Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-03-24

n ScNts and OF scarcely more secrupol0ue
4 ~ racter. These two had l0ne peen
sivsis at the Bar, And adveseefee 10
+ Nv insular legislature Of swhsch tnsy,
Ssre - both members. tjlI. <
r...h hsd his dark secret, the secret
1 s. ASvocNte No. being (amons other
SSSinrsJ that Of his seddcticA ef the
iii in question, and the secret cf
fivocate No. 2 being that OF his pirtn,
vSich was thought to be honorable, put
4 wss alleged to be doubttul--tne repors
mot too certainly true) wac that ne nea
Mem zen born in prison while hts mother
80 Os..'.Ssre AZ prisoner. At one heated
moment OF public debate the clash be.
tween tne men hI.s. -. No ~" Ssvims ~ NJ
us Susnnt. viCet M 8 thAt "the tran Of the
sn. Wa ovcr eyRry act Of his life. I"
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4 ewo wnen '"s s,,rnrsssed snd ths
1sred cniu .d.rsr ~ 'srsMsried sWay. What
elfsed musHs'soo ~ q S gthsr Hid h" Known "a
1 AdvocatG 10 Chat hspncSed : aftsrwsrds
no ons, ~" .hs nnerstiop al Ma enmity.
l susse'.uu, .hst ths, hsnished hushsnd
Y - SAY Latter "a tho newly. appointed
49, TTe ssy,ns that he intended TO return
yuufo Issisrd nr The foiiowins dAy. and
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4 N.s,ns NnIeSss fsssiiv swessed All he would
eometnihG WIZ - ths noiice al fra
\ ceus, sn,rs ~ her hobv with the resujt
uTo"h ,Sa JndseI would have TO sit
tna; ;,,dement nnon Inc murderer OF his
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IN tnls al.eIna ,n ."e "rS noss,his II.
the most "n 49,, 40 AZ Sniinwirs
waueu untu .uo 80. ~ s.isnJ 80
vss s.T ~ srriye At the chief port Of the
t.Isnd and the moment be saw 1t
.crndins the headland be went out into
sSs Slen in which his house stood and
stsbSed himself. !5.
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ConcesAs Auonsitlos
Such was the story as 1t came to me
IN my early manhood. and vouch Tor
none Of It's details and have done the
little I can to conceal the identity OF
then S as very pJwerful, but intensely
painful ana en.,.ey i.s ,nT n,;.,s.,.s sne e,h;cn
deemins ana "p'sa.aS naaS ,as au"'1" . novs, " or
Iouiu NAY nI ,ico M - ~. ,,oriS and
ot sny ~ IA 20 1,s;t msnv ..srs he :.
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sors 5..,"n fo "tcrv
Aovaua.,vhh Moss.vh,i. I a. t,rs ~ IN. Rnsso.
\ ,.'. .nne,,'.s,ns naa.ls th;rtv VOC =.
se"sT ~ par,;n nn ms wsv IN
T,; Tusv,; nh,i. nthrcnic messerrcr NJ
nu'sls ss Gn,a",,t.an a ~ T"ndon .nJ
1 Paris. the Russo Jewish novelist, Karl
Emil Franzos,v and found that Ne had
lately published fine novel, '"rhe Chief
Justice" on almost the same suuJect.
Rut In the story by Tranzosi the mu. !.
deYer Of the child was the daughter. of
I The Judge by an illicit connection, and
It did not seem to me that the first au.
I thor Of the murder 1.-THE Judge) was
made sufiiciently responsible for the
crime. I pointed this out to FRANCIS
and told him my Manx story, whefeupon
10 said, But that is another novel;
and you certainly ought 70 write II.
Then twenty two or three years ago:
about the time when T0istoy pubnshed
bis great novel. Resurrection, l met
his daughter in Rome, ana again !
3 thought ! saw IN Ioistoys story some
resemblance 70 the tragic happen,nes IN
ehe Isle OF Map, with the dinerence tnAt
the frst author OF tno crime was merely
member OF the Jury VINO tried tne
criminal; no. tne Ju9se, upon wnom M. tne
Issues OF I've ana oeatn would nnaiiy
Sepend. l mentioned tnis oL1esence 70
Ioistoys daugnter as possapie weak.
enine o. tne, morai respohsiointy o. !ne
SINNER Tor tue consequences OF ms sin'
snd sne wrote ie!Ier 70 ner 1atner ex-
planning my o0Jection.
A few weeks later was told that
Tolstoy was very. angry with me for
my criticism, saying in long letter that
the situation as ! had suggested It might
have been was exactly as he had found
It in real life, but that he had altered It