Without Mercy! – John Goodwin – 1920

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The story of a mother’s fight for her daughter’s happiness. Margaret Garth is the only child of Mrs. Enid Garth, head of Garth’s, London’s most powerful bank. When Margaret promises to become the wife of John Orme, she arouses the enmity of Sir Melmoth Craven, an unsuccessful suitor, and he determines to seek revenge. So the story resolves itself into the conflict of wits and wills between Mrs. Garth and Sir Melmoth. Both are strong and clever characters and both have powerful interests behind them. Sir Melmoth is entirely unscrupulous and hesitates at nothing, whether abducting the girl, or convicting her of wilful murder. On the other hand, Mrs. Garth, where Margaret’s happiness is concerned, if. absolutely without mercy, and as she has right on her side, she finally wins out, after n series of shrewd moves on both sides.

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