Evening star., 1921-10-23

monkey who looked wistfully at the
Rambler. This wagon was drawn by
small horse and little colored
boy was the driver. He had an
apatf. tie expression. IL NAY haV"
been a performer in the circus, but
I don't know. Three other small boH
bodies on buegT running gear cam:
along. but what was in item / d"
not know. Two Of them were drawn
by a double team of small thin
horses. Then came a wagon, looking
very much u farm wagon. 1t vas
drawn by two mares. and n little
black colt trotted by the side OF its
mother. Two men Were on the front
seat of this wagon. and in the body
was pile of wearhered canvas. tn
n ain tent, no doubt. out OF the baci:
of the wagon projected the center
pole. and shorter. sienderrr polaH
were III the wagon. There werr
eight wagons in the procession. ami
think about ten men and bays. Tn.
people, the horses and the wagons
We're march-stairs'i. aud the nlTr.
boys AMI horses bore no expression
Of joy. Perhaps they w-rs saving
up for an outhnrst of hilarity al the
next stand Except iur the first man.
none of the drivers spoke 10 th"
Rambler. and for some reason.
cannot explain ii now. ] did not even
say hello to Il single man or boy ON
the little rusty wagons behind tn"
Il in End tired horses. think |
looked at them sadiH. and ! fancied
that they looked Al re sadly. ] may
be wrong ab"Gt us. OF course
wondered what the lure WAS that led
rien and boys on in life 50 hard a.
that ] wondered Il they We're pros
perous-that is. if they were pros
porous enough t. have all they
wanted to eat. hoped SO. on
al II hi.
often make mistakes. The Rambler
has often been taken for a tramp,
and the lady "t the house" in some
little, 'yormy shack has thought this
poor. old wreck wants to take
,intype of the barn 10 pay for his
shabby little circus may have been
rich and happy. ] hope so.
THE hamlet where 1 stopped TO pho
tograph the pretty lane is in
Jermantown-not Germantown. II
takes its name from good old Heze-
kiah Jerman. who settled by the road
side there SO long ago that only old
people in the neighborho"d can re-
member when he died. People usual
ly called him "kiah" for short. Smith
Jerman. his grandson, son of
.Kiah's son William. still lives at
Germantown and is well liked by his
neighborS for miles around. Hez"-
kiah's widow married man named
Richa rdson. who is famed in thar
part of the county, having been the
inventor of the drs dock. or of soIo'
form of a dry dock. and that may b''
worth looking up at some other TIM
Every house in Germantown was
burned by the Federals early in 1851
before the first battle of Bull Run:
except one house which sheltered halt
a dozen sick Confederate soldiers.
That was the home of Shep Harrison
Shep was long ago gathered to his
fathers and so was his brother Mike.
who was the black smith: and so Wa
his brother Jim. who was farmer.
and so was his brother Frank. -
farmer Shep Harrisons house, which
survived the civil war. WAS destroyed
afterward. Florence Harrison. i
daughter of Frank. married John
Swartz of Germantown. and their sott
Frank Swartz carries the mail on tn
route which covers that part OF the
country along the Little river and the
Warrenton pixies, the Ibender. or Nile
Ian. road and other of the historic
highways.
Stacey Swartz, who carries the mai
on the route to Burkes station, is.
believe. also a son OF Frank Harri-
sons daughter Florence. Not many
people are living in Germantown now
Dick, or Richard Henry, Downes
keeps the store and in the the little
schoolhouse. Miss Mary MILAN is the
the teacher. Miss Mary MILAN Is th'
teacher in the school at Legato. but
the MILAN family, which owns one OF
the fine places on the Milan road
the name of the road from Pender to
Legato-will come into these annal.
at another time.
Across the pike from the lane whose
picture the Rambler took is a los
house, kept with great neatness and
surrounded by pretty garden. A
few years ago dormer windows were
built in it. The logs were hewed
there. and the house was o o. me
old ones in that part of Fairfax coun-
ty when the civil war came on. It is
thought to have been built by Gar
nett Sanders Then. long time after
that, it was owned by Rash Gunnell
In 1856 it was bought by S. S. Robey
and his son. Rodolphus Robey. lives
there today. Two very pretty and
bright little girls Name down to the
fence to watch the strange man make
a picture of the lane. They were
Margaret Anne Lee Everly. aged six,
and Nellie Lee Booker, aged four.
Rodolphus Robey married Miss
child was S. S. Robey. whose wife
lives in Anacostia. The second wa!
Nellie Lee Robey, who married D. G.
Goodno. and they live in Washington.
The third was Mamie n. Robey. who
married ]. ]. Everly of Hagerstown.
and they live on the old home place
The fourth was Marion Gore Robey.
who married Carleton +. Booker, Al. :
they live at Indian Head.