Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-03-28
SYNOPSIS.

SYNOPSIS
CHAPTER I-Story opens in Richmond,
Va, on day Fort Sumter surrendered.
DR.. Francis Brodnar makes remarkable
request of his friend, Dick Somers, to
which Somers finally agrees. He is to
marry, blindfolded, woman whose
name he is not to know, ask no ques.
lions. and finally. when she is out of
the power of certain enemies, is to grant
her an honorable divorce.
CHAPTER II-According to the agree
ment. Somers is mysteriously married to
young woman, who is called Frances,
and being left with her, they fall in love
with each other. Upon her insistence he
lights a match in the dark room, that
they may see each other. A pistol shot
rings out Somers falls with scalp
wound just as Brodnar comes to take
him away. He iS conveyed to the doc
tors Office.
CHAPTER 1II-Somers. on his recov-
cry, receives telegram to report to war
Office Immediately. He learns Frances
is well, and asks the doctor to tell her
Richard Somers passes out of her life
to serve his country. His duty done.
please God, and she needs his arm he
will follow her to the end of the earth"
CHAPTER IV-Woman named Louise
is visited by Raymond Holbin. the fa-
Their of her child, who has not kept his
promise to marry her, and who bears a
striking resemblance to Dick Somers.
She tells of having, in her desperation,
shot man who she thought was he.
CHAPTER V-Frances' father, John
Brookin, makes his will bequeathing her
certain property upon condition that she
marry Holbin, his stepson. Just before
he dies she disillusions his mind of no.
ton that she had been disloyal to him,
ana tells him friend has wished her
20 say to him: ASK Raymond Holbin
what he has done with Louise {the dy-
ing mans niece); for he is the man who
betrayed her by a mock marriage. and
took her abroad"
0-4arTER VI-Holbin's absence from
the Brookfn funeral is noticed. He is
busy In the deserted residence of de-
ceased unraveling the mystery of the con-
nection between the shooting, told him
by Louise. and the implied charge against
him made by Frances. He finds evidences
of rivals presence in Frances room.
and his evil mind fllst with suspicion of
the pure girl.
CHAPTER vII-Holhin decides to ask
DR.. Bro6nar if he knows the man who
was shot in Frances room. The doctor
asserts he had been shot there and that
mother) of being the woman who fired
tho shot, which, he declares, missed Its
mark.
CHAPTER vIII-Baff1ed In attempt tc
learn. nything from DR.. Brodnar, Hol.
bin turns to Frances, but is again UNI
successful. However. by skillful move
the man has made. a most powerful i'm
preston upon the woman he hopes t.
marry.
CHAPTER Ix-Holbin having exhaust
ed all his resources for information con
corning the victim of the shooting, a
last turns to Frances old NANNY, blu
again fails.
CHAPTER X-Upon this he goes to hi
mothers room and makes clean breas
of the facts. She summons DR.. Brodnar
and demands to know the information h
possesses who then denounces her liber
tine son. who comes out of his conceal
ment in the room and attacks the doc
- tor with a knife. The doctor escapes
sees Frances long enough to tell he
what he knows about Soners assailant
and drives away. Misconstruing his mean
ing, thinking Louise had been jealous o
account of Sorlers' attentions to her
she visits Louise full of sympathy TO
latter's troubles, but nothing comes u
to throw the distrust out Of her mint
CHAPTER XI-Frances becomes
nurse for the wounded soldiers brough
to Richmond. A wounded federal can,
under her care. He has been with Cap
Somers, who had at the same time bee
desperately wounded Frances love an
trust for Somers returns upon this new
of him.
CHAPTER XTI-Louise has an intervie
with Holbin, and later with his mothe
She has come into possession of ev
dence proving a common-law marriag
Mrs. sBrookin sees necessity of gettin
her finally and forever out Of the ava,
but temporarily yields to all demand
and agrees upon full reparation.