The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-03-31
SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS

CHAP. l-Returning. from Manila, captain
SelWyn formerly of the army. Is Welcoueu
home by his sister, Nina Gerard. ner wealthy
husband Austin, and their numerous chic
cen Eileen ErrS Hh1d waTd 9i ShW Snlwn 1 has Been
divorced, without guilt on his part, py MS MS |
WIFE, Alike who Is now the wlie Oh JACK JACK
Selwyn. II-Eileen, who is very fond OF her
brother, Gerald, despite the young mans mans
neglect of her, makes friends Win fsi,.i SeIWiY,n
III-Gerald is worried about young Err0lIs $
mingling in the fast set. Gerald Is employ
ed by julius Neergard, Il reale state operator
IN Vii qpSs GSs wa aer Ser ybroRther He tells her
Manila, who is coming to New York; In the
EEileen's deceased father was an archacol-
ogist, and she has Inherited some 81 ms
scholarly qualities Sf%yan Sa daprmInrs helps sri1 10
seiwyn meet and discuss their altered rela;
tons. ls Is introdnced 70 MS m0sH,H Iys's rIns,
Esep Gerald from gambling. yI-The friend lien,
tieFaid d prTmses E a,H seIwy he viii stop pambl
ing. Neergard dlscloses to Selwyn. who Is
interested I'm his office, n plan 70 control the
essential to the clubs existence; The plan
does not appeal to Selwyn, and he co1sults
MSstd wh9 nSh n s sewy
answers a knock at his door. lAEThe caller
10 Alike. who is very unhappy with Ruthven
@ ment tei their &C old do love flashes up but at the
mention OF Eileen he knows that 1t Is past
resurrection. X-Rosamund distresseS ~.
fh Alike snd 1dE sewyn Hsl SOI Xxs gets from
who has again lost heavily promise not 70
play again at her house. Ai-Allxe an1
he lives, and he reveals his knowledge OF her
visit at night to her ex-husband's room.
X1I-Gerald' s increasing intimacy WIN Neer-
rrar rd dicp1na Sniwvn who breaks with the
real estate man over the Siowitha matter'
Neegard is trying to break into society.
home with him in the modest house he has
bought. Selwyn declares he Will no longer
let the past mar his change of happlnessS, s. ana ana
restless and disguised with Ruthyen, will
make mischief SelTyn Is exPermefntins p rKnfasive
from Neergard's Influence. XN-Through
compel the Siowitha to elect him, Gerald
loses more and more at cards sinIking. !. Eileen
him. SeIwyn quarrels with him and then ap,,
peals in vain to Neergard, RoSamund ana
Ruthyen. He almost kills Ruthyen, whose
sible divorce snit with hSelwynascorrespond-
ent: ,,XVI-Correspondence between Alike
and SelWyn seems TO- i3niirm & Nlnas lafn bftler
was. mentally unsound. Selwyn makes up
with Gerald and helps him out financially,
seriously impairing his own resources. XVII
AT Silyerside, the Gerards' country place
Eileen declares she cares for Selwyn, but
she will not say that she will marry him.
Her brother is now turning over Il new leaf
XVlll.-,Eileen and Sclwyn make Lifelong
and anti-sentimental compact" XIX-Ger-
aid renews his friendship with .Neergard.
Selwyns experiments with chaosiie are very
promising. The younger set of girls becomes
devoted to Philip; and Eileen has touch Of
jealously. NN-The reckless behavior of
Alike, who has left Ruthven and is cruising
with the Fanes and others on Neergard's
her brother are now convinced of Alixe's, ir-
resistablity. Selwln proposes to Eileen, but
the girl Is not sufficiently, sure of herself to
give him her promise, They agree to remain ;ti n
with the fast set, among whom is Alike,
angers his own people. Selwyn takes the boy
away from them and learns that he has quar-
relied with Neergard, to whom he owes much
money and with Ruthyen, who has accused
him unjustly of undue friendship with Alike,
Hrhe boy has been helping Alike, abandoned
financially by Ruthven, with money borrow
ed from Neergard and is in desperate straits.
Selwyn aids him again. leaving himself al
most without money. X%II-Alixe is in a
sanitarium and Ruthven is in the clutches
Of Neergard. Selwyn informs Ruthven that
Alike, for whom Selwyn assumes response
bliity, is mentally very i'll, having become
childish, and threatens to kill Ruthven if he
tries ~ to { east her off. 9XIII,ESelwyn paying
is no hope of Alixes recovery, Selwyn sees
his own people very seldom: ;XXIV.-Lansing
rescues Selwin from squalid lodgings. COM
peiling him to share his own home, NV
Selwin sends a revolver to Alixe's nurse,
their retreat being in a lonely place. Alike
may live many years, hergeneral health being
very good, but her mind permanently cloud
ed. Selwin tells Elsie, who is beginning to
love him, the full story of Alike, declaring he
feels himself bound to the woman who once
bore his name. The two agree to part.