Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-05
G:kHE PRIVATE WA
BY LOUIS JOSEPH VANCE
CHAPTER I
Documents in the Case"

#" 4 since they are IN way respon-
~ chile for It, its excuse, its raison
d'etre. Had they not been col
lected, clipped. as they were.
one by one from the back files
H OF newspapers in part by MFR.
sevrance and In part by myself,
~, long and patient searchings In our
.n.ciIve fields: had they not been as
lkiod thus to lend their authority to
yrrth OF Mr.. Trails remarkable state
should have hestated long ere
ps.staknE this my task of editing, II, in
"a could have secured my own con-
4, 10 the lending Of my name to story
4 variously extraordinary.
4. Il IA, they-"the documents In the
.sr-seen somehow to force me to such
.s,,r heading them. one is impressed that
s,shts the world should know the truth,
.,r,vsr tardlly 1t may be presented; should
snabled. fguratively. to SIT at ease in
II, and seat last the rising of that
..,ssn n blank mystery which for so long
"A hidden from us the cause which
.su0ht about that moving succession of
ersrre events, in themselves seemingly 30
e I..njneless- which at the time of their pub
.,,on furnished such ample reason for
'ore than one nine days wonderment.
rh.v are, unfortunately. few--far too few |;
mere handful OF old clippings One who
|oAs not know, who himself has not been
sslIered to peep behind the drop, can
..nls,e hut vaguely concerning them, per-
e, recalling those hours of fruitless
rriscture which they demanded of him
<ho,,t the time of their appearance, when
4, Ma alone, but all the world besides, and
Dur--no. fve-world Powers were all by
IN ears as the saying Ia, to guess the Sc
=, NJ their eniRmatic continuity, to divine
lIe truth that has, to this day. lain hidden
III the bottom OF fathomless well OF mys-
10 me, however, they tell a moving and
>nherent story. As thumb them over, pom
2erlng which may be the fittest. first to
tnsr 10 your consideration, my eye caught
,nd held now and again by chance word,
IN name Of a phrase, I seem to see, even
q Trail saw them in flesh, the living actors
"a this drama.
see her ladyship, Julia--Miss Lelght
bat our Richmond remembers with a sigh
7br the loss of her-with her dainty head
Held high and proudly and her eyes that
ere so calm and clear and sweet, as Cor
Ion Trail tells us; she whose heart was a
Mystery more enhancing, n riddle far less
.eadable than aught in the odd chain of
circumstance that follows. Hearts Desire"
4ralll loved to call her; and in some way
s such she figures to me, somehow by that
hcarnated, bodied forth to the imagination
etween the lines of dingy, blurred type !;
bar and lovable girl that she was, for all
Her wifehood and her widowed youth
As clearly see the Herr Captain, Kurd
.on Holzborn: dark and set of jaw, with
Us masklike, lmpassive face and his deep
10, opaque eyes that could be steady
though when he choose, but had their tell
bio trick of the quick. the lightning-auick,
.jdeways glance, A big man and strong
like in his body and his passions; good
d look upon and fascinating with his mag.
,etic charm OF manner: big and strong and
ithless-black as midnight at the heart of
&m
And I see Monsignor de Netze the astute
'nd furtive-cool, debonair. fertile of ex-
edient; with his lofty, pallid forehead and
rs Vandyke beard: distinguished of ap-
1earance and bearing; lover of the devious
md the underhand; that arch plotter, that
4dmirable and amiable conspirator. true to
Pc thing only-the loyalty he held to his
naster, his most gracious majesty, the Gear
4 all the Russias
efcre me In phantasmal review as I con
|his little packet of clipping. There is Cal
AhAn, the engineer, a man, were he sober
n fuddled; Grady. the gentleman's gentle
pan, the resourceful and the fearless Sew
'nnce, the Englishman, whom Traill loved
ts brother, and who was worthy, true as
Fled steel, and gallant gentleman Cap
|Ain Keen, with his false tongue and wayer.
pg loyalty and others, strange to imagine
pr the most part-odd-seeming faces of
'preign cast to our Anglo-Saxon eyes, brutal
IAces and kindly, evil and honest-a ghost
rabble, with glaring eyeballs In hollow
{ecomes men who slumber in the ooZe OF
Pc oceans bed.
But clearest of them all. I see Trail
Rimsslt-Gordon Trail. OF New York. U. s.
r. II you please; gallant and audacious.
.Ohsiderate and determined facing Fate and
nance with his laugh and that upward
ing OF his head; man frail like the rest
VS. nut nne-grained as the best OF us,
'earlns In his breast a faithful, dauntless
.eart out OF the throng he bullSs big and
unanly; customarily with his hat on the
F1ek OF his head. feet apart. hands in his
osHeS hair tousled, brows thoughtful
.eush' out with his ready laugh lurking
Me corners OF his mouth and with eyes
.in MS Aie'
AS you say. this is wandering far from
NE documents in the case" Here they
w heh-l give them you as the world
~ mem with neither comment nor ex-
'anation:
yofcon Traill has left US, following his
~. q neeing the city when It gets too
hola him. Every season a certain
k'et OK dowagers, mothers of promising
49, camp on the trail OF the Trail mil
-. snd then "Gaudy" finds 1t convenient
/ 49, - pressing engagement to kill some
n ~ soneWhere. Some time last week
.,,D's ,s'asd his tent and silently stole away;
~ nsa Il that he has sought the seclu-
4 ne Maine woods.-FfSociety Gossip"
.onsos'. ss@.EtLoNs Net0 York t0sskIy, dated
Il s ss- engagement of Lady Herbert, widow
balcat ishiy Herbert. X. G. S. l., is rumored.
|iatsS sonnrmation Is lacking. but 1t is
.tc.i~. vpoh good authority that the pros
ia ~ otldegroom Is a young dttdohs OF
|ames Al tue court Oh 81
M. Herbert was the beautiful Miss
- elkn' or Richmond, Va, whose ia
.n,.. eensral Thorpe Leigh, acquired an
~, rs fortune through operations in the
~ y, Nslna oil fislds. Sir Henry Herbert
y, ~, aashly In ls02.-Odbls dispdtoh from
As0 York HsnaId, JANUARY Iith.
III
~. .A1aiouTH, Jan. seth. - Much excite
81 ttsfails here as the result OF a peeu-
n. -aH IN the shipbuildlng district OF
~, AT an early hour this morning
',rst OF armed rufIiians forced an en-
.,r,,s y tne shipyards OF Rogers x Greer,
~ s.s x nsfea the Vatehmen and successfully
.Iosais ana made or with a large and