to the cl eek of Colonel Hellers. Tho glamor has Iwn stripped from tnoit of tbeso tnlrnclo talcs, ft Its an Im igu breaking ngo Tin) sn) now that (Inn-go was not a stiitnnuiii, nor even a i,nt soldier Us dll not do his own literiry wotki no not tlio caininaltlan if bis farewell a llrem llodl 1 snrar-actrhtlly snrar-actrhtlly ti) irofatio languag s dally nt Slrmiftotith Ilo ba 1 a tremm clous se uso of Ilia own dignity mid n decided de-cided woakneos for the fsirsos. Anl lis grentost sin is that ho wroto some btojioctry that n boy of bftevn ought to huro bceu bhampd cf Ai far Ihu glamor that shimmered nruun 1 George osliingtoii lias Hick re 1 out At ono tiolnt, however, It jit lin gers gmwlng eteii lirlghter, like n steady flame r,obody has as vtt brnm nllotitroto that (leorge over to la He Tbo hatchet story Is long since ox I lotleil, ligmeiit ns it was of tie fertile imagination of Iter Mr Ueims. Hat itlll tho basis of fact remains. !Mah Ingtou ever tol t a llo nobody has so f ir bcctiablo to iroto it on bin This Id great Let us still a loro the memory of Ueorgo, for bore bo stood nlone ' Mod cm degener icy had not reached him." If ho hal Hteil Inuurtimo, irobably crcu ho coul 1 not lmo helped send in word tbat ho wis cut wlcn un n3cnt calloil to seo blra, but ho dl I not live In our tlmo. So wo may still worship tho name tf Ueorgo ,oshiug (on lt us worship it strong, for wo llto In n time when, like tin little gill iu the story, many pooplo "would rather tell a tli msand lies than cut down ono cherry tree,H |