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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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