The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-10-17
The HEART OF A WOMAN
Nv BARONESS oRczY.
Author Of 1Ths Scarlet PimpsrnsL" aPsttieoas RuIsys Esa

SYNOPSIS.
The story opens In Brusseis. Louisa
f.5t g charming English girl Of family.
ing siong the Boulevard Waterloo I'm q
November rain. runs unto . tragedy.
a nan Is found murdered In a taxi
cabi his companion who had left the cab
some time before and told the chauffeur
70 arlse 70 certain address, has disap-
peared and Is unknown,
The scene shirts to London. Luke d
and SIn heIr d L9 shs scs snlnscea an ne T HeRnfhy
LORD Radcliffe, ~ In trouble An alleged
direct heir, the unknown son OF another
cieinnsl ms Tsa no o,d Lore naaclsss fopd
OF Luke. CLAIMS that he has examined the
papers and that the claimant - an Inn
postor.s
Suddenly the alleged Phillip de Mount
ford appears IN London. After q short ln-
teryiew with Lord Radcliffe his claims
Without explanation Luke Il practically
disowneds Phillip seems 10 exert unllml.-
ca influence over Lord Radcliffe wnlcn
Ton. Lord Radcliffe viii explain 10 M
one.
A year has passed since the tragedy IN
Brussels. Suadsnly IL Is repeated IN en-
cry dstatl In L0noOn. The victim ~ Fhls
IN de Mountford- Every ctrcumstance n
\ very apparent motive points 70 ne ai Ir
placed nephew, Luke, as the murderer: ~
Vain. Louisa. In her Dllnd faith. tried 70
prove Luke Innocent. Every in~vestigsti9n
brightens the chains OF evidence. Az the
c~orOner's Inquest the startling ueseiop-
rneLI that the murdered man Is not PniL,lp
de MOunIford but q common scounurei oe-
nounced by his father and mother. Wno
plicates the situation, II does not IN the
least upset the appalling proofs or Luxe Z
guilt a warrant Is issued Tor MS a IT'S
secretly warn him TO leave the country
before the warrant Is served; ms ne ~
pares 20 do. Louisa sees him ana ashs
HIM pointedly for the truth. Hs COZ
fesses his guilt.
Here the heart OF a woman discerns hls
lie and the real truth that ne - pEgteSsns
someone else. Immediately she Asks 49,
Self--who2 n iDtuittvely reasons .n
Lukeis love for has uncle must pe pou 80
up with the solution. In the eantlins 80
unIce has been stricken and no ohe -
mitIed to see him. Sne demands lhat sne
be allowed TO talk 10 him. Her request -
denied but she insists, finally Ihe pnysl-
clan grants permission Lord haaeiitSe
recognizes no one and uoes not unoersta, nr
what IS said TO him. Alone with nlm Lor
q Iaoment she renearses the story 70 niln'
although he Is apparently unconscious
Al the mention or Lakes Lame 2 tns
fact hat he IS accused or the muIuer
Lord Radcliffe shows signs of indulgence
When the physician returns ne mas
spoken and demands that what he mas 20
say be taken down and Witnessedd pbi,s
lip de Mountford who has been passing AZ
his heir was an .mposter Sucn q person
had at one time existed and began the
correspondence more mar "A year pe1ore.
Lord Radcliffe met him in brussels TO ex-
amine the proofs which he found correct,
In his indeciston between his duty 10 the
real heir and his passionate affect:on Lof
Luke he invites the real Phillip ae Mount
ford to ride with him through the streets
OF Brussels. Suddenly the impulse selzes
him to solve the problem then and mere
hence, the murder In the taxicap winch
Louisa had witnessed.
The papers proving Philips claim were
left In his room and his rascally room.
mate knew how TO use them and guessed
the secret or his death, hence his arrival
In London and his hold oyer Lord Hau-
cliffe, until finally the old mans love Tor
Luke prompted the second murder.