The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-12-31
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rroyl@u Of I.n9 graf..n z, carried 10
a successful comp.etion by his friend,
Dr. Cl.sp. Mortna:n. although sup
posed to be q rich man, is heavily in
~abs 10 Gordon Ruzsell. Aaile Rus
4sl. has nc intention OF calling in
lalsc loans RusseH's lawyer warns
lie art &C !ector il would be policy to
take them up Immediately, as they are
c: erdue. Ghings begin TO lcok differ
entity, however, when Russell brings
Us ward, Belle Forsythe, and her
brother, Tcm, to N.ortmain's home,
ard is forced to watch an attachment
sIring up between the two, and real
ICES that Mortmain has become his
rival. Russell, knowing the weakness
Of Tom Forsythe, plots to place him
in a compromising position at time
when his downfall would be Of ad-
vantage to himself in his love max
Ing. He proposes to Belle and is re-
fused her hand. Incensed at the pro-
cress of Mortmain's love affair with
his ward, Russell phones his lawyer
to foreclose on The notes. When the
news is brought to Mortmain he
curses Russell and his declaration
that he would like to kill his former
friend is overheard by Flaggs, an evil
visaged lawyers clerk.
Meanwhile, Russell tries to force
Eelle into marrying him and Tom,
who learns OF his sisters coercion
th1cagn the error he has committed,
is furious. He demonstrates with mis-
guardian and heated argument fol-
lows. Mortmain, restless over his
threatened ruin, is strangely guided
to Russell's house, where he sees,
silhouetted on the shade of the study
the bust of Russell in alteration with
some one farther in the room. Mort
main, watching the scene, feels the
presence of the uncanny Flagg and
c3uses his arrest. In returning home
he finds on his stoop an envelope
containing the notes to Russell. Hur-
rying into the library, he is on the
roint of burning them when the phone
rings and Belle apprises him of Rus
sells murder and that the police are
after Tom, who vas the last one seen
with him Mortmain, oyercome by the
news, faints and in his fail overturns
a large bronze dragon vase. Clutch
irg at the vase, the fang Of the YER
digris-covered dragon pierces MS
hand. Regaining consciousness, he
makes inquiries about the notes and
learns they were called for by Flaggs.
DR.. Crisp was called in to attend
the injured hand and informs Mort
main hat he must lose it or accept
the alternative of having another
mans hand grated upon the stump.
The doctor finds a man, who, for a
su5stantial monetary consideration, is
filing 10 make the sacrifice. Just
before the operation Mortmain recog-
e1es him as Tom Forsythe.
Belle, who has been searching for
ner brother, becomes suspicious be-
cause of Mortmain's continued alb
sance, and thinking he must know of
Toms whereabouts, arrives at the
house after the operation. DR.. Crisp,
Wien shown a picture of Tom, real
IS t,,..2t = was her brothers hand
r-a had grated on lMortmain, but
handles the delicate situation so as
TO avoid discovery, Belle leaving on
Mortmain's wodd that Tom is not
there.
THAT night Mortmain sees from mis-
window strange burial scene, and
realizes that the man who gave his
hand died during the operation. The
sinister face of Flaggs now keeps
'eering at him at frequently recurring
intervals, and on his return home the