The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-11

never be lnteretereQ WIN IN InelT
privilege OF making what use they
liked Of this property. To a tribe
of rowing gypsies, constantly men
,aced by the authorities. this con-
,cession was invaluable, for who
would have thought OF looking for
Chem in such a plsce-the home Of
one Of the oldest and richest fami-
Hes in America?
1t was further agreed that the
secret should be kept inviolate by
both parties to the agreement To
further this it was decided that no
Borradale should be told the ALSO
lutte facts unfI he reached the age
IF thirty, or should he marry before
thirty, then he was to be told upon
fhe day of his marriage. 1t was
Thought that a younger man might
commit some act of folly and betray
to the world the fact of the Bora
dale iIIegitimacy.
For this reason, then, a wing of
4dderley Hail was completely iso-
lated from the rest of the building.
1t is easy to understand, is It not,
how the legend grew up and took
shape7 Some one concealed in the
'WaIled-up rooms-there was. indeed,
some one there, for it appears that
the Valenskis made free use Of their
Asylum-deformed creatures hidden
away-the sight OF some dark,
swsrthy gypsy, accidentally seen,
might have given rise to this re-
port Besides, it appears that for
generations the eldest sons OF the
descendants of the first BOrradale-
Valenski have partaken in some
measure of the deformity Of their
ancestor.
This, then, was the secret i'm
parted to every Borradale. his fam
fly fiiegitimacy, and the gypsy con-
troll over his ancestral home. To
those of later date, the revelation
was not very terrifying, more espe-
scially as somewhere toward the end
of the eighteenth century the Bor-
radales altogether gave up living
at Adderley: besides, the fear of
the world becoming possessed OF the
secret was no longer so intense, and
the gypsies themselves, though they
maintained their privileges, had 81
most settled down to the position OF
family retainers.
The secret to become impaired to
the Borradales became by degrees
q family tradition, and one not to
be particularly feared.
Such was the position when, in
the usual course, the father OF
Harold became the possessor Of the
family secret Let me say that to
him the whole of the present trou-
Bile is due. He completely over
threw the amicable terms upon
which the Borradales then stood
with the gypsies and reopened the
whole dispute OF years before.
Was It in a spirit OF bravado that
he did this? It is impossible to say
what motives inspired him. His &C
lions must speak for themselves.
As soon as he was in possession OF
the facts he went abroad to Hun
gary to deal with the Valenskis-
rs he said-at first hand. He found
his way to the castle, where 1 spent
% many months of my life, which
was then in the possession of the
present Valenskis father. The old
man had msFT1ed one OF the Won
Schonheims, the aristocratic family,
which some years before had thrown
IN its lot with the gypsies. He had
three children, two daughters and q
son. The son we know to our-cost;
the youngest daughter was Drara,
whom ! married; the eldest, the eld-
est-it is about her that the mystery
Of today hangs. 1t is she whom
saw in the secret rooms of Adder
- 4 l.
evil influence over our own genera
ton
have not been able to gather
very connected facts about this
ereature-I call her so, for the name
Of woman is hardly applicable to
her. 1t appears that she was lost in
the forest when quite a child, and
her father never thought to see her
again, presuming that she had been
6evoured by the wolves.
It was given to John Borradale, In
bis wanderings, to discover her. She
was a wild creature, a very wolf,
who lived among wolves and had an
affinity for them. or course, IL is
impossible for me to say how much
OF this is truth and how much mere
legend. It is related that John Bor-
radale saw the wild girl and fol-
lowed her to her lair, where he was
set upon by a pack OF wolves, and
barely escaped with his life. But
he carried her with him, though she
scratched, and BIT and tore at him
with her long nails.
He brought her back to the Nalen-
ski castle, where she was recognized
by the old man as his long lost
daughter, and in time she was, to
a certain extent, tanned. She had q
weird beauty in those days, and
perhaps the savage in her appealed
to John Borradale. for the fact re-
mains, extraordinary as IL may seem,
that after q while he married her
according to gypsy rites, thus, as old
Valenski pointed out to him, uniting
the two families.
OF course, the infatuation did not
last long. Vania, as she was called,
was impossible as 4 companion
John Borradale fled, even as have
done, and returned to his home
Here, possibly with the idea Of pro-
tecting himself. and not looking at
his marriage with Vania as legiti-
mGts, he contracted another mar
riage.
Hardly had this been done than
he was confronted by the Valenskis,
father and son, and 'coerced into re-
turning 20 Vsnia. who was about to
become a mother.
How he se-rrated from his true
wife do not know. He left her
abroad and returned secretly to
Adderley, where Vania was installed
m the secret Wing. Under threats
If his life, believe he consented