The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-09-12
The HEART OF A WOMAN
BY BARONESS ORGY.
Author Of Tho Scarlet Pimpern.L" "P..ieo., Ru.r
SYNOPSIS.

SYNOPSIS.
u THE story :ha 9pens Z Rnr 5rqsI s's; ., tt ,am
iy, friends and wealth. while absentiy
walking along the Boulevard Waterloo III
q November rain. runs into a tragedy.
A man is ound murdered in a taxi
cab; his companion who had left the cab
some time before and told the chauffeur
to drive to a certain address. had disap-
peared and is unknown.
The scene shifts to London. Luke de
Mountford. Louisa's ~afianced, the nephew
Lord Radcliffe IS in trouble An alleged
direct heir. the unknown son Of another
brother. mas notified Lord Radcliffe OF his
claims, n old man. p~assionately fono
of Luke, claims that he has examined the
papers and that the claimant is an IN
poster.
Suddenly the alleged Phillip de Mount
1ord appears in London. After a short m
tefVieW with Lord Radcliffe his claims
are recognized and he is installed as heir.
dlsoWned. Phillip seems to exert unllm-
lted influence over Lord Radcliffe Wnich
puzzleS ms friends and dehes investiga-
ton. Lord Radcliffe will explain TO no
one.
A year has passed since the tragedy In
detail in f Ioadenly tbs It is r vicfim is IN p aanhy
q very apparent motive points to the dis
RaGed nephew. Luke as the muroereli
IN VAIN, louisa, in her blind falth, trieo
10 prove Luke Innocent. Every investiga-
ton ~brightens the chains of evidence. Al
ene coroner's inquest the startling devel.
gp hi1tin mat the murdered man Is nc.
fhiii!p de Mountford but a common
scoundrel denounced by his father ana
mother, who identified the body as thelT
son, only complexities the situation; II
does not in the least upset the appalling
pTUOIS OF Luka'S guilt A warrant Is Is
SUED Tor his arrest but because OF ms
station In life the police secretly warn
am 10 leave the country before the war
rant is served. This he prepares to do.
Louisa sees him and asks him pointedly
Tor the truth. He confesses his guilt.
Here the heart OF a woman discerns his
lie and the real truth that he is protect
ing someone else. Immediately she ASKS
herse!f.-Who? and intuitively reasons
mat Luke's love for his uncle must bs
time the uncle has been stricken and nc
one permitted to see him. She demands
That she be allowed to talk to him. Her
request IS denied but she insists, finally
Radcliffe recognizes no one and does not
understand what is said to him. Alone
with him for a she rehearSes the
story to him. although he Is apparently
name and the fact that he is accused of
the murder Lord Radcliffe shows signs of
indulgence. When the physician returns
he has spoken and demands that what he
has to say be taken down and witnessed.
He dictates a st~atement-The so-caued
Phillip de Mountford who has been pass
Ing as his heir was an imposter. Such a
person had at one time existed and be-
gan the correspondence more than a
year before. Lord Radcliffe met him In
Brussels to examine the proofs which he
found correct. In his indeoision between
his duty to the real heir and his passion
ate affection for Luke he invites the real
Phillip de Mountford to ride with him
through the streets Of Brussels. Suddenly
lem then and there-hence, the murder in
the taxi-cab which Louisa had witnessed