Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-12-14

NNStN tVttS 49, 49,
~ fused To see or speak to Nan.
He met Risans as matter OF
course. but always downtown
during business hours or NJ one OF his
clubs. For the tirst year Nan had re
scented his attitude in angry pride and
remained silent And then. she began
to do q curious thing whi,-h had grown
10 be a psirt of his ininoSt life.- FoT
the past eight years she had written q
I brief daily diary recording her doings
thoughts mud nemuries wI,irh she mail
ed to him every Sunday night Sue
asked no reply and tie gave none. No
names appeared in its story aud no
name was signed 10 the dainty sheets
OF paper which always bore the per-
fnme at wild Strawberries Rut the
man who read them IN silence knew
and understood.
The letter from her he held today
| was not an unsigned sheet OF her diary
Ii was a direct. personal appeal. tender
and beautiful in itssincerity. She beg
ged him to forget the past because she
needed his friendship and advice. and
asked THAT he conIestn see her at once
This letter was ms first temptation
To break tile resolution by WHICH he
had lived for years -
He rose ard paced the room with
fury ~ he began III realize how des
persite was his desire to go
Have fought all these years for
pothingys' ne rripd.p.
The thing that, drew him with ali
but resistiess pOweff wass the deeper
meaning between The. lines. lie knew
that each day the incpnpleteness OF
her life had -beeu borne I'D upon her
with crushing force And vet he felt.
By an instinct deeper than reason. that
the. day he retnrnpd from his exile and
touched her hand would mark the be-
ginning OF q tragedy for both,
In the past nine. years be had thrown
hfs life away only to find II In greater
power The first year which he had
given Of unseIfisll devotion to the, serv-
Ice Of the people had been q failure,
but at the end of four years he was
nominated for district attorney and
was swept into office by large ma
jority. The enforcement of justice
ceased to he Joke and became liv-
Ing faith.
His work had stirred the state to
nobler aud cleaner CIVIC life. During
the past year be had heroine one of
the foremost figures In American De-
mocracy-the best loved and the most
hated and feared mnn in public life In
New York. He asked no favors: be
sought no preferment.
The work on which he had just en-
tered was an investigation before an
unusually intelligent grand jury OF the
criminal acts OF group OF the most
daring and powerful financiers OF the
world When ne realized the magni-
tide OF the task he had undertaken
heat once PM his house In order for
the supreme effort Ii was necessary
that he give M every outside interest
that might distract his attention from
the greater task.
The one matter Of grave Importance
to which he was giving his time out.
side his office was his position as nd.
risnrS counsel to Dr. Woodman IN his
suit for damages against the chemical
trust. which had been dragging It's
course through the courts for years
To his amazemant he had inst re-
.eiyed an offer from Biyens. attorneys
q COMPROMISE This shit for 500 600
ae wonld Of course ndyise the doctor
10 accept II Immediately. de had
What could be BiyelS motive In