Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-10-10

The story opens III Brussels. Louisa
flssrds: q sn sf51a ,raas English slh;,s sirl OF family MalS
Ing along tho Boulevard Waterloo ia q
November rain. runs into q tragedy.
A man Is found murdered in q taxi
CAP; his ompanton h had left the cab
some time before and told the chauffeur
10 drive to a certain address,. has diS0p-
peared and Is unknown.
The scene shifts to London. Luke de
MoIntford. Louisa's affianccd. the nephew
and heir of the eccentric and wealthy
Lort Radcliffe. is in rouble. An alleged
brother. has notified Lord Radcliffe Of his
claims. The old q passionately fond
papers aud that the claimant IL an inn
postor.
Suddenly the alleged Phillip de Mount
FORD appears In London. After = short IN.
terview with Lord Radcliffe his claims
are recognized and ne is Installed as helr:
without explanation Luke is practica!ly
Phillip seems to exert unliinli-
ed Influence over Lord Radcliffe Mnsc"
s,onz Id ms friends Rsac1i,fs and Oil, de ass,a nse 80 no
one.
A year has passed since the tragedy IN
BRUSSELS. Suddenly il Is repeated M ex-
cry detail in LondOn h victim IS thli,
lp de Mountford. Every circumstances aMu
placed nephew. Luke. as the murderer: ~
vain. Louisa, In her .lind faith. tried to
hbrishte s1aA the as. chains Of evidence. At the
coIoner's inquest the startling develop
ment that the murdered maj Is not Phil.!p
nounced by his father, and mother. VINO
identified the body as their son. only COM
Plicates the situation. It does not IN the
guilt. A warrant is issued for his arrest
but because of his station in life the ponce
secretly. warn him to leave the country
pares to DO. Louisa sees him and asks
him pointedly for the truth. lie con-
fesses his guilt.
Here the heart OF a woman discerns ms
lie and the real truth that he Is protecting
someone else. Immediately she ASKS nea +
seif-who? and .ntuitively reasons ina.
Luke's love for his uncle must De oouIu
up with the solution. In the meantime the
unlce has been stricken and no one per
be allowed to talk to him.. Her reQuesl -
denied but she insists. finally the phys.-
clan rants permission. Lord tsadcll!ls
recognizes no one and does not understand
what as said to him.. Alone with MN Iol
y moment she rehearses the story TO him'
although he Is apparently unconscious
AT the mention of Luke's name and the
fact that he is. accused OF the murder
Lord Radcliffe shows signs of indulgence
When When the physician ,g returns turns IN ne has na 70
say be taken down and witnessed. ne
dictates a statement. The so-called Phil
lip de Mountford who has bsen passing as
had at one time existed ana began lne
correspondence more han a year before.
Lord Radcliffe met him in Brussels to ex-
anime the proofs which he found correct.
In his indecision between his duty to the
real heir and his passionate affection for
lux he invites the real Phillip de Mount
of Brussels. Suddenly the impulse seizes
him to solve the problem then and there.
hence, the murder in the taxicab which
Louisa had witnessed.
The papers proving Phillips claim were
left in his room and his rascally room,
the secret of his death, hence his arrival
IN london and his hold over Lord Rad
cliffe. until finally the old mans love for
Luke prompted the second murder.