The Huttig news., 1912-05-18
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wealthy WluuW, MfS. LOFTS M SSsO0eT. al the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City. IL Is occasioned by Mrs. Mis- sioner's diamond necklace breaking and scattering the string of rare and costly gems all over the floor. Curtis Griswold and BTuNton Sands, two society men, both of whom love Mrs Missioner gsti CT u1 some of the diamonds, but the gem or the collection, the celebrated Mahar- anee, IS missing. Grfswold steps on the apparent missing diamond and it crushes under his heel. Hindoo comes from an adjoining box, and picking up flake of the crushed gem pronounres il a fraud, not the genuine Maharanee. but-paste.
 CHAPTER 1.-The entire party proceed to the elegant mansion of Mrs Missioner where sire takes them to a room having Sate containing other diamonds Ske afterwards sends for Mir Raseome. an e&psrt Who prononnces the stones all coy es. suhstitutions of the original gems
 CHAPTER III =Rruxton Sands tele- phones police headquarters and two de tectNeS, DonneIlY and Carson. arrive me scene They examine tue safe and decide that the theft of the original da mohds was accomplished by some one in the house. The servants are questioned but without result Then they learn that Miss Elinor Holcomb, the confidential companion of Mrs. Missioner, has duph her.
 CHAPTER Iv-The detectives incline to the belief that Miss Holcomb is involved in the robbery. They search her room and and in !lo a cabinet, wrapped in tissue pa monds Mrs. Missioner protests that Elinor ls guiltless, but the delicate girl IS marched of to prison.
 CHAPTER V-Meantime. in an uptown mansion, the Hindoo of the theater episode who IS Known as the Swami. and Hfnfol prince. kananda. discuss the arrest The, are In the United States to recover th, Maharanee. which is sacred relic of 1ndIa and are puzzled al the discovery of the imitation.
 CHAPTER VI-Deteetive Britz. an ex pert of the police force now takes up tn case. He interviews EIinor who is pros trated by the cloud resting on her Tho cent
 CHAPTER vu-Dr. Lawrence Fitch. the hance of Elinor. visits her in prison she IS remanded for trial on suspicion of being the thief. Britz talks enronra gingl1 to Fitch and asks his co-Gperation fn running down the real criminal
 CHAPTER VItI-The detective advises that Elinor does not seek bail until they have located the real culprit He makes close investigation of affairs at the home of Mrs. Missioner
 CHAPTER IX-Britz learns that Mrs Missioner while visiting Paris had the diamonds with her. He cables the police there and they ascertain that the dupli- eates were made from drawings of the substitutes gave the name of Elnor Hol- comb,
 CHAPTER X.The detective has an in terview with Miss Marche He learns who of Elinor's friends can draw He eiumsffy draws a picture of the safe Griswod offers to assist him. showing | skill as an artist. Later as the detective is walking through Central Park he is suddently seized and thrown into a closed automobile.
 l CHAPTER XI-A wild ride ensues and
 Briiz nnds ne has been made captive by hree hindoos He endeavors to escape 1 but Ia bound and drugged
 CHAPTER, XII-His captors imprison Britz in a deserted house He finally manages to get free from his bonds es- eapes and reports al headquarters now convinced that the Hindoos are materially interested In the ease
 CHAPTER XIII Pretending to be newspaper reporter, Britz interviews tho swami as to the rare diamonds of India After he leaves the Swami informs. trince kananda that he has penetrated the disguise of the detective.
 CHAPTER XfV-Mrs. Missioner visits Ellnor in prison hut is dissuaded from bailng her out until her innocence is proven Brtz learns of an insane dia- l mond expert on Wards Island and asks titeh to go with him and interview ths man.
 CHAPTER Xv-The insane diamond ex. pert tells enough to lead the detective tc believe that either Griswold Sands em- ployed him to make commercials of the Missioner gems.
 CHAPTER Xvt-Gr'swold interviewed by Brtz. intimates that Sands is on the verge of failure. He evidently wishes the detective 10 believe that his rival in love may have something to do with the ala mond robbery.
 CHAPTER XNIT-Two Hindoos burg'ar- ize the home of Sands. evidently thinking that he may have the Maharanee dia- mond. Rritz captures them and on one discovers a note addressed to Curtis" and signed "Nillicent" which they have found somewhere in their wandering search for the gems.
 CHAPTER XVIII The Swami visits Mrs. Missioner and tries to solve the mvs- tery of the diamonds, Later at his own house he directs his Hind0o allies to continue their search for the mysterious ly missing gem
 CHAPTER XIX-Rritz locates woman named Milicent Delaroche He learns that secretly she is affianced 10 Curtis Griswold CHAPTER XX-The Swami attends 2 ball at the home of Mrs Missioner hut does not learn anything further about the diamonds The detective watches Gris- wold hoping to gain a clew to the mys- terioHs Millicent
 CHAPTER XXI-Rritz disguised as a burglar visits the apartment of Mllieont Delarochs who he Is satisfied is keeping the stolen diamonds for Gr.swald He finds box that once contained them. hut it Is. empty.
 The thick. beautifully rounded snake. ashen in color and snuous of move ment. apparently was not alarmed hy the scramble of the doctor and the de- tective to the top of the chffonier. nor even by the swing of the. divan under the vigorous push of F'itchs foot It lowered the head it had lifted few inches from the floor, and continued its passage across the room: but a short. dry laugh from the sleuth evi- dently angered it more than any louder noises. IL stopped midway of the room, turning it's head once more to- ward the men on their narrow perch. An involuntary shiver ran through Fitch. and even Britz felt little un- comfortable under the serpent's gilt tering gaze The creature coiled itself in the center of the floor, it's head lift. ed, and those beady eyes twinkling furiously. Then began a motion Of the head like that of a waterspout to a point at least knee-high of a tall man. The head bent forward slightly, and the neck on both sides distended slow | ly until the loose flesh formed a sort of