Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-09-05
THE HEART OF A Woman
BY BARONESS ORGY.
Author Of "Ths Scarlet PimpernsL" "psttieoat Rule" Etc
SYNOPSIS

Tho SYNOPSIS.
Harris. a Charming English girl OF fam
ny. friends and wealth. while absenlly
"aiking along the Boulevard Waterloo III
d November rain, runs into a tragedy.
A man is found murdered in a axi-
some MS ti,na ohpanion who had lei. the enp
no drive TO a certain address. had disap-
peafeo and is unknown.
The scene shifts to London. Luke de
M MOI Louisa's %afianced. the nephew
| Lord n Rnd or the eccentric and " a1aa.eS
hhtaeS. HEN. the unknown son Of another
nniiaui,uner' mas notified Lord Radcliffe OF nus
| Of LIKE me old man. p~assionata,y i1 tha
a1uAe, Grains that he has examiner ~
papers and that the claimant is an m
fa Saadaenly the alleged Phillip de Mount
ter appears in London. After a snort al
ara rev with Lord Radcliffe his Clans
WITHOUT explanation Luke is practically
itsa Phillip seems to exert unlin-
n Il ntauence over Lord Radcliffe Wnacl
Ion. Lord Radcliffe win explain to no
A. year has passed since the tragedy IN
d nauaseis. Suddenly it is repeated IN every
J Ieati IN London. The victim IS Phllllp
a very Myu upna 4 = Every circumstance ,a nee d dhe
n1o 80 2f SA4S OAIA W
paced IN nephew. Luke as the murderer;
~ y, VAIN. Louisa. in her blind faith. tried
tionp prove Luke innocent. Every investlsa..
tha orightens the chains of evidence. AZ
oms coroner's inquest the startling devel.
1Eppinsht that the murdered man Is not
s sn ), de Mountford but q commo
sno.her. who identified the body as their
son, only, complexities the situation. II
Ives ~ not IN the least upset the appalling
proofs of Luke's guilt. A warrant Is Is
sueu lor his arrest but because OF ms
stallon In life the police secretly warn
naln 70 leave the country before the war
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
hses s and intuitively reasons
bound up with the solution. In the mean
time the uncle has been stricken and no
one permitted to see him. She demands
ina she be a.owed to talk to him. Her
request is denied but she insists, finally
the physician grants permission. Lord
Radcliffe recognizes no one and does not
Understand what is aid to him. Alone
story to him, although he is apparently
unconscious. At the mentor Of Luke's
name and the fact that he is accused Of
indulgence. When the physician returns
he has spoken and demands that what he
mas to say be taken down and witnessed.
But nobody stirred; no one would
have thought Of leaving before the last
act OF this interesting play. The chief
actor was not on the stage for the mo-
ment, but his presence was felt. 1t was
magnetic in its appeal to excitement.
Every question put by the coroner ev-
cry reply given by the witness. had, as
1t were, Luke lie Mountford for its aim;
every word tended toward him, his UNI
doing. the enmeshing Of his denials in
the close web of circumstantial evil
dence.
Then a diversion occurred.
The man In the shabby clothes, who
looked like a beetle, and who had mar
shalled his companions into the court
room early in the day. was called upon
by the usher to come forward. His
strange. ~poorly-clad figure detached it,
self from the groups Immediately round
him, his long. loose limbs seeming to
swing themselves forward.
His four comprehensive three
women and the other INV aeized
apparently with great agitation and
whispered eagerly among themselves.
No n in the crowd could guess why
these people had been called. They
seemed SO completely out Of the picture
which had it's invisible frame in Gros-
venor Square.
10 Oh, jim! Whispered one OF the
young women, they can't do nothing
to ye.''
And the beetle : like creature
shambled forward. with arms dangling
beside him, a humble, apologize look
on his care-worn face. He might have
been any age from 80 to go; time and
a perpetual struggle for existence had
wiped way all traces of actual age. The
cheeks were hollow. and eyes, mouth.
and moustache had a droop which ad-
ded to the settled melancholy of the
face.
He was obviously very nervous and
looked across at his own friends, who
strove to encourage him by signs and
whispers.
He nearly dropped the bible when it
was handed to him, and no one could
really hear the oath which he repeated
mechanically at the usher's bidding.
At last he mustered up a sufficient
mount Of courage to state his name
and address.
lame Baker" he said in answer to
the coroner's question. .Bricklayer by