Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-03-05

corOlnG 10 tnlS scale.
There was. it had been common
knowledge, a serious breach between
Edward Tracy and this sister. 1t was
said they had quarreled because she
had refused him money for some of his
enterprises. Some said they had quar-
relied over a love affair. Whatever the
facts, this man and his estranged Sis
ter lived under the same roof, ate at
the same table, bowed their heads to
the same grace, and spoke no single
word to each other in all of the %
years. 1t seems incredible, yet it is
true. They lived on there together,
yet apart; silent and hostile for half
a lifetime. What was the secret of
these two spinster women; what the
true reason for the silence, what dark
and murky stream OF life had cut this
ehasm between them, perhaps no man
shall say. But they SO lived.
Tracy spent as little time as pos
sible in the house. He was always at
his office. busy, commanding, ener-
getic, or off in New York attending to
his other affairs. In his Troy brewery
he did much of the supervising and d.
recting himself, watchful and alert,
with an eye for everything.
Story Told BY Attorneys.
We branch now into that part of this
story told by the attorneys of Mrs.
Pine Tracy, and it must be accepte
as theirs. though the courts at Troy
already have heard it and set official
approval on it in the form of fa-
vorable verdict.
AT this time in Edward Traey's life
he employed, among other persons in
his Troy brewery, a carpenter named
Pine, who did repairing and building
for the brewer. and minor contracting
in his own right. Pine had a daughter
who came often to the brewery. carry
ing her fathers lunch basket. Now and
then she was sent on an errand to the
office, to carry messages for her
father-and to fall under Edward
Tracy's appreciative eye
Hortense was a tall, fair girl with
soft, swelling muscles, a wild, 1.-THE
grace. and the direct and powerful APP
peal of bursting youth. At Is she was
fully woman. with all the strength
and promise of precocious maturity.
Edward Tracy appraised. with discern
ment, this daughter of his employee.
She had what SO often appeals most
forcibly to older men-size and
strength and physique. Tracy look ed
upon her glories with the eyes of fifty.
and found her utterly desirable. He
found ways of OBTAINING her when she
came to the office, ways of being pleas
ant and conversational. He ingratiated
| himself with attentions and little gifts
and he held out before this daughter
of struggling carpenter the potent
tokens of wealth and power.
These are talismans always effective
with women, whether at 16 or so. If
the woman Is above desiring money and
position for themselves. she is still I'M
able to disassoeiate from them their
romantic glamor or to be proof against
the call of the male strong enough to
possess them. And Edward Tracy pos
sessed appeals in addition. for he was
still an attractive man, with an aweing
voice and way and a dominant mascu-
line instinct. He made a mighty Inn
preston on this young and aspiring
woman. but he had made the mistake.
from the selfish standpoint. of permit
ting her TO make as great an invasion
of himself.
The Ceremony Performed.
Eventually, one Sunday evening in
1872 Sept %, TO be precise) Tracy and
Hortense met in his office by appoint-
ment to be married. The ceremony
was performed by man named
stoughton. an Episcopal clergyman of
Athena, N. Y, who was at the time
doing clerical work in Tracy's office.
Another employe Of TrAcy's WAS wit
ness, the wife asserts.
The marriage was a complete secret.
In Tracy's advances to the girl she had
constantly demanded marriage. He.
In turn. explained the difficulties of
such a step. He had. he said. consid-
cradle inherited property which re-
manned in his hands only on the con-
dition that he marry none but Ro-
man Catholic. This Hortense Pine
was not. and declined to become.
Tracy explained further that his hos