Rosalind appear in her own person, and also that Rosalind should be willing to marry Orlando.

This seemingly wonderful event, which, as Ganymede was the lady Rosalind, he could so easily perform, he pretended he would 5 bring to pass by the aid of magic, which he said he had learnt' of an uncle who was a famous magician.

The fond lover Orlando, half believing and half doubting what he heard, asked Ganymede if he spoke in sober meaning. "By my life I do," said Ganymede; "therefore put on your best clothes, to and bid the duke and your friends to your wedding; for if you desire to be married to-morrow to Rosalind she shall be here."

The next morning, Oliver having obtained the consent of Aliena, they came into the presence of the duke, and with them also came Orlando.

15 They being all assembled to celebrate this double marriage, and as yet only one of the brides appearing, there was much of wondering and conjecture, but they mostly thought that Ganymede was making a jest of Orlando.

The duke, hearing it was his own daughter that was to be brought 20 in this strange way, asked Orlando if he believed the shepherdboy could really do what he had promised; and while Orlando was answering that he knew not what to think, Ganymede entered and asked the duke, if he brought his daughter, whether he would consent to her marriage with Orlando. "That I would," said the 25 duke, "if I had kingdoms to give with her." Ganymede then said to Orlando, "And you say you will marry her if I bring her here?" "That I would," said Orlando, "if I were king of many kingdoms."

Ganymede and Aliena then went out together, and Ganymede throwing off his male attire, and being once more dressed in woman's 30 apparel, quickly became Rosalind without the power of magic; and Aliena, changing her country garb for her own rich clothes, was with as little trouble transformed into the lady Celia.

While they were gone, the duke said to Orlando, that he thought the shepherd Ganymede very like his daughter Rosalind; and 35 Orlando said, he also had observed the resemblance.

They had no time to wonder how all this would end, for Rosalind and Celia in their own clothes entered; and no longer pretending that it was by the power of magic that she came there, Rosalind threw herself on her knees before her father, and begged his bless40 ing. It seemed so wonderful to all present that she should so suddenly appear, that it might well have passed for magic; but Rosalind would no longer trifle with her father, and told him the story

of her banishment, and of her dwelling in the forest as a shepherdboy, her cousin Celia passing as her sister.

The duke ratified the consent he had already given to the marriage; and Orlando and Rosalind, Oliver and Celia, were mar5 ried at the same time. And though their wedding could not be celebrated in this wild forest with any of the parade or splendor usual on such occasions, yet a happier wedding-day was never passed: and while they were eating their venison under the cool shade of the trees, as if nothing should be wanting to complete 10 the felicity of this good duke and the true lovers, an unexpected messenger arrived to tell the duke the joyful news, that his dukedom was restored to him.

The usurper, enraged at the flight of his daughter Celia, and hearing that every day men of great worth resorted to the forest 15 of Arden to join the lawful duke in his exile, much envying that his brother should be so highly respected in his adversity, put himself at the head of a large force, and advanced to the forest, intending to seize his brother, and put him, with all his faithful followers, to the sword; but by a wonderful interposition of Provi20 dence, this bad brother was converted from his evil intention; for just as he entered the skirts of the wild forest, he was met by an old religious man, a hermit, with whom he had much talk, and who in the end completely turned his heart from his wicked design. Thenceforward he became a true penitent, and resolved, 25 relinquishing his unjust dominion, to spend the remainder of his days in a religious house. The first act of his newly-conceived penitence was to send a messenger to his brother (as has been related), to offer to restore to him his dukedom, which he had usurped so long, and with it the lands and revenues of his friends, 30 the faithful followers of his adversity.

This joyful news, as unexpected as it was welcome, came opportunely to heighten the festivity and rejoicings at the wedding of the princesses. Celia complimented her cousin on this good fortune which had happened to the duke, Rosalind's father, and wished 35 her joy very sincerely, though she herself was no longer heir to the dukedom, but by this restoration which her father had made, Rosalind was now the heir: so completely was the love of these two cousins unmixed with anything of jealousy or envy.

The duke had now an opportunity of rewarding those true 40 friends who had stayed with him in his banishment; and these worthy followers, though they had patiently shared his adverse fortune, were very well pleased to return in peace and prosperity to the palace of their lawful duke.

WASHINGTON'S FAREWELL ADDRESS

TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES

NOTE

At noon, on April 30, 1789, Washington took the oath of office and entered upon his duties as President. For eight years he held the office. He called to his Cabinet the wisest men of the nation. Through good and evil report he led his country safely, guarding her from dangers at home and abroad. He still kept his old habits of rising at four and retiring at nine, and his chief recreations were riding and driving. He never lost his love for good horses nor his ability to manage them.

Mrs. Washington was a lady very courteous and kindly in manner, and filled her position as wife of the first President with great dignity and sweetness of character. But her heart was in her home at Mount Vernon, and they both longed for the time when they could return to it.

