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A VIRGINIA CAVALIER.
BY MOLLY ELLIOT SEAWELL.
CHAPTER I.
"Nature made Washington great; but he made himself virtuous."
he sun shines not upon a lovelier land than midland Virginia. Greatrivers roll seaward through rich woodlands and laughing corn-fields andfair meadow-lands. Afar off the misty lines of blue hills shine faintlyagainst the deeper blue of the sky. The atmosphere is singularly clear,and the air wholesome and refreshing.
Never was it more beautiful than on an afternoon in late October of1746. The Indian-summer was at hand—that golden
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