The Huttig news., 1912-05-11
SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER I-The story opens with a scream from Dorothy Marche, charm Ing debutante. in the opera box of the wealthy widow. Mrs Doris NJ ssioner, at | the Metropolitan Opera House In New York City: It is occasioned by Mrs. Mis, s1onefs diamond necklace breaking and scattering the string of rare and costly gems all over the floor. Curtis Griswold ana and BruXton Sands, two society men. up some of the diamonds, but the gem or the collection, the celebrated Mahar- anee' anee is, is missing Grisw9ld steps on the apparent missing diamond and 1t crushes under his heel. Hindoo comes from an adjoining box, and picking up a flake of the crushed gem proneunees it fraud not the genuine Maharanee. but-paste.
 CHAPTER 1.-The entire party proceed to the elegant mansion of Mrs Missioner where she takes them to room having sale containing other diamonds. She afterwards sends for a Mir Rascome an expert who pronounces the stones all cop.es, substitutions of the original gems
 CHAPTER III-Bruxton Sands tele- phones police headquarters and two de tectives, Donneliy and Carson, arrive or decide that the theft of the original a. monds 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 a dupl- i her.
 CHAPTER 1v-The detectives incline to the belief that Miss Holconb Is Involved in the robbery. They search her room and Tn cabinet. wrapped in tissue pa per mdndt they ra find one .s; of the original dia Elinor Is guiltless. but the delicate girl Is marched off to prison.
 CHAPTER V-Meantime in an up town mansion, the Hindoo of the theater episode who IS known as the swami. and Hindoo prince kananda, discuss the arrest. They are in the United States to recover the Meheranee. which IS sacred relic of Inola, and are puzzled at the discovery Of the imitation.
 CHAPTER VI-Detective Britz, an ex- pert of the police force. now takes up the case. He interviews Elinor who Is pros trated by the cloud resting on her. The detecuVe evidently believes the girl inno cent.
 CHAPTER vII-Dr Lawrence Fitch the hance of Elnor. visits her in prison She IS remanded for trial on suspicion Of eeihg the thief Brftz talks encouraginglY to Fitch and asks his cooperation in running down the real criminal
 CHAPTER VIII-The detective advises mat Ehnor does not seek bail until they nave 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- talcS were made rom drawings of the original stones The person ordering the substitutes gave the name of Elinor Hol- comb.
 CHAPTER x-The defective has an ,n terview with Miss Marehe He learns who of Elinor's friends can draw He elumsily draws a picture of the safe Griswoid offers to assist him. showing skill as an artist. Later as the detective fs walking through Central Park he Is automobile. l CHAPTER xI-A wild ride ensues and thrda hfita nnds f5, ne has been made captive by but Is bound and drugged
 CHAPTER XII-His captors imprison Britz in a deserted house He finally I manages to get free from his bonds. es- capes and reports at headquarters now Interested In the case
 CHAPTER I-Fretending to h. a newspaper reporter. Britz interviews the swami as to the rare diamonds of India. After he leaves the Swami informs | Prince Kananda that he has penetrated the disguise of the detective
 CHAPTER XIV-Mrs Missioner visits Flinor in prison but is dissuaded from bailing her out until her innocence is proven. Rritz learns of insane dia- mond expert on Wards Island and asks Fitch to go with him and interview tn. man.
 CHAPTER XV-The insane diamond ex- pert tells enough to lead the detective to believe that either Griswold or Sands em ployed him to make commercials of the Missioner gems.
 CHAPTER XvI-Griswold interviewed by Britz intimates that Sands is on the verge of failure He evidently v-ishes th. detective to believe that his rival in low. may have something to do with the dia- mond robbery.
 CHAPTER XvII-Two Hindoos burglar ize the home of Sands, evidently thinking that he may have the Maharanee dia- mond Britz captures them and on on. discovers note addressed to Curtis" and signed "Miiicent" which they have found somewhere in their wandering search for the gems.
 CHAPTER XVIII The Swami vists Mrs. Missioner and tries to solve the mvs tery of the diamonds Later at his own house he directs his Hindoo allies to continue their search for the mysterious ly missing gem.
 named MlIicent Delaroche He learns that secretly she is affanced to Curtis Griswold.
 CHAPTER XX-The Swami attends bali at the home of Mrs. Missioner but does not learn anything further about th. ! diamonds. The detective watches Gris- wold hoping to gain a clew to the mvs- terious MilliCpnt
 CHAPTER XXT-Rritz disguised as burglar visits the apartment of Milliceni
 
 the stolen diamonds for GriswoId He finds a box that once contained them but II Is empty.
 Tt will save you great deal of trouble for you. Mrs. Delaroehe. If you tell me the truth. and tell 1t at once. without holding anything back. You understand I am a detective from Pc lice Headquarters, and was assigned weeks ago to find Mrs. Missioner's dia- monds. have found the diamonds, and now I must find the thief
 Mrs. Delaroche shiyered. and started slowly to her feet. She turned dis dainful glance on the group at the door, then faced Britz once more, and in a voice Title more than a whisper. she said:
 Whatever you may think. I did not know the jewels were stolen. did not know they ever belonged to Mrs Mis- sioner. never heard of Mrs. Mission CT before tonight. except through the papers. I did not know that any of my acauaintances knew her. I was not hn had hnr