d been behaving strangely all day,
but though living not more than five miles from the scene of the great
tragedy, she herself had no knowledge of it.

In later years Mr. Bradley and his father, Joseph Habersham Bradley, who
practiced law together, served as counsel in the famous John Surratt
trial.

This house is now the home of Robert A. Taft, Senator from Ohio.

Chapter XVI

_Evermay, the Heights, and Oak Hill_

Evermay, on Montgomery (28th) Street, is one of the show-places of
Georgetown. Its fascinating garden is shown every spring for the benefit
of Georgetown Children's House by its owner, the Honorable F. Lamot
Belin, at one time Ambassador to Poland. He removed the cream-colored
paint from the old house, revealing the lovely old-rose brick, and built
the wall and the lodge at the gate when he bought the place in 1924.
Evermay used to extend all the way down to Stoddert (Q) Street. The
original boundary is the little old stone in the corner of the property
of Mrs. Thomas Bradley on Q and 28th Streets.

Evermay was built by Samuel Davidson with proceeds from the sale of
property to the United States government. This included land for the
northern part of the "President's Square," (the David Burns-Davidson
property line passing directly through the White House) and adjacent
Federal property including Lafayette Park. He willed his estate to Lewis
Grant, a nephew in Scotland, upon condition of his assuming the Davidson
surname.

Samuel Davidson is buried in the portion of Oak Hill Cemetery which was
formerly part of the estate. Mr. Davidson must have been rather a
strange person; certainly he was determined not to be bothered by
people, for this is the advertisement he published:

Evermay proclaims,
Take care, enter not here,
For punishment is ever near.

Whereas, the height called Evermay, adjoining this town, is now
completely enclosed with a good stone wall in part and a good post
and rail fence thereto, this is to forewarn at their peril, all
persons, of whatever age, color, or standing in society, from
trespassing on the premises, in any manner, by day or by night;
particularly all thieving knaves and idle vagabonds; all rambling
parties; all assignation parties; all amorous bucks with their
dorfies, and all sporting bucks with their dogs and guns.

My man, Edward, who resides on the premises, has my positive orders
to protect the same fr