The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-10-31
The HEART OF A WOMAN
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s=s nv BARONESS oRczY.
Author o. sThs Scarlet PirpsrnsL. "Pettieoat Rule" Etc

as2 4. 1851 BsSN0RalS.
The story opsns n brussels Louisa
friends an seaitn, wilils aDsenIly walls
llg along the Boulevard W AterloO ~ .
November ram runs unto q trasedy
A nan IL found murdered IN q taxi.
TAB: his companion who had left the cab
soine time before and told the chauffeur
10 drive TO u certain address, has disap'
Peared and ~ Z
The scene shifts TO London. Luke de
Mountford Louisa y affiaIced, b nephew
eITu heir Of the eccentric and wealthy
Lord Radcliffe, AZ IN trouble. An alleged
brother. mas nOtinsu Lord radcliffe OF his
claliIIs. TIL OLD InAII, passIoIlately Lohu
81 Luke, Claims tnat no nas examined ths
papsrs ana that t4e claimant ~ ~ hh
postor, .aIH L w
Suddenly the alleged Phillip dc Mount
foru appears In London. After "A snort III
eeIyIe~ with LORD Radcltte ms eieiuis
ALy aDu ne Is IA tailed as nell
Wltiiout eApiaLalIon Luke ~ piaSticanS
ed itiIluence Oser Lord hAdciiffe whlei'
ku1zIes lls tIlsnus aLu uenes lnSesuSA
tIOti. Lord RaacnIIe VAL explain "" ~
ONE a
a year haA passed since the tragedy u
BRUSSELS. Sn4ueniy II ~ repeated IN pS Sn
lip de Mounttold ESery cireumstAnee ~
u very appaIenl motive po-ltS 70 the ois
p4aeed heshew, Luke as the mero sried .
pave Luk tnEIGenIs Every mNesIikatLS
~brlsntells the CHAINS or evidences. AZ ~
.Iquest the slarllill& e1SSGp
Elent Ihut The murdered man IL not FnAl,ip
de MUuuLfUrd oul u common scounuIel NC
nUuuCed w ms taLhsr and hloInSL. whS
tueLuihed me Deoy as their son. onAy ~ =.
plieates the situation IL does not ~ LsS
lsa@I upset the appalling proofs " Luhs;
guilt. A Warrant Ii ISSUED for nls hELest
but because OF hIs sLaIion In lie Lhe poi.SS
au-eaaI AZ mann him I'D laAOa lnA ConklII4
before the warraIIL - served. Ihls Nv ~
pares. 70 do. LoulsA sees him ana ASK
HIN poIntedly tor the truth. ne y"
fesses his guilt
Here the heart OF q woman discerns M
lie a lhe reaI truth that he II pr0teSslns
SOMEONE else. Immediately she ashs ~
~sell-wh0? n .ntuiIiyely reasons ina
Luke'S love for has uncle must DC poune
up with the solution In the meantune "a
uIlce has been strlSkenSand no one pee
nIiLled 10 see him. She demands that she
be allowed to lalk 10 HIM. Eel Lspuest 40
denied but She insists, hnaiIy Nhs physi
ctan grants permission. Loru ftaaC
r~esUsAizes no one and uoeS not unaersIan.
what - SAID 10 him. Alone with MN ~
q uIonIenl she rehearses The story 70 ntM'
although he ~ apparently u~nSohsSIUaa
Al the mention OF Lakes name ana Ine
fact hat ne is accused or the muLuS'
Lotd Radcliffe sho rs signs or
When the physician returns ne has
spoken and that what ne nas "
say be taken ooWn aud Witnessed. de
dictates a statement. The ~so-called Phil
hp dc Mountf0rd who has been passing as
hts heir was an .mposter such a person
had at one time existed and began the
correspondence more than a year netofe
..asr.F.. s. ...rg . - Er ~
The papers proving Philips claim were
left IN his room and his rascally room
male knew how to use them and guessed
the secret OF his death, hence his arrlVal
In London and his hold over LORD haa-
cIiffe. until finally the old mans love Tor
Luke prompted The second murder.