The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-03-24
SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS

CHAP. l-Returning from Manila, Captain
Balwyn. formerly of the army. is welcomen
kome by his sister, Nina Gerard. her wealthy
husDand Austin, and their numerous enid
ren. Eileen Enroll, ward of Nina and AUSTIN,
is part of their household. Selwln mas Deen zen
wife. Alike, Who is now the wife Of Jack
Ruthven, with whom she ran away from ON
ssotSer TS Gerald despte pae the ses young M
mfN(erald is worried about young Errolls
in large gs Way sewyn promses 5r Eileen he
will look after her brother. lie tells her
Mani Manila, Who Who is Coming coming to New York, In the
park Eileen and Selwyn ride past Allxe. ~
-Eileen's deceased father was % an arcnaG0l, ny bs
scholarly qualities. Selwyn helps Gerald
TO settle a gambling debt and determines to
seiwyn meet and discuss their altered rela;
tlons. He is introduced to Mrs. Rosqmund
Fame, leader Of the fast set ana AliXe $ CLOS Jos,
keep Gerald from gambling VI-The friend
ship Of Eileen and Sclwyn progresses. VII
Gerald promises SeiTyn ne VII sop Sbno Wbn Is
Interested In his office, n plan to control the
siowithq Country club by bnyins Hp rp farms rms
does s'ii not appeal to seiwyn, and he consults
Austin, who denounccs Ncergard and his
methods. VII-At night in his room Selwyn
is Alike, who is very, unhappy with Ruthven
and wants to talk with Sclwpn. For mo-
ment. their old love flashes up. bnt at the
mention Of Eileen he knows that 1t Is past
resurrection. %-Rosamund distreSseS FL
leen by telling her society Is gossipng g"Id about
3f xb6 ana SwE os 1f ssI promise not to
play play uHa again liza at ~ her house. &~Xlixe and
Ruthven quarrel over the gaming y Ry WhGn WI han
visit at night to her ex-husband,s room.
-Gerald's increasing intimacy, with Neer-
gard displeases Selwyn, who breaks Win n me
Neegard is trying to break into society.
XIII-Lansing invites Selwyn to make his
With him in the dst b WIFI 9nse hs
let the past mar his chance of happiness, and
Nina declares her belief that Eileen has fallen
restless tHss and md disgusted with Ruthyen, viii
make mischief. Selwyn Is experimenting
with chaosite. his discovery Is explosive;
from Neergard's influence. XV-Through
Ruthven and the Fanes. Neergard forces
himself Al little Way into society % ana tries rs9 70
loses more and more at cards, sinking Eileen
money as well as his own, Trying to save
peas iswS IN Vain arsss to Neersard @ % @ and
Ruthven. He almost kills Ruthven, whose
heart Is weak, when the latter hints at pos
ent. XVi-C Correspondence between Alixe
and Selwyn seems to confirm Nlna's Delief
that Selwyn's ex-wlfe Is, as her late TAT father eI
with Gerald and helps him out financially,
seriously impairing his own resources. XVII
AT Silverside, the Gerards' country place,
she will not say that she will marry him.
Her brother is now turning over new leaf.
Xv1II.Eileen and Selwyn make g Tlifelong
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. .XX:-The reckless behavior. of
Alike, who has left Ruthven and is cruising
with the Fanes and others on Neergard
yacht, furnishes gossipfor society. Nina and
Her brother are now convinced OF Alixe's ir-
jfesistablity. Selwln proposes to Eileen, but
1.-THE girl is not sufficiently sure OF herself to
give him her promise; They agree to remain
friends. ds.--XXI-Gerald's 'sappearance in public
angers his own people. Sewyn takes the boy
away from them and learns that he has quar-
relied with Neergard, to whom he owes much
him unjustly of undue friendship with Alike
The boy has been helping Alike, abandoned
financially by Ruthven, with money borrow
ed from Neergard and is in desperate straits
most most without money. XXII"Aiixe is in a
sanitarium, and Ruthyen is in the clutches
Of fNeergard. SelWyn informs Ruthven that
bIlity, is mentally, very i'll, having become
childish, and threatens TO kill Ruthven if he
tries to cast her off. XIII--Selwyn paying
is no hope of Alixe's recovery. Selwyn sees
his own people very seldom. XXIV-Lansins
rescues Selwin from squalid lodgings. com
pelling him to share his own home. XXV-
their retreat being in q lonely place. Alike
may live many years, her rgeneral health being
very good, but her mind permanently cloud.
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.