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Martha Foote Crow. Lafayette
Lafayette
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I
A Boy of the French Nobility
CHAPTER II
College and Court
CHAPTER III
A Boy's Ideals
CHAPTER IV
The Great Inspiration
CHAPTER V
First Days in America
CHAPTER VI
Lafayette at the Brandywine
CHAPTER VII
A Successful Failure
CHAPTER VIII
Lafayette at Monmouth
CHAPTER IX
The Return to France
CHAPTER X
Lafayette in Virginia
CHAPTER XI
The Two Redoubts
CHAPTER XII
The Surrender of Yorktown
CHAPTER XIII
Lionized by Two Worlds
CHAPTER XIV
Gathering Clouds
CHAPTER XV
Lafayette in Prison
CHAPTER XVI
An Attempted Rescue
CHAPTER XVII
A Welcome Release
CHAPTER XVIII
A Triumphal Tour
CHAPTER XIX
Last Days of Lafayette
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Martha Foote Crow
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After a while the tall boy was entered in the regiment of the Black Musketeers, and it became a favorite occupation of his to watch the picturesque reviews of those highly trained soldiers. This entertainment was for holidays, however, and did not interfere with his studies.
It was not for very many years that Lafayette was to profit by his highborn mother's devoted care and foresight. In 1770, when her son was only thirteen years old, she died in Paris. In a painting on the walls of the château to-day the face of that aristocratic lady shines out in its delicate beauty. A pointed bodice of cardinal-colored velvet folds the slender form and loose sleeves cover the arms. In the romantic fashion of the pre-revolutionary period, the arm is held out in a dramatic gesture, and one tiny, jeweled hand clasps the shepherd's crook, the consecrated symbol of the story-book lady of that period.
