Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-06

is not far from a well settled and grow
ing part of the Capital. 1t is far enough
away from travelled roads and securely
enough hidden in wild shrubbery to be
infrequently visited 1t is not more than
half a mile west and south from the
buildings of the American University and
the Rambler has sometimes visited 1t by
following the line Of Massachusetts, ave-
nue. extended westward and downward
from the crossing of Nebraska avenue.
and reaching the bottom of that broad
valley westward OF the ridge along which
Nebraska avenue runs, has followed the
course of the millstream to the place where
the old mill Is rotting and crunbling.
But there is a nearer way than this II
you are afoot and are bent on Saving
time and distance, as many persons are
who walk.
There is a point at Tenleytown where
the River road branches off from Wis
consin avenue or the Rockville road or
the old Frederick road, and dips west
wardly across the valley of Little Falls
branch. In the northwest angle Of these
roads and in the garden of a pretty home
is black signboard lettered in gilt, re-
citing that the place is Gloria point. Why
1t is Gloria point the Rambler and per-
haps few other persons know.
On the opposite side Of the Rockville
road. next to the police station is a lit
tie frame house Swallowed by green foil
age, and in which the Tenleys lived-the
family which gave to this settlement the
name Tenleytown. In the garden at the
rear of the house some of the Tenleys
are buried. but their tombstones have
sunk in the garden mold.
The Rambler has previously written
bu
the information from one of the ladies
living in that house, who. when she was
a little girl. lived there with the Ten
leys. All around this neighborhood dur
ing the civil war were the bitches and
parapets for Fort Reno and the thanking
battery empiacements and infantry
trenches connecting Fort Reno with the
other civil war forts on the right and
left. The remains of Fort Reno have
been very nearly effaced by the settling
UP of this neighborhood, but here and
there in aces some may be seen.
Now If you will turn into the River
road and follow its smooth way for a few
yards you will come to point where an
other road strikes off from 1t in a south
erly course. In the southwest angle Of
these roads stands little church and
the parsonage attached to it. A sign tells
you that 1t is Eldbrook NJ. E. Church.
The intersection of the roads is marked
road striking off from the River road is
the Murdoch Mill road. 1t is the road
you must follow to reach Murdoch mill.
The Murdoch mill road g.ides rather
steeply down the west side of the Ten
leytown ridge into a region of rolling
grass lands and scattered villas. many
of them of great charm. The landscape
is generally clear Of timber, but a long
green thicket with tall trees standing
above it marks the course of the stream.
which for many years turned the wheel
OF Murdoch mill. The road, though it is
not far distant from the built-up sec
tons along the ridge, has now become
' ry rural in appearance.
It is bordered by blooming yarrow,
that hardy white flower which will
accompany you along the dustiest and
hottest roads in this section Chicory
is also blooming blue and freshly
there and little splashes of red blaze
here and there. They are Deptford
pinks and they grow plentifully in
the fields around the American Uni
versity and in the lower lands to the
west. You will pass many weedy
spaces along the road, where wild
roses bloom in masses. Honeysuckle