The Huttig news., 1912-06-22
Copyright, 1910, by Moffat. Yard X Company
 SYNOPSIS.

the Metropolitan Opera House in New 1ork City, IL is occasioned by Mrs. Mis- slonefs diamond necklace breaking and scattering the string Of rare and costly gems all over the floor. Curtis Griswold and BruXton Sands, two society men, both of whom love Mrs. Missioner gather up some of the diamonds, but the gem or the collection, the celebrated Mahar ahee, IS missing. Griswold steps the apparent missing diamond and 1t crushes under his heel A Hindoo comes from an ad1oinlng box and picking up a flake of the crushed gem pronounces it d fraud. not the genuine Maharanee. but-paste.
 CHAPTER Pretending to be newspaper reporter, Britz interviews the Swami as to the rare diamonds of India After After he leaves the Swami informs Prince kanan&a that he has penetrated Che disguise of the detective
 CHAPTER xX-The Swami attends 2 ball at the home of Mrs Missioner but does not learn anything further about thr diamonds. The detective watches Gris- woid hopne to gain clew to the mys- terious Milleent.
 CHAPTER xxI-Brftz disguised as a burglar visits the apartment of Mtllicent , Delaroche who he is satisfied is keeping the. stolen diamonds for Griswold He finds a box that once contained them. put It Is empty.
 CHAPTER XXII-The detective con cludes that the Hindoos have anticipated him in wrestling the diamonds from MilIi- cent He and Fitch visit their quarters.
 
 ble experience with poisonous snake.
 CHAPTER XXIII-Tbe Swami ,.is,+s Mrs. Missioner and returns all the rsai diamonds except the Maharan nee which he insists must be returned to tempIe in India. whence il was stolen The Iadv agrees.
 CHAPTER XXIv-Britz gives his tbe- ores 10 tEe chief of police showing how 1 Grswold devised the whole scheme for i copying and stealing the diamonds, pac tTfp 1a Nam
 Never call me hy that name again :" she almost screamed. aI wish could forget every occasion on which you have dared to utter it You wretch, =" and she wrung her hands futilelv. as l if she would like to clasp them about his throat
 Fitch opened He door softly and looked In. Behind him stood Elinor Holcomb and Detective Williams. At sign from Britz. they entered the room noiselessly and stood beside the door Before Williams could close it upon them. Mrs Missioner and Brux ton Sands appeared on the threshold
 Mrs. Delaroche turned to Britz in cold fury, an icy reaction from her volcanic rage of the moment before
 q will tell you all you wish to know, lieutenant" she said ", will tell you all know about Mr Gris- wo'd. He is the man" Mrs Della roche continued. who stole Mrs Nils, sioners diamonds
 The wealthy widow. standing near h9r if about to faint from the shock Sands his only thought being to sup port her in such trying moment for got the presence of all the others and passed his arm about her shoul ders to steady her slightly swaving form. Elinor. with a little sigh. turned to Fitch and clasped both his hands with unmistakable tenderness. Then her head sank upon his shoulder. and the doctor, holder than Sands, en- circled Ter waist with his arm.
 Britz without making move to in terrupt Mrs Delaroche stretched one hand behind him and pressed button that communicated with the room where Gordon and Hicks waited with the four Hindoos The connecting door opened and the Orientals could be seen within. Mrs Delaroche. oh- sorbed in her own grievances intent only upon vengeance that should shat ter Curtis Griswold to the very founda- ton of tfe man. again fixed her eyes upon him as she continued her de ] nunciation to the detective Rritz and Manning listened alertlv Gordon. in the adjoining room. whipped out a notebook and began taking in short hand everything the woman said
 Yes you stole the jewels" said man in his chair. "I didn't know 1t when you gave them to me, and fool that I was, the suspicious I might have had were kept aloof by my af- lection for you You wooed me for long time. You told me I was the only woman In the world You swore you never had single thought of any other. And all that time. it seems. you were courting this Mrs Mission CT You were seeking to win her for her wealth. l suppose-it matters not for what And even while you were in her house as a recognized even an accepted suitor. you robbed the very woman you really intended to marry."
 Turning with panther's speed and with it's steely strength. she ad- dressed herself again to Britz.
 "Mr Griswold," she said. gave me necklace a few weeks ago-a dia- mond necklace It was contained in the jewel case you found in my room 1 He told me he had purchased 1t for nc and that it was to be his bridal i gift. l wondered at the munifcerce l of the present. but he assured me he ] was a man of much greater wealth than was generally supposed. and that when we were wed, we would live in 1 luxury equslins that of anyone in New l York society. believed him He l explained that he wished me to take