Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-20
Rambler Believes He Found Clue
10 Land Purchase by Samuel Queen
Mythology and
anstion O. ia EarlyT Time.

IN HERE is a paper in the court
house at Marlboro which gives
Light on the time when the
n Queens Chapel lands were
bought by Samuel Queen. 1t
Is a dim light. When I came upon this
record l thought it was Il clue, and
felt somewhat encouraged because
there are still few weak minded per
sons who have fai h in clues. 1t seems
I" be the habit of clues never to lead
Il man to what hS seeks When a de-
tectiNe knows nothing about Il case
j" gets clue and then rests until
somebody tells him who did the job.
The first clue | have account of was
:. ban of Irvine given by Ariadn 10
! heseuS when he went into the laby-
rlnth to come to grips with the Mino-
taur. who had been eating seven
youths and seven maids sent to him
Ter annum from Athens aSS a tribute.
My faith in clues is not STRENGTHENED
hN that circumstance. | hate To place
myself in opposition to classical
authors who knew Greek AS we'll as
members Of Greek letter fraternities
know il, and ] hesitate to differ with
such Wide-read writer's as Homer and
HcSiod. Yet | feel that there is his
torical hokum in TheSeus and his clue
If Sheridan did moi gallon 20 miles to
Winchester, ii Barbara fi,ietCh Z did
not aim Il Yankee taunt at StonewaU
jackson. and i Paul Revere WAS cap
7rred by The British before he got
halfway To IL Nin~tou, Tn" Rambler
f>clS that he may not give too great
"lfcnSe to some readers by putting salt
q" nlinutaurs, dragons. CentaurS and
clues.
The record at Marlboro shows that
ON December Is, 1729 the Lord Pro
lot.
mission to determine the boundary "of
= parcel OF land called Eean's Inclo- /
sure" which Samuel Queen, Marsham
Queen, Catherine Thompson and John
lfelt are al the present time gieZed /
of The appointment of the bound /
airy commissioners was ON petition ~ /
Samuel Queen, Marsham Queen, Cath !
crime Thompson and John Belt. owners 7
OF parts of Enclosure, one of the tracts /
an which northeast Washington /,
iirootland, Langdou and other parts (
of the city are built.
The Rambler has written 4 dozen .
stories on the Brooks family. Queen .
famly and Queens Chapel and il |
would be easy for him tn take from !
those ralnbles what has been written I
Of Enclosure. IIaddoCI Hills and
Queen Chapel. hut. contrary to rules
rf the writer's union he will put into
lisIS NL'A iN'l~. az at lttSi State
nlcnts, not written in the other stories. !
4 YOU do not know what the Rambler
HAS written about Enclosure. il is he
cause YOU have not read the preceding
Jambies or your memory is failing
The Lord Proprietary named as
commissioners to settle the tract lines
Of Enclosure William Penson. John
HasWell, William Maudu.t ana James
1iolmeard men Of the vic.ra.~". or
men living near the land in question.
The commissioners met in June. 1880.
and heard the first witness. Walter
Evans, then so years Oil. lie testified
that years before tdatc not Givenl he !
stood on the point of 4 "a, callel Ash
ford'S Gut with Colonel \ini;n IiellIl
and that Colonel BesIl Showed him 4
tree on the said point of land which
was the lower tree Of Seamuu's De
light. The next witness was Charles
Heali, 81 years old. "a son Of Ninian
EeaH. He said That with Waitet. Evans
he had met Mr. Queen GA :: point Of
land near the gut ca!!a! -tsaforl's Gut
and that his father fNinidn Bcallt SHOW
al him Il tree which was Re lower tree
If Seaman'S Delight and the upTer
tree of Enclosure which his fac her was
then selling to Mr.. Queen" Then fol-
lows the yellow record: And putting
his hand on the stump OF Il black
oak, Charles Bean said To the best q
his recnlcctir.u ii was the tree his
father showed him.