Summary
In a labyrinthine tale of deception and redemption, Cyrus Blake, a wealthy entrepreneur, enlists the services of Jack Langley, a fledgling attorney, to retrieve his purloined jewels and missing wife. Langley's investigation leads him to a coterie of thieves, helmed by the affable Don Hollins, and entwines him in a complex web of identity and mistaken assumptions. As Langley navigates this treacherous landscape, he encounters Marion Folsom, an enigmatic beauty who claims to be Blake's wife, only to discover that she is, in fact, his daughter. The actual Mrs. Blake, presumed dead, reemerges, having been held captive by Hollins, forcing Langley to untangle the Gordian knot of relationships and culpability.
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When Cyrus Blake discovers that both his wife and her jewels are missing, he employs Jack Langley, a young lawyer, to go after them. Langley follows a trail of clues that leads him to a gang of yeggs headed by dapper Don Hollins, a personable thief. He also encounters and falls in love with Marion Folsom, whose real name later turns out to be Blake. Langley takes her for the wife of Cyrus Blake and, when he recovers the stolen jewels, he returns with her to the millionaire. While Cyrus is telling Langley that the beautiful girl is, in fact, his daughter, the real Mrs. Blake returns, having been kept prisoner by Hollins when she personally attempted to recover her jewelry.
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