Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-08-22
SYNOPSIS,

CHAPTER history opens m Richmond,
Va. on day Fort Sumter sure ndered.
Or Francis Brodear makes rcmarkabls
request of his friend. Diok So,pera To
which somers hnaliS agrees. He is 10
marry. blindtolded, woman whose
name he Is not TO know. ask no ques-
tons. and hnai,y, when she is out OF
the power OF certain enemies. "a to grant
her al honorable divorce
CHAPTER I1-Aooording to thu agrees
ment, Somers is mysteriously marrisd to
o young woman, who Is called Frances,
and being left with her. they fali in Iowa
with each other. Upon her insistenco hs
lights match In the dark room that
they may see each other. pistol saot
rings out. SoI1ers falls with sea lp
wound just as Brednar comes to tahe
him away. lie Is conveyed 10 che doo-
tors office
CHAPTER iII-somors, on his recov-
cry, receives telegram 20 report % war
office Immediately. NE learns Frances
Is we'll and asks the doctor to tell her
Richard Somers passes out OF her lfs
to serve his country His duty done.
please God, and she needs his arm, ~
Will follow her to the end Of the earth"
CHAPTER Iv-woman named Louise
Is visited by Raymond Hoibn, the IA
Their OF her child, who has not kept his
promise to marry her. and who bears .
striking resemblance to Dick Eomers.
one tells OF having, in her desperation,
shot a man who she thought was he
CHAPTER v-Frances' father. John
Brookin, makes his will beuueathing her
certain property upon condition that she
marry Holbin, his stspsou Just bstors
ne dies she disiilusions his mind of no.
ton that she had been disioyaI to him,
and tells him a friend has wished her
TO say to him: Ask Raymond Holm
what he has done with Louise (the d.
~ m "A nj far ra l. ~
BETRAYED her by mock marriage. and
took her abroad"
CHAPTER VI--Holbin's absence from
the Brookin funeral Is noticed. He is
busy in the deserted residence of de-
eeased vnrnveling the mystery of the con-
neotioh between the shooting, told him
by Louise. and the implied charge against
him made by Frances He finds evidences
o. rivals presence IN Frances room,
and his evil mind fills with suspicion Of
the pure girl
CHAPTER VII-FIolhin decides to ask
DR.. Brodnar " he knows the man who
was shOt In Frances room. The doctor
asserts he had been shot there, and that
he suspected Mrs. Brookin (Holbin's
nother) OF being the woman who fired
eho shot, which. he declares missed its
mark.
CHAPTER VII1-Baff1ed in sttesnpt to
learn anything from DR.. Brodnar. Hob
DIN turns 10 FRANCES. but lie again I'M
successful However. by a skilfui move,
the man has made most powerful i'm
preston upon tho woman ne hopes to
marry.
CHAPTER IX-Holbin having exhaust-
ed all his resources for information con-
corning the victim of the shooting at
last turns to Frances old nanny but
again fails.
CHAPTER X--Upon this he goes to his
mothers room and makes clean breast
pf the facts. Sh6 summons DR. Brodnar
and demands TO know the informa ton no
possesses who then denounoes her liber-
tine son, who comes out of his conceal
ment In the room ana attacks the doc
tor with knife. The doctor escapes
sees Frances long enough 10 tell hey
what he knows about Somers' assailant,
and drives away. Misconstruing his mean
Ing, thinking Louise had been Jealous on
account Of Somers' attentions 10 her.
she visits Louise fun of ympathy for
'atters troubles, but nothing comes I'D
to throw the distrust out of her mind
CHAPTER XI-Frances becomes a
nurse for tho wounded soldiers brought
TO Richmond. wound I'd federal came
sRder her care. He has been with Can't
Somers, who had at the same time bean
desperately wounded. Frances loVs and
trust for Somers returns upon this news
nf him.