The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-08-15
TIE HEART OF A WOMAN
BY BARONESS ORGY.
Author of aThe Scarlet Pimperne" "Petticoat Rul,n Etc.
SYNOPSIS.

SYNOPSIS.
The story opens in Brussels. Louis
Harris, a charming English girl Of fam
Walking along the Boulevard Waterloo IN
a November rain. runs into a tragedy.
A man is found murdered in a taxi
cab; his companion who had left. the CAP
some tune before and told the cnauIIeal
70 orlve to a certain address. had olsap-
peared and Is unknown.
The, scene shifts to London. Luke de
a ana Louisa's aftianced, the nep it b
Lord Radcliffe is in trouble. An allegeG
uireet heir, the unknown son OF ahott rs.
eta1ms. The old man. passionateiy I4h ha
OF Luke, claims that he has examiner lns
papers and that the claimant Is an III
Suddenly the alleged Phillip de Mount
toru appears in London. After a shor. Us ~
a MFe, recognized and he is installed as neil,
MlthoIt explanation Luke is practical.y
Phillip seems to exert unli iab
puzzles his friends and dehes investiga,
uon. Lord Radcliffe will explain to no
pa year has passed since the Tragedy IN
brussels. Suddenly it is repeated in every
d detalI IN london. The victim is Phiiip
a very apparent motive points to the dis
P.aced nephew. Luke as the murderer;
-, VAIN. Louisa, in her blind faith, trleo
lion %brightens the chains of evidence. At
one coToner's inquest the startling deVei.
0Pment that the murdered man Is NOT
s rnlluap =, De Mountford but a ommoa nor
nother, who identified the body as their
son, only complexities the situation. 1t
aoes not In the least upset the appaillng
proofs Of Luke's guilt. A warrant is is
sued Tor MS arrest but because or ms
station in life the police secretly. warn
nun to leave the country before the war
alt IS served. This he prepares TO 90
Louisa sees him and asks him pointedly
ior the truth. He confesses his guilt.
CHAPTER XXv-(Continued.)
But mind" he added hurriedly, Il
won't swear to it. for l didn't rightly
see-the fog was that dense in the
park. And e wasn't the same as the
one 90 told me to go along Picadilly
until e stopped me. The dead mar
done that"
How do you know?" came as a
quick retort from the coroner "since
you declare you could not see the
faces?"
THE first gent 700 spoke to me-, re-
piled the chauffeur, somewhat sullenly
now, lad no air on his face; the Sec
ond one I think 'ad-but I can't right
ly say. I wouldn't swear to neither
And l won't swear" he reiterated with
gruff emphasis.
A sigh went round the room, a tremor
Of excitement, the palpitation of man.
hearts, and in-drawing of many
breaths. No n spoke. No one
framed the thought that was upper
most in the mind of every one of the
interested spectators of this strange
and MISUNDERSTANDING drama. The
dead nan who lay in the mortuary
chamber was clean shaved, but Luke
de Mountford wore a mustache.
Lady Ducies' feathers nodded in the
direction of the literary countess who
went by the name of Maria Annun-
ziata, and the latter made hasty notes
in her diminutive book.
But Louisa leaned slightly forward
SD as to catch fuller sight of Luke, and
she encountered his eyes fixed steadily
upon her.
After that the driver of the cab con-
Guided his evidence more rapidly.
There was little more there than what
every one had already learned from
the newspapers. The second pulling
up in Cromwell Dad this time; the
silent fare. the descent from the box,
the discovery Of the huddled figure in
the far corner Of the cab, the call for
the police.
People listened with less attention;
thoughts were busy with the contem-
plation of a picture: two men, one
clean shaven-the dead man, of course
and the other wearing a muStachc
The first link in the chain of evidence
against the assassin had been forged
INC was ready to be riveted to the
next.
The crowd in the body of the cour
could only obtain a view of the top OF
Luke de Mountford's head. 1t w
smooth and fair, of that English fair
ness of tint which is golden when the
light catches it. And the group OF
elegantly dressed women who came
here today in order to experience an
altogether novel sensation shuddered
with delightful excitement as they
thought of Black Maria, n han
cuffs, and crowds of police officers in
blue. A tumble of impressions ran riot
in frivolous and irresponsible minds,
foremost amongst which was one that
the public vas not longer allowed to
witness a final scene on the ga1lows.