After serving eight years, Washington declined another term. For more than twenty years he had really stood at the head of the nation. He had started the country on the road to prosperity and was tired alike of flattery and of censure. Now that his country no longer stood in peril, he would go back to his dearly loved farm. But before he went he wrote his famous "Farewell Address to the People of the United States." The one aim of his life had been to serve his country faithfully, and the address was full of advice, warning, and political wisdom. He attended the inauguration of the new President, John Adams. As he returned to his own home, the people crowded around him and cheered and cheered. He smiled and waved his hat to them, his hair, grown white in their service, blown about his face by the wind. Upon the threshold he turned and looked long and earnestly at them. His face was very pale and tears stood in his eyes. He waved his hand to them and passed into the house.

Once more he returned to the quiet of his home and the society of his family, but he was not allowed to enjoy it long. War was threatened between France and the United States, and President Adams appointed him Commander-inchief once more. In March, 1797, he had returned to his home; in July, 1798 he was appointed Commander-in-Chief, and quietly and without complaint took up the burden he had so gladly laid down.

But he did not bear it long. On December 12th, 1799, while riding over his farm, he was caught in a storm of sleet and rain and reached nom chilled through by the exposure. The next day he complained of a sore throat and during the night was seized with a severe chill. Early in the morring of December 14, physicians were called, but could do nothing for him, and between ten and eleven that night, after a day of most acute suffering, he passed away. His body was laid to rest in the family vault at Mount Vernon amid the tears of the whole nation. Beside him sleeps his "Dear Patsy," she who made his home life so peaceful and happy. The old mansion stands to-day as it stood then, and Washington's bedrom and library remain as they were when he last occupied them.

The house, tomb, and two hundred acres of the estate were purchased in 1858 by the Ladies' Mount Vernon Association, and are preserved as a memorial of their owner.

Many monuments have been erected in his honor in different cities, and though one hundred years have passed since a mourning nation laid him to rest in lovely Mount Vernon, yet to this day all boats going up and down the beautiful Potomac River toll their bells softly when passing the tomb of him who was first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen.

"The first, the last, the best;

The Cincinnatus of the West."

But best known to the people of his own and other lands as, George Washington, the Father of his Country.

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Friends and Fellow-Citizens:

The period for a new election of a citizen, to administe the executive government of the United States, bein; not far distant, and the time actually arrived, when your thoughts must be employed in designating the person, who is to be clothed with that important 5 trust, it appears to me proper, especially as it may conduce to a more distinct expression of the public voice, that I should now apprise you of the resolution I have formed, to decline being considered among the number of those, out of whom a choice is to be made.

I beg you, at the same time, to do me the justice to be assured, that this resolution has not been taken without a strict regard to all the considerations appertaining to the relation which binds a dutiful citizen to his country; and that, in withdrawing the tender of service, which silence in my situation might imply, I am influenced 15 by no diminution of zeal for your future interest; no deficiency of grateful respect for your past kindness; but am supported by a full conviction that the step is compatible with both.

The acceptance of, and continuance hitherto, in, the office to which your suffrages have twice called me, have been a uniform 20 sacrifice of inclination to the opinion of duty, and to a deference for what appeared to be your desire. I constantly hoped, that it would have been much earlier in my power, consistently with motives, which I was not at liberty to disregard, to return to that retirement, from which I had been reluctlantly drawn. The strength of my 25 inclination to do this, previous to the last election, had even led to the preparation of an address to declare it to you; but mature reflection on the then perplexed and critical posture of our affairs

with foreign nations, and the unanimous advice of persons entitled to my confidence, impelled me to abandon the idea.

I rejoice, that the state of your concern, external as well as internal, no longer renders the pursuit of inclination incompatible 5 with the sentiment of duty or propriety; and am persuaded, whatever partiality may be retained for my services, that, in the present circumstances of our country, you will not disapprove my determination to retire.

The impressions, with which I first undertook the arduous 10 trust, were explained on the proper occasion. In the discharge of this trust, I will only say, that I have, with good intentions, contributed towards the organization and administration of the government the best exertions of which a very fallible judgment was capable. Not unconscious, in the outset, of the inferiority of my 15 qualifications, experience in my own eyes, perhaps still more in the eyes of others, has strengthened the motives to diffidence of myself; and every day the increasing weight of years admonishes me more and more, that the shade of retirement is as necessary to me as it will be welcome. Satisfied, that, if any circumstances have given 20 peculiar value to my services, they were temporary, I have the consolation to believe, that, while choice and prudence invite me to quit the political scene, patriotism does not forbid it.

In looking forward to the moment which is intended to terminate the career of my public life, my feelings do not permit me to suspend 25 the deep acknowledgment of that debt of gratitude, which I owe to my beloved country for the many honors it has conferred upon me; still more for the steadfast confidence with which it has supported me; and for the opportunities I have thence enjoyed of manifesting my inviolable attachment, by services faithful and persevering, 30 though in usefulness unequal to my zeal. If benefits have resulted to our country from these services, let it always be remembered to your praise, and as an instructive example in our annals, that under circumstances in which the passions, agitated in every direction, were liable to mislead, amidst appearances sometimes dubious, 35 vicissitudes of fortune often discouraging, in situations in which not unfrequently want of success has countenanced the spirit of criticism, the constancy of your support was the essential prop of the efforts, and a guarantee of the plans by which they were effected. Profoundly penetrated with this idea, I shall carry it with me to my 40 grave, as a strong incitement to unceasing vows that Heaven may continue to you the choicest tokens of its beneficence; that your union and brotherly affection may be perpetual; that the free