The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-10-03


The story opens in Brussels. Louisa
Harris. a charming English girl of family,
Ing along the Boulevard Waterloo in q
November rain. runs into a tragedy.
A man is found murdered in a taxi
cab; his companion who had left the cab
some time before and told the chauffeur
peared and Is unknown.
The scene shifts to london. Luke de
Mountford. Louisa's affianced, the nephew
and heir of the eccentric and wealthy
Lord Radcliffe. is In trouble. An alleged
brother. has notified Lord Radcliffe of his
ciSlms. The old, man. passionately fond
papers and that the claimant is an inn
poster.
Suddenly the alleged Phillip de Mount
iord appears In London. After q short IN
terVleW with Lord Radcliffe his claims
are recognized and he is installed as heir.
without explanation Luke is practically
Phillip seems to exert unllmlt-
ed influence over Lord Radcliffe which
ton. Lord Radcliffe viii explain to no
one.
A year has passed since the tragedy IN
Brussels. Suddenly it Is repeated In ev-
cry detail in London. The victim Is Phil
a very apparent motive points to the dis
placed nephew, Luke, as the murderer; IN
vain. Louisa. in her .lind faith, tfled 10
49, iLdhO HSSiy
brightens the chains of evidence. At the
coroner's inquest the startling deVe!op-
de Mountford but a common s%coundrel de-
nounced by his father and mother, VINO
identified the body as their son, only com
plicates the situation, 1t does not IN tne
least upset the appalling proofs Of Luke,s
guilt. A warrant is issued for his arrest
but because Of his station in life the police
secretly warn him to leave the country
before the warrant Is served. rms ne prs
pares to do; Louisa sees him and asks aan
fesses his guilt.
Here the heart of a woman discerns his
lie and the real truth that he Is protecting
someone else. Immediately she asks helt
self-who? and intuitively reasons tIias
Luke's love for his uncle must be bouno
unlce has been stricken and no one per
United to see him. She demands that sne
be allowed to talk to him. Her request Is
denied but she insists, finally the pnysi-
clan grants permission. Lord Radcliffe
recognizes no one and does not understand
what is said to him. Alone with him Tor
although he is apparently unconscious
AT the mention of Luke's name and the
fact that he is accused of the murder
When the physician returns ne mas
spoken and demand that what he has 70
say be taken down and witnessed. he
dictates a statement. The so-calied Phll-
lip de Mountford who has been passing as
his heir was an imposter. Such a person
had at one time existed and began Ine
correspondence more than 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 Tor
Luke he invites the real Phillip de Mount
ford to ride with him through the streets
of Brussels. Suddenly the impulse selzes
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
mate knew how to use them and guessed
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.