The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-10-10
The HEART or A WOMAN
BY BARONESS ORGY.
Author Of 1Ths Scarlet PinnpsrneLr "Psttieoat RuIs" Eta

SYNOPSIS.
The story opens In Brussels. Louis
Harris, 9 charming English girl Of fam.
tly. Trends and wealth., while absenuy
walking along the Boulevard Waterloo ia
z Nosember rain, runs into q tragedy
cab; his companion who had left. the cab
some time before and told the chautfeur
" drive to q certain address,. had disap-
The scene shifts 10 London. Luke de
mounttord. Louisa's ~affianced, the nePnew
Lord Radcliffe Is In trouble. An allekeG
SiTeSL hell, the son OF hnothsa
cctts1hLner. mas notified Lord RadcEiie = ta AVA
OF Luke, claims that he has examined tns
and that the claimant ~ "a $40
suddenly the alleged Phillip de MOUNT.
to.u appears In London. After nhO,s as
ara view with Lord Radcliffe M : hair
~ Eecpgnl2ed and he Is Installed - aiIv
S,sanoll explanation Luke 10 nnii,r.
Phillip seems 10 exert unlhunh
p91zie nnI h over Lord ,RadcliI nrsyestiea-
onn n' Lord Radcliffe win explain " -
"A year q passed since the TRAGEDY Ia
d1,ssSeis. suddenly Il In repeated = apniiiio
Setal N London. The victim ~ rhnnS
= = Mountford. livery circnnistanSs Az
$3.50 apparent motive points " ZIG 4
laced nephew, LUCE a. the mnru $3.50
"a vain, Louisa, In ner blind faltn, 80
prgye Luke Innocent livery 49, IN
ION DTlghtens the chains of eNloenSs 4
ne coE0ners inquest the slartilns uSsnn,
gpinshL that the murdered man ~ ~
Eniiiip De Mountford but = n0n
molher. who identlned h body as them
soH. only conIplicates the situatlont y
ooes not In the least upset the AppaLiitus
ptooLs ot quit. A warrant ~ ~
sued for hts arrest but because Oh ms
stalioh In life the ponce secretly Wn.h
nm 70 leave the country before the Wat
Louisa sees htm and asks nm pointedly
tor the truth. he conIesses ms SuhG
Here the heart of a woman discerns his
ne and the real truth that he Is proteel-
lnB someone else. Immediately she tasks
hsrseIf,-WhoY m inIuitively reasons
that Luke's love for his uncle must DC
pound up with the solution. In the meah-
time the uncle has been stricken and no
one permitted to see him, She denlAnqs
that sne be allowed to talk 10 nm. hsT
request IS denied but she insists, hnally
the physician grants permission. Lord
Radcliffe recognizes no one and does not
understand what Is said to him. Alone
with him for a moment she trehearses lne
story to him, although he Is apparently
unconscious. AT the mention OF Luke's
name and the fact that he - accused OF
the murder Lord Radcliffe shows signs OF
indulgence. When the physician returns
he has spoken n demands that what ne
has to say be taken down and Witnessed;
He dictates a s~tatement-The so~calieo
Phillip de Mountford who has been pass
ing as his heir was an imposter. such a
person had at one time existed and be-
a the correspondence more than o
year before. Lord Radcliffe met him in
Brussels 70 examine the proofs which he
found correct. In his indecision between
his duty to the real heir and his passion
ate affection for Luke he invites the real
Phillip de Mountford to ride with him
through the streets Of Brussels, Suddenly
the impulse seizes him to solve the prob
lem then and there-hence, the murder In
the taxi-cab which Louisa had witnessed.
The papers proving Philips claim were
left in his room and his fascally 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.