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Show THE WEBSTERS '"pHERE was a delightful camarad-A camarad-A erie between Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Webster. Mrs. Webster had been Miss Grace Fletdher, the daughter of a minister min-ister of Hopkinton ; the great American Amer-ican statesman had married when his future was already assured and thereafter there-after they shared the fame that came to them. "My dear love " writes Webster from Washington, recounting his actions ac-tions for the previous day, "Mrs. Brown gave her first party last night and having occasion to go to the President's Pres-ident's I called on my return. It was the assemblage fully much of a Washington Wash-ington party of last year. Mrs. Johnston John-ston was there and spoke of you with great kindness end inquired for you very particularly. . . . Many other oth-er ladies (and gentlemen too !) asked after your welfare with much apparent appar-ent interest and one of them pronounced pro-nounced you a favorite of the whole city." Two days later came another missive, mis-sive, containing another report and : "My dear love. . . I send you a little package in which, when you have taken all the wrappers off and opened it, you will find two little bits of articles ar-ticles designed as presents (they were diamond pins). One of them, If you will like, you will place In your own cap; and the other in Col. Page's ruffle. ruf-fle. Give him a box on the ear and tell him to be a good boy. ... If you do not fancy yours you ?an return re-turn It to me In the same little box and I will take it back again. . . . Now adieu, my love. "D. W." |