Arizona republican., 1899-07-08

Il know absolutely that this is fact
 Yet, notwithstanding this discovery o
 my identity by a number of person
 of different characters and types, the. Iall kept it to themselves, and wheI lthey met me, as they sometimes did
 never once betrayed by gesture or ; Hook, much less by stare. that the1
 had an inkling who I was.''
 "I may tel you that I do intend t: publish a book describing my experi
 ences as soon as I have had time tC take rest and leisurely to allow my
 thoughts and impressions to takt
 shape and form. cannot specify tht
 time as yet, for the number of other
 plans and projects already ripe fo1
 realization is very great
 "Dou you allude, perchance, to po-
 litical plans?" I asked.
 By no means,'' was the frank reply
 ''I am not politician and never wish
 to become enc. My plans are purely | literary, but they are quite compre- henstve enough to swallow up all my time
 Whatever your intentions may be-
 I observed. your love of truth and
 fair play has led you at least to cross Ine pOIl1cal arena.
 Quite so, but I have merely tray ersed it because the road to justice happened to lead that way I did not seek it. And if similar conditions oc- cured tomorrow, I would act in like manner, and not otherwise
 Now that you speak of possibilities, may I ask you, as great favor, to give me, or, rather, to give the great pub lie outside, which listens most eagerly for every word that falls from your lips, a picture of the present state of things as it lies pictured in your ciwn creative mind?"
 "To my regret, I must decline to grant your request, and my reason is that my part in the drama is already played. I have crossed the scene, as you rightly put it, and, my role being finished, I had rather hold aloof from rehearsals.'
 But, surely" I insisted, your work if you will allow me to say so, is not yet wholly finished. AS a champion of justice and humanity you have yet to unroli to the world the great tab leaux of that historic struggle as it presents itself to your mind.''
 -'Yes, that, too, I intend to accom- plish. It is another of my numerous plans"
 'It is, of course, impossible that you should give me at this early stage any inkling as to the lines on which a great masterpiece of this kind will be written, but even now you might, if you would favor me with a few in sights into the inner springs and secret of the Dreyfus drama What is your theory of what I would call the psychology of the affair?''
 "Ah!' replied the master, that is exactly the word. The psychology Of he Dreyfus drama is an ocean. The difficulty of sounding its depths and spanning its width borders on the inn But what is feasible I shall endeavor to accomplish in my future work"
 We already know nearly every hing in the way of facts" continued VI. Zoia. though even in this domain here are still dark hooks and mysteri- .us recesses which may never be ighted up. Besides, the play of mo- ives and intentions is very delicate heme to handle, and presupposes a egree of impartiality which is closely | kin to indifference. Iatsr on 1 will | ct my hand to the work"
 And will you not also point out the ractica; lessons to be drawn in the arious branches of public life from he dcings which you have been in- in dragging to Hght?" l sked.
 "Oh, that would be a Herculean york, which I leave for others. I re- eat that I have nothing to say or do l the matter-that is to say, as an ctor. Truth and justice having tri- mphed. I return to my daily work. ut the lessons to be inculcated are, I 1mit, numerous, and it is important lat the practical consequences should 2 drawn with as little deiay as may g. But it is not for me to point out l what respects the military code now force should be modified in ccnse- 1ence of the abuses which the Drey- IS case brought to light. Other peo- Ie should, and doubtless will, see to nat Neither IS it for me to comment 1on the ethical side of the drama, and } propose ways and means of extir- lting the system of mendaciousness l which the Dreyfus case was built }. Moral philosophers may address ' Iemse;ves to that task i +%Then you are determined to hold | oof from the matter in the future?'' I iked. ! ''I am absolutely, or. rather, should : y, condttionally. For although we i we cleared the road for the advent
 justice, it is not wholly impossible at it should again be temporarily [ rricaded; and in that case will once ore descend into the arena and do hat deem my duty there until the 'stacles are removed for good. That, r say, is a not impossible contingency, d It neither is probable one. Rumors se Id apprehensions are, it is true, in r e air, but to me they are rumors, and |. thing more. My belief is that he .1 tile has been fought and won, and T