The National tribune., 1897-11-25

man 50 years Of age, who was torn there
and had been slave. With tottcring STEPS
he was making his way across the grounds
| and in answer to our inquiries said:
| Yes, dey's all done gore. M2ssa gore,
| Missus gone, chillunS gone" Then with
an understandable chucklc he added, cole
| joe $ Shackles done gone, too. God Dress
| MaSSa Lincum, De ole house done gone,
| too. Now l spec ole Joe 60. Dey say u
sintacus buy dis place, whateber dem is. y
| As the old man limped off in the dark
| ness, we felt that he would soon follov'
those whom he much revered. and who
made this house SO beautiful. Even this
| patient old guardian could not stay the
| hand OF change that was so rapidly re-
moving every trace Of the old ralatial man
| Sion.
But she A1lre.. of time has come, and
the home of the CAROLS has been swept
away.
Once again we entered these grounds.
| The sun had ceased making shadows over
Arlington flights. We clambered up the
rude steps that had been made in the
| earth, and. by ciutchinG the underbrush,
! scrambled to the top of the hill, where We
F.; found instead OF velvet lawns and fertile
| meadows, a primeval forest. We passed on
| and found fascination in its very wild
ness. We reached the gravelied walk that
led 10 the place where the Old house stood;
but alas! the landmark had passed away.
While standing there visions OF departed
days filed the mind The gathering dark
ness added 70 the dclusion. and we fancied
the place peopled again by men OF the old
regime, with their powdered wigs, knee
breecheS, buff waiStcOatS, Iuffted shirts,
and coched-hats, busting about, ordering
the slaves hither and thither with old time
mDeriousneSS.
A little farther on we came to a row OF
buildings, built by Thomas Low, of brick
hF..l, f-lrt frny, Inu .,Y,I halr nj
their only claim 10 place in this sketch
Thomas Low was an historic character in
Washington. At the time Warren Hastings
was Governor General in India, Low was
his friend and amaSSed large fortune.
He brought to this country $500. 0Go in gold
He soon became n friend Of Washington,
who induced him TO invest largely in this
city of anticipatiOnS. He married Miss
GUSTS, sister OF George W. Farkc CuslS
and granddaughter of Mrs. Washington.
He built Il row Of houses on New Jersey
avenue one block south of the Capitol.
They were orignall. first class Boarding
houses, and many OF the dionitarleS OF tic
land we're entertained beneath their roofs;
Louis Philippe, Thomas Jefferson, the
AGamses, Monroe and many others. II
was here that the hill WAS drawn Up, with
Alexander Hamilton AS guide and adviser,
to establish The United States Pank.
The high price set upon property operated
also against Mr. Lows Investment. His
buildings were left solitary and unoccGpled
for long time. in fact iii long after he
had passed away, with his day and genera
ton
Like his benefactor, Hastings. misfor-
tune attended him ia the grave. His wife
parted from him. his fortune wasted away,
and he spent his melancholy days in little
enjoyment.
He was a man OF peculiar temperament
and faulty memory. II is said OF him that
he would forget his own name when IN
curing for letters ut the rostOffice. He
once locked his wife in "A room through
thoughtlessnesS, and came 10 town, keep
ing her in durance vile until he returned at
night.
As YOU ascend Capitol Hill you might
see upon the right the name OF George
Law, in flaming letters on one of these
historic buildings. Whether his own faulty
memory changed his name 10 Law, or
whether the reasons that kept him from
returning to his native land made 1t Il mat
ter of convenience, doth not appear; but
by the Oldest inllabitant he is more often
called Law than by his real name, Low.
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