Evening star., 1918-12-01

1uVut Cnapel ana IL - only at 600ly
distant intervals Of time that human
bsing win pass that way, and then
that man or woman will enter the
tangls Of psriwinkle that has woven
~ deep green mat over the cemetery
AND lay Q little bunch Of flowers on
gravs. II may be only q bunch Of wild
fowers or . cluster Of roses gathered
in the garden at home. But they seem
~ bright a. the richest blooms which
ever the deft hands Of florist wove
Into . memorial garland. The Rambler
VIM bet bic weeks salary that the
bunch Of flowers viii ascend as high
and set 40 kindly hearing at tho
Throne OF Grace ~ any prayer that
ever went along with orchids or hot
heuse roses. However. these are idle
the promise he made last Sunday to
tell Of his visit to Belmont House and
ITO relate such Facts concerning that
Interesting place as he was able to
rather In the course Of q Sunday
Tho Rambler did not go to Bel
mont House from Belmont Chapel
by following the ancient lane OUT
lined across the fields by the dou-
bic row Of cedars. There are times,
when weariness is upon one. that q
0uVkt WAAA AOOk8 xOuks anu WAS
one Of those times. Belmont House
vas reserved for another Sunday trip.
The Rambler left the train at the lit
tie station called Belmont Park. Of
which he told In the nrst narrative Of
the Goose creek series. He took the
and the Leesburg pike and said good
morning to Miilard Mason Atweli,
who was the frst man the Rambier
met when he invaded the Goose
creek country late last sum-
%sg nsn to he chssiepgD stepped stunTe ana sas
man written Of In the second narrative
as the stonecutter who has in his
garden piece Of strange and curious
marble. of which tho columns in
Statuary Hall are carved. and which
quarries out Of which the famous coll
uMns were taken, very near century
ago. A mile beyond Stunkel's a bend
N the road and the absence Of woods
bring into vicw Cotton House, man
rich man: built on the Lee farm OF
Cotton. Cotton farm brings many
pleasant recollections to tho RAM
bler's mind. and there are some facts
about 1t which he must relate even
tnongh tho recital delay his arrival
In The Library Of Congress is a
book, on the title page of which one
may read: lee of virginia-1642-
dSs2.Blographical and Genealogical
Sketches Of Descendants Of Col. Rich
ara ms1atss Lee rs,,,ds with Brief Notices Of the
istead, Ashton. Aylett, Bedinger,
Bland, Boiling, Carroll, Carter. Cham.
bers, Corbtn. Gusts, Diggs, Fairfax,
Fitzhugh. Gardner. Grymes, Hanson.
Jennings. Jones. Randolph, Shepherd,
Marshall: Mason, Page. Ludwell, Ship
ington and others" This genealogical
work was the result Of the labors Of
Edmund Jennings Lee and was pub
lished In 1896. Some Of the facts which
the Rambler will relate concern
ing the Lees Of Cotton and Belmont
The Lee family in Loudoun county
present many difficulties because Of
the repetition OF like baptismal names
not only through the various genera
tions Of the same branch Of the fam
ny. but the same name will be en-.
the family and at tho same period.
n y
The hrst two Of the Lees who came
to live in Loudoun seem to have been
Philip Ludwell Leo and Francis
Lightfoot Lee. brothers. Philip Lud-
we'll Lee was the eldest surviving son
Of Thomas Leo and his wife, whose
maiden name was Hannah Ludwell.
He was born on the gath of Febru.
ary. l728, and died on the 21st Of
that month, 1775. It Is believed that
he was born at Stratford House. that
magnificent old homo still standing
on the Potomac near Nomini creek.
It may be that he was born at an
other Lee mansion In that part OF Vir-
ginia called Mount Pleasant, but Ed
,nund. Jennings Lee points out that
the tradition 10 that all the sons OF