The Huttig news. (Huttig, Ark.) 1907-1955, 1912-02-10
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SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER THE stcTy opens with a
scream from Dorothy Marohe, a charm
ing debutante, in the opera box of the
wealthy widow, Mrs. Doris Missioner, at
the Metropolitan Opera House in New
ork city. II 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 BruX ton Sands two society men
both Of whom love Mrs Missioner gathe5
up some of the diamonds, but the gem
or the collection, the celebrated Mahar-
anee, Is missing. Griswold steps on the
apparent missing diamond and it brushes
uuuef MS heel A Bindoo comes from an
adjoining box, and picking up a fake Of
the crushed gem pronounces II a fraud
not the genuine Maharanee. but-paste.
CHAPTER 1.-The entire party proceed
20 the elegant mansion of Mrs Missioner
where she takes them to room having
s&fe containing other diamonds She
atteI wards sends for Mr.. Raseome, an
expert VINO pronounces the stones all
coples' suost1tGtions, Of the original gems
CHAPTER III-Bruxton Sands teie-
phones police headquarters and two de-
teetives. Donnelly and Carson, arrive on
the scene. They examine the safe and
decide that the theft of the original dia-
monds was accomplished by some one in
the house. The servants are questioned
put without result. Then they learn that
Miss Elinor Holeomb. the confdentiel
-ompanion of Mrs. Missioner, has a dupli
her
CHAPTER IV-The detectives incline Ia
the belief that Miss Holcomb is involved
IN the robbery. They search her room
ana IN cabinet, wrapped in Tissue p
per, they fnd one OF ne original dis-
nonds. Mrs. Missioner protests thai
Elinor is guildess. bur the delicate girl
Is marched of to prison.
CHAPTER v-Meantime. in an town
manson, the Hindoo of the theater episode
VINO Is known as the Swami, and q H.ndo0
prince kananda, discuss the arrest They
Maharanee, which is sacred relic of
Iadla ane are puzzled at the discovery
of the imitation.
CHAPTER NI-Detective Britt. an ex
pert OF the police force, now takes I'D the
case. He interviews Elinor who IS nros-
trated by the cloud resting on her. The
detective evidently believes the girl limo
cent.
:, CHAPTER, XII-Dr. Lawrence Fitch
the hance OF Elinor visits her in nr.spu
she is remanded for trial on SUSPICION Of
peihg the thief. BrirZ talks encoGragingls
to Fitch and asks his cooperation In
running down the real criminal
CHAPTER V1tt-The detective advises
mat EHnor Goes not seek bail until they
have located the real culprit. He makes
close investigation of affairs at the
nome of Mrs. Missioner
CHAPTER IX-Britz learns that Mrs
Missioner while visiting Paris rad the
diamonds with her. He cables the police
Gates We're made from drawings of the
original stones. The person ordering tho
substitutes gave the name of Elinor Hol.
comb.
Was he mistaken, Britt asked him
self as he walked quickly along the
passage, or did he see a pair of eyes
beneath a towering turban peer at
him from the corner of cross corri-
dor? He made mental note to have
the Hindoo servant watched more
closely as, treating Blodgett's lofti-
ness with exasperating Indifference.
he tripped down the steps of the Mis-
eio7cr mansion. End hurried along
path in the park. once in The shelter
of the shadows, the detective quick
ened his pace. heading south.
He stopped under the low-hanging
bough OF a great OAK tree to get a
better light. As he was about TO
strike a match. his use of that par
ticular cigar suddenly ceased. for
gripping, clingfng, strangling, some
thing set aud silky was drawn Eighty
about his neck. his elbows we're
iammed against his SIDES, his knees
were squeezed together so closely he
could not take a step, and In another
minute he found himself bound.
gagged, helpless, with three men sit
ting on him, bowling rapidly In cab
along the park drive in a direction
which, owing to the swirling excite
ment of the last sixty seconds, he
could not ascertain. All he knew
was that he was a captive; that he
had been seized in a way unusual to
city highwaymen, and that for the
present a struggle for release would
be simply a useless-pcrhaps lse
than seless-expenditure of his
strength.