Evening star., 1905-11-04
In memory of
Caroline,
daughter of Gilbert and Peggy Dean,
Who departed this life July "A, 1901,
aged months
Also of
Ciarkfon,
Their son, who departed this life


Also of ::
Ciarkfon, !:
Their son, who departed this life !:
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She got no further. The caretaker had
rushed at her. He laid detainng hand
on her shoulder.
'It is against the rules of this place. ne
said ito walk on the grass"
And yet he said 1t in a brogue so rich as
to rob it of half its sternness.
81 was thinking" she smiled. that Gil
bert and Peggy were very economical OF
tombstenes There are half dozen more
names here. They seem TO have used one
tombstone for the whole family.
The Oldest Tombstone.
DO you want to see the oldest tombstone
In New York;" asked the caretaker genial
ly, her manner having disarmed him.
She assented and followed him. The sun
shine streaked itself across the grass.
"Why did they shave it hat?" she asked
as they went along.
You see." he explained, in the same rich
brogue. after a little while the coffin de-
Gays and sinks and the mound SINKS VIII
it so We left 1t that way. Besides. there
hasn't been grave opened in this ceme-
terry fer s:xty-fiye years
She stopped to read another inscription:
Elizabeth Child,
: died in the year 11l6. In the seVehteeneh
year of her age
She measured a space with her eye.
''If Elizabeth was anywhere near nVe rect
tall in her seventeenth year, she reasoned
her feet would be away out here under the
walk and we would be stepping on her poor
little toes
.iShe wouldn't much mind. reckon, she s
been dead that long" said the old man, has
cheeks like a rusty apple for redness. L
reckon there amt none of EN- here In this
churchyard that's botherin about what
happens to them much these days. Here
the oldest stone in the place stopping
suddenly.
The girl bent down and read: Richard
Ciemdle 1851" All the rest had been
blown away by the wind and the rain
You'd have tidy walk to find another
as old. smiled the caretaker proudly.
YOU'D have to walk to Virginia. Now see
this stone That's a wonderful stone. He
made 1t himself. Next to Charlotte Tenn
pies over there this is the stone that 8
most noticed by all the visitors
This inscription read:
Sidney Breese, June 9th. 1867.
&: Made by himself
: Ha Sidney, Sidney,
/: Lyest thou here?
lye here
Did he put the date there, too?" asked
the girl.
-
that he had to leave the date to somebody
else. not KNOWN 1t.
The Right Sort of Stone.
you see these stones" he went on. some
OF them well preserved, some of them
cracked. The reason of that is this: If you
want a stone to keep its shape you must
carve it just as 1t came from the quarry.
like this" And he held his hand palm up
r6 NJ ha
grain it will crack every time. You must
see to that.
Look at that church. There are some
people who come here and comment on how
well 1t has been preserved There are
houses in New York built at the same time
that haze long since crumbled, and why?
They weren't built out of the right sort of
stone.
Look at some of these tombssones.
They are made of sandstone. Sandstone
amt no good at all for tombstone. No
good at all.
Neither Is marble. No good for this
Thn county Try orse1ss somehow; don't know why:
II they had been eaten by ants. It's the
atmosphere.
He stopped in the sunshine and looked
hard at her.
IF you want a good tombstone" he said,
one that will last a hundred years, get one
or granite That's the only tombstone to
get In this sort OF climate. Granite"
rnsr haan hnrr,sa fhought faitered the girl
skirts through the trees, Katie, Katie.
Wait for me. I'm ready to go now. Quite
ready
a little as he raked up the leaves with the
big. wide rake.
so they will keep walking on my graves,
will they?' said he