A touching one was related to the writer, many years ago, by George Washington Parke Custis, the adopted son of General Washington.

Which performed, he appointed the Bustangi-Bassa or captaine of the great and spacious garden or parke, to giue our men thankes, with request that some other day they would shew him the like sporte when hee would have the Sultana or Empresse a beholder thereof, which few dayes after at the shippes going to the Custome-house they performed.

My Parke I liken to a Common wealth In which my Bucks and Does are Citizens; The Hunters Lodge the Court from whence is sent Sentence of life or death as please the King; Onely our government's a tyranny In that wee kill our subjects upon sport.

Other good results were obtained by Louisa Parke Costin, a member of one of the oldest colored families in the District of Columbia.

Soon after this, in 1423, Coventry showed its sympathy for Lollardry when John Grace an anchorite friar came out of his cell and preached for five days in the "lyttell parke."

" A similarly happy turn to an old quotation was given by Baron Parke, afterwards Lord Wensleydale.

His old friend and comrade at the Bar, Sir David Dundas, had just been appointed Solicitor-General, and, in reply to Baron Parke's invitation to dinner, he wrote that he could not accept it, as he had been already invited by seven peers for the same evening.

CUSTIS, ELEANOR PARKE, illus.

With illus. by Eleanor Parke Custis.

Nina Parke Stilwell (NK of C. D. Snedeker) & Manning De V. Lee (A); 25Nov58; R225750. SNELL, ALBERT M., joint author.

Margaret Bingham Stillwell (A); 22Dec58; R227430. STILWELL, NINA PARKE.

Nina Parke Stilwell (NK of C. D. Snedeker) & Manning deV.

Nina Parke Stilwell (NK); 20Nov62; R305014-305015, 305021-305025, 305027, 305029, 305031-305033.

SEE Stiles, Kent B. STILWELL, NINA PARKE.

By Parke Cummings.

Parke Cummings (A); 2Jun76; R634256. R634262.

Nina Parke Stilwell (NK); 1Nov56; R179620.

STILWELL, NINA PARKE.

Nina Parke Stilwell (NK of C. D. Snedeker) & Manning De V. Lee (A); 25Nov58; R225750. SNELL, ALBERT M., joint author.

Nina Parke Stilwell (NK of C. D. Snedeker) & Manning deV.

Nina Parke Stilwell (NK); 20Nov62; R305014-305015, 305021-305025, 305027, 305029, 305031-305033.

SEE Stiles, Kent B. STILWELL, NINA PARKE.

By Parke Cummings.

Parke Cummings (A); 14Apr77; R660308. R660309.

This stroke consisted in his marriage to Martha Custis, relict of the wealthy Daniel Parke Custis.