Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-10-24

The story opens IA Brussels. Louisa
friends AMI wealth. while absently walk
Ing along the Boulevard Waterloo In .
November rain. runs into q tragedy.
A mi is found murdered in q taxi
cab: his companion who had left the cab
TO drive to y certain address,. has disap-
feared and Is unknown.
TIL scene shifts to London. Luke de
Mountford, Louisa's af1ianced, the nephew
and heir Of the eccentric and wealthy
Lord Radcliffe. Is in trouble. An ALLEGED
1lrect helr. the unknown son OF another
brother. has notified Lord Radcliffe of his
claims. The old man. passionately fond
OF Luke, claims that he has examined the
papers and that the claimant Is an tIn-
postor.
Suddenly the alleged Phillip do Mount
eervleW with Lord Radcliffe his claims
N xre~ SecogIized and he 10 Installed a. nehr;
dtsowned. Phillip seems TO exert unlimit-
ed inttuence over Lord Radcliffe when
y Dozzles ms friends and detes inveso 81 no
04le.
A a has passed since the tragedy IN
cry detail In London. Tn victim - PM,
Alp de MOuntfOrd. Every circumstance ana
y very apparent motive points to me dls,
vain. Louisa. in her .lind faith. tried to
prove Luke innocent. Every investigation
brightens the chains OF evidence. AZ the
coroner's inquest the startling develop
lnent that the murdered man Is not Fnli.lp
dc Moultford but q common de-
identified The body as their son. only com
plicateS the situation. 1t does not IN tne
least upset the appalling proofs or Luke,s
guilt. A warrant is issued for his arrest
but because OF his station in ufe the police
secretly warn him to leave the country
before the warrant Is served; rms ne pLe.
him pointedly for the truth. He con-
1esseS his guilt.
Here the heart Of a woman discerns his
lie and the real truth that he Is protecting
Aomeone else. Immediately she ASKS hen.
self-who? n 1ntuitively reasons lmas
UP with the solution. In the, meantime the
unlce has been stricken and no one per
nitted to see him. She demands that she
be allowed to talk to him Her request IS
ciao grants permission. Lord RadcllIle
ro0ogllzes no one and does not understand
what IS said to him. Alone with MIN ior
. moment she rehearses the story to nim'
although he is apparently unconscious
At the mention of Luke's name ana lne
TACT that he is accused of the murder
Lord Radcliffe shows signs of indulgence.
When h physician. returns ne mas
spoken and demands that what he a TO
dictates a statement. The so-called Phil
lip 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.
real heir and his passionate affection for
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 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 n guessed
che secret Of his death, hence his arrival
In London and his hold over Lord Rad
cliffe, until finally the. old mans love for
l.uke prompted the second murder.