New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-29

newspaper stories. Betrayed into the
one admission. she turned. fled up the
rough -hewn stone steps leading 20 her
home and became a woman az bay.
What manner of woman the weather
beaten old house hides was lef- for
neighbors 20 tell. They did describe
her. minutely. as she was when she
first appeared In Savin Rock and a.
she had changed with the passing o.
years in her self-sough- exile. Ihey
recalled snstches of conversation N
which she had given evidence OF close
contact with Mrs. Green, OF the gold
reserve: Edward Everett Hale. Ralph
Waldo Emerson. Henry Ward beecher,
Frances Willard. Susan p. Anthony
Kate Sanborn and Mary Baker q. EDDY.
They told Of her eccertricitles. OF her
fordncss for clothing her eighty-year-
Old body IN raiment more SUI a0le 10
eighteen. OF her Spartan bread and
milk diet. and OF her sudden .retiremeni;
from the congregation of local
church. when She had been member
of il only q few weeks.
But nothing in their stories held a
clew 20 the mystery Of the diamond
Queens" personally conducted disaP-
pesrance or hint Of the cause when
lay behind her retirement
Lives in Single Room.
She came unheraided. after acquiring
title 70 her house. 4 few hours later
vans loaded with costly furniture, even
then old-fashloned, arrived. with great
care she directed the dlstrlbut on Oh
the furniture and the laying OF car
pets. That was the last care the tur-
nishings got 4 layer Of dust as thick
ra 90 NOS
say those who have seen. Mould ciings
to handsome old four-posters highboys
and carved chairs.
For. from the first. the kitchen has
been the only room occupied by the
owner of the mystery house. There
she has a cot, an oil stove. a straight
backed chair or two. table, an over
flowing bookcase and the steadtast
lamp on the window ledge.
The new neighbor told how Mrs.
Wallace before long had joined a
church. She got out OF 10 again after
the pastor had sent an envelope with
the suggestion that she return n with
a contribution inclosed. She sent II
back and quit the church.
T. may that Mrs. Wallace has lost
much of her Chicago real estate. her
stocks. her bonds and her once great
cash deposits, but diamonds she still
as in plenty. In the old days 10 was
her pride 20 wear them necklaces,
brooches, earrings and finger rings.
Now she wears them not at all Just
once visiting neighb0r, slipping tea
in the kitchen drawing room, noted a
big solitaire on her finger.
Easier Than to Put Away.
az slipped it on because It was easier
than putting it away the erstwhile
Diamond Queen" explained
Some Of the jewels Mrs. Wallace
keeps in the house, a temptation TO
cracksmen- N particular, a neck
lace on which she quoted A value Of
$4,000 But the bulk OF them, she had
said were in safety deposit vaults IN
New York City. Gradually, though,
they are being disposed Of. Mrs. Wal
lace is turning them into land.
Yet. with tens Of thousands Of dollars
passing continually through her hands.
Mrs. Wallace in her new life has pared
her expenses down 90 nothing. pint
of milk and loaf of bread each day
and oil for the lamp in the window
that is all she has ever been known 20
buy In the stores Of the village.
once ir a long while, though, Mrs.
Wallace makes a flying trip through
the shopping district Of New Haven
and returns with a Bit of inery that
cost enough 10 co-er her household
expenditures for months.
Mrs. Wallace did see one reporter
to-day-just one-rather. she talked 20
him from behind the locked door. He
was from a local paper and asked cues
ton after question. IL appeared tnat
she answered freeiy-although few
hours afterward she would not even
talk with friends. But when the lucky
newsgetter went away he left the
mystery unsolved behind him. seem
ingly he got mixed and used that list
of questions which schools of journal
ism earnestly recommend 20 young men
training as ship news reporters DR. as
general all round interview"rs Of visit
ing dignitaries.
With the talking mood upon her, the
Queen" admitted she thought Emer-
son was a great man and Colonel Roose-
welt a great man, TOO. but still was
confident there would be no war with
Japan so long as America keeps
civiLzing China by missionary work
and such institutions as yale IN
China"
Mrs. Wallace's views were published
here at length this afternoon. but the
answer 10 the riddles still remains
hidden from the prying world.