Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-09-12
The HEART OF A WOMAN
BY BARONESS ORGY.
Author Of 1.-THE Scarlet rimpornel" "peticoa. Rrle." Etc
SYNOPSIS

SYNOPSIS.
h story opens Ill Brussels. Louisa
Harris. a charming English girl OF family,
friends and wealth.. while Ausentiy walk
Ing along the Boulevard Waterloo In q
November rain. runs into q tragedy.
A man Is found murdered in a taxi
cab; his companion who had left the cab
TO drive to q certain address, has disap-
peared and Is unknown.
Mountford. Louisa's a%ffianced, the nephew
and heir OF the eccentric and wealthy
Lord Radcliffe. is In trouble. An alleged
brother. has notified Lord Radcliffe Of his
claims. The old man. passionately fond
OF Luxe: claims that he has examined the
papers n that the claimant Is an Nn-
poster.
,o sSSd denly It the ;s alleged 9asl PHILIP ,,s2 De q .5 Mount mt
terview with Lord Radcliffe his claims
are recognized and he is installed as heir:
disoWned. P PtanIs' Seems mut to Exert * uniimit;.
ed influence over Lord Radcliffe which
puzzles his friends and defies investiga,
one.
A year has passed since the tragedy IN
Brussels. Suddenly 1t is repeated In eV-
cry detail in London. The victim Is PHI,
lip de Mountford. Every circumstance att ~
q, very apparent motive points to me o1s >
RA0SCO ACPASWs AOhc, ID SIlS
vain. Louisa. in her blind faith. tried to
prove Luke innocent. Every investisation
brightens the chains OF evidence. At the
inquest the startling deyelop-
ment that the murdered man Is not Pn1l,lp
de Mountford but a common scoundrel de-
bounced by his father and mother. VINO
plicates the situation. 1t does not IN tne
least upset the appalling proofs Of x
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. This ne pre-
pasres to dc; Louisa sees him and and asks ASK.
1esseS his guilt.
Here the heart OF a woman discerns his
He and the real truth that he is protecting
someone else. Immediately she asks ner.
self-who? and intuitively reasons that
1uke's love for his uncle must be bouno
unlce has been stricken and no one per.
mitted to see him.. She demands that she
be allowed to talk to him. Her request IS
denied but she insists. finally the physi-
clan grants permission. Lord Radcliffe
recognizes no one and does not understand
what is said to him. Alone with him fol-
although he Is apparently unconscious
At the mention of Luke's name and the
xact that he is accused of the murder
Lord Radcliffe shows signs of indulgence
When the physician returns he ma
spoken and demands that h he has To
say be taken down and witnessed. lie
dictates a statement. The so-called Phil
Zip de Mountford who has been passing as
his heir was an .mposter. Such a person
had at one time existed and began the
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 fol
Luke he invites the real Phillip de Mount
ford to ride with him through the streets
OF Brussels. Suddenly the impulse seizes
him to solve the problem then and there
hence, the murder in the taxica5 which
Louisa had witnessed.