JAMES MADISON AND DOLLY MADISON 86 From the portraits by Gilbert Stuart, owned by The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Heading--Drawn by Ella K. Barnard 88 COLONEL SAMUEL WASHINGTON 89 From a painting at Harewood. MONTPELLIER, the Madison estate in Orange County, Va 101 From a photograph. THE OCTAGON HOUSE, Washington, D. C. 108 From a photograph. MANTEL IN THE OCTAGON HOUSE 109 From a photograph. DETAIL OF MADISON CHINA FROM THE WHITE HOUSE 109 After drawing by Harry Fenn. Heading--Drawn by Ella K. Barnard 110 DOLLY MADISON IN LATER YEARS 113 From a Water-Color by Mary Estelle Cutts, now in possession of Miss Lucia B. Cutts. MADISON HOUSE, Washington, D. C, North View 114 From a photograph. MADISON HOUSE, Washington, D. C., West View 115 From a photograph. ST. JOHN'S CHURCH, Washington, D. C. 123 From a photograph. Tailpiece--Franklin Stove 125 Drawn by Ella K. Barnard. Tailpiece--James Madison's Cloak-Clasp 128 Drawn by Ella K. Barnard [Decoration] _Dorothy Payne, Quakeress_ CHAPTER I. EARLY YEARS AND SCENES. The girlhood of Dorothy Payne was spent on a plantation in Hanover county, Virginia. Very quiet and uneventful were the years whose "days were full of happiness," the quiet happiness of country life. For fifteen years "She dwelt beside the untrodden ways" where the distant echoes of the busy world, or even the great Revolutionary struggles that encompassed them round about, scarce caused a ripple on the calm surface of their daily life.