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Love's Prisoner 1 Poverty is tragic because it robs children of childhood. From the beginning, its subjects are dreary little men
and women.
2 Nancy, one of those born to this yoke, but fight- ing to free herself with the energy of an unusual spirit.
_ _ _ OLIVE THOMAS.
3 "Where's father? It's
the police-what do they want now?"
4 Nancy's sisters, Sadie and Jane;
ANN KROMAN DOLLY DARE.
5 And the father, no longer possessing either the ability or the inclinations of early criminal years-- but to whom nevertheless, the law meant persecu- tion as well as prosecution.
_ _ _ WALTER PERRY.
6 It was convenient to fasten an unsolvable crime on an old offender--but the law made no provisions for his children. That problem was left to Nancy.
7 Jonathan Twist, a quaint philosopher and their some- what mysterious neighbor, proved a good Samaritan.
TWIST..William V. Mong.
8 "--and so they wished it onto
him, and he's gone up for a stretch that means his life. They never gave him an even break, though he tried an tried-- I hate the law-- I hate the men that make it--"
9 "There! There! You'd best
all come to live with
me. You'll have a better
chance, and -- I won't
be so lonely."
10 "You--you're an angel,
Mr. Twist, even if you haven't got wings!"
11 "Go straight--get a job--keep
busy!" Nancy remembered
her father's advice and
determined to go the one-
way which he learned,
too late, meant lasting
happiness.
12 And the dwelling of Jonathan Twist rang with youthful and wholly unaccustomed laughter.
13 "I got the job! I start
demonstrating Monday!"
14 Was her success the triumph of Climax Cocoa ---or a victory of girlish sincerity and youthful
enthusiasm?
15 "From Nancy!"
16 New vistas of life open to Nancy's eyes. Awaken- ing ambitions cry out
for fulfilment.
17 A thoroughly feminine longing.
18 Lord Cleveland, a British peer who first of all was a business man, spending much of his time in the United States.
- - - HARVEY CLARK.
19 "If you might have
anything in that win- dow you wished, what would you choose?"
20 Over her tiny cups of cocoa, the noble- man courted her.
21 How swiftly the crises of life go by! Marriage made the tenement girl Lady Cleveland--and following close upon their splendid honeymoon, death made her a widow. Once more
Nancy was alone.
22 Were the milestones of the past omens of her future? The death of her father, in prison--the death of her husband--the loss of her English estate--
23 A visit which was to mean much for Nancy.
24 "Tell Mr. Hackett
her ladyship will be down directly."
25 "I'm afraid you made
a mistake in not
putting up a legal
fight for your late
husband's estates in
England."
26 "The courts have awarded
you his American holdings,
but he had transferred
his investments to England,
until little more than this
home remained here--and
there is nothing which
will yield you an income
to maintain it."
27 Once more The Law was against her, but Lady Cleveland determined that it should not drive her back to poverty or old associations. She told Hackett that she would manage, somehow.
28 A day of old associations.
29 "The country has been
a bit of paradise to them. They're both won- derfully well--and happy."
30 A sincere pity born of understanding-- and from that pity came Nancy's determination to give them, not casual charity, but real help and uplift.
31 When the period of polite mourning had passed, Lady Cleveland renewed her popularity
as a hostess.
32 The Bureau of Detectives, Police Headquarters.
33 Shorty Dorgan--will- ing, but unlucky. ........LOUIS DURHAM.
34 "Lost him again. I
tell you that darned Bird has got wings!"
35 "Well, out with it!
What happened after the watchman telephoned?"
36 "We've got him bottled
up. When you hear the whistle, go to it!"
37 "--an' since then
I've been shadowin' the wrong guy all over New Jersey!"
38 "Shorty, this job needs
brains, not feet. I guess I'll have to give you a transfer."
39 While Lady Cleveland's ball was proving one of the most brilliant functions of the season.
40 "That pendant cost
ten thousand -- we bought it in Paris."
41 "Had a day off in
Jersey, Shorty?"
42 "My dear Mrs. Vanderman!--
This is dreadful, but if we're to recover your diamonds, for the present no one here must know that anything unusual has happened. I'll call the police."
43 "I'll call you back
in five minutes."
44 Jim Garside, a ranking police officer never seen in uniform, who had solved the most mysterious crimes in the city's history.
....... JOE KING.
45 "The very man I wanted
to see! They tell me you gave a great account of yourself in France!"
46 The ribbon of The Legion of Honor--mute testimony to Jim Garside's rare and dangerous service to all the Allies in the Intelli- gence Department of the American Expeditionary Force.
47 "I'm sending you Captain
James Garside. Receive him as your guest."
48 "Jim, it's up to you. If you
can bag this Bird it'll be the biggest trick you ever turned. Listen a minute and I'll give you the story--"
49 On the rosy edge of a dark problem.
50 "My name is Garside.
I am from Police Headquarters."
51 "You don't look a bit
like a detective!"
52 "Will you wait here
a moment? I'll bring Mrs. Vanderman."
53 "I didn't leave the
floor a moment---and I know the pendant was there when I began to dance."
54 Garside found his hostess as fascinating ---and as baffling--- as the problem he
came to solve.
55 "I agree with the
Inspector. This is undoubtedly the work of the Bird."
56 "---the most dangerous
chap at large, I should say. Always works alone, and has yet to leave a clue. And winging him has been put up to me."
57 Having eliminated everyone but the guests, Garside close- ly scrutinized the departing throng.
58 "Well---are you going
to catch the thief?"
59 "I am."
60 The cleverest of thieves must have a "fence," an agent to dispose of the plunder, and the devoted and loyal Jonathan Twist had performed this office for Nancy from the first.
61 "You were a lot younger
than that, Nancy, when your father made you lift my watch to show me how well you were getting on!"
62 "I guess I wasn't
meant to be honest. You've been a wonderful friend, Jonathan--there isn't a man like you in the whole world!"
63 Only she and Jonathan knew the true source of the money she con- tinued to spend so freely after the death of her husband and the loss of the English estate.
64 Faint but certain clues had pointed out the tranquil old watch- maker as a receiver of stolen property for the elusive Bird.
65 "I've seen a stranger
or two loitering about lately-- you can't be too careful!"
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