Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-11-17

beneath the chancel Of the chapel,
but rest now in her own part Of Vir-
ginia, which is somewhere down in
the Rappahannock country. Eight
years after interment her remains
were removed by kindred.
At the rear Of the chapel is q ceme-
terry, in which generations of the
jewellers in the Goose creek region
rest. It IL Enclosed by wire9fence
and the old gate which marks the en-
trance to this holyRcre creaked pain
fully as the Rambler opened It and
many Of which may be truly said to be
great and venerable trees. Their
rough boughs were for the most part
bare Of leaves, but to some OF tho
trees brown and russell leaves stin
chung and mere and there was =
Mingled with the oaks were num-
Der of dogweoi trees, their foliage
still n-glcw and their berries suggest
ing tiny Jets Of brilliant fame. Over
all the ground lay q deep mat of perl
Wrinkle. and 80 long and prosperously
has It grown there that many grave grave,
green vines The people who have
found sepulcher in this chapel may
number thousands, but there are by
no means that number of inscribed
memorials. Scores of the graves are
marked by those little pieces Of
country rock SO familiar in the rural
cemeteries In the country around
Washington.
In the jungle Of pious periwinkle the
first sad object which one comes on
after passing the old gate with the
rusty hinges Is gray paling fence on
which the years have left their mark.
Within a d0gwood sapling has grown
up and its red leaves hang around and
overhang q slab of marble inscribed
columbus Walker. born November
u, 1887, died January 16, 1911. ana
Julia A. Walker. born 1895, died Jam
uary %, 1911" The Rambler jotted
down In his notes the following cpl
taphs:
Sacred to the n..or, Of WIN. Dove. died
George Wiiiiam, son Of John and Betty Dove,
sacred 70 the memory Of our father. John
oo ss &C. Ill., ssa july rs DOVE
s.srss t. The Of ss';s BE-
BON May i, 1874. died FEB. !. 1915;
Carroll p, son Of 81. b. and A. V. Downs,
died Nov. 9. 1909, aged 1s years:
Elisabeth AakerS, died Sept. n. 1908. In her
j. Conrad Keim, 1seo,1s7-; Nay J. Keim.
1s7s-1s7s. and Haliis v. Keim. 1s7o-1soa.
Behind q big boxbush is tomb
on which the names of members Of
q family we'll known in Loudoun are
inscribed. The inscriptions are 'Lu-
Their A. Thrasher. born March /. 1910,
died September "a. 1881; Elizabeth
TArasher, born February 10. 1920, died
October I, 1862: James H. Thrasher.
born April Z. 1856. died January 20,
1868; Thaddeus A. Thrasher. born
April IS, 1862, died February 0, 1868;
Robert Lee Thrasher, born April 2,
1853. died December II. 1863"
One little tombstone is inscribed
Thomas Benton, son of B. and 8.
Taylor, born October 20, 1874, died
November IA, 1874" The Oldest tomb
which the Rambler came upon In
this grim garden Of bones and peri
Wrinkle was that inscribed elizabeth,
consort OF Thomas d. Allnutt. born
December IS, 1881, died June 20, 1854.
aged seventy-two years, six months
and thirteen days" Another tomb,
standing 30 far apart from the others
that 1t might be said to stand alone,
is one inscribed "In memory of George
IA, 1879"
Graveyards are always solemn,
lonely places, and country graveyards
that lie at q considerable distance
from a public road are especially so,
and the quietude Of the burial ground
of ReImont Chanel eeamad 70 he 90