The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1913-11-22
SYNOPSIS.

20 his room In Mrs. Moore's boarding
house at z:@ a; M. discovers the body
with a knife wound In his breast. sus-
plcion rests upon a man giving the name
SI lawrence Wade. who had called on
heard quarreling with Hanska. During
tne excitement strange woman who
xives her name as Resale Le Grange. APP
pears and takes into her own home across
the street all OF Mrs Moore's boarders,
,noi"dlns Miss Estriila. an invalid. who
wn confined TO tho room she occupied
and whose brother was a favortte among
me other boarders
CHAPTER II-wsds Ia arrested as he
about TO leave the country Mrs. lie
SrsnEe who. while plying her trade as
trance medium. had aided Police In
AZ his Office to tell what she knows OF
tns cllme while she 10 there, Constancs
nsnks WIDOW or the murdered man.
whose existence had been unknown, APP
pears.
CHAPTER III-Mrs Hanska says she
TACT that Wade represented her and Wis
iteo Hanska on the night OF the murder
IA an effort TO settle their affairs She
ADMITS Wade was In love with her. Mrs
Orange. sympathixing with Mrs.
Hanska, takes the latter and her com
panion, Betsy Barbara Lane. home with
CHAPTER 1v-wade is held by the
corcner's jury for the death OF Hanska.
CHAPTER v-Tommy North. who had
been held by the police. is released and
sscomss infatuated a once m nH9'' Betsy
Barbara.
CHAPTER VI-Driven by the belief
that Betsy Barbara loves Estrila Tommy
North gets drunk and is discovered by
Betsy Barbara
CHAPTER yII-The next morning
Tommy apologies 10 Betsy Barbara and
at her urging prepares 10 establish the
Ihomas W. North Advertising Agency.
CHAPTER vIII-Mrs lie Grange. with
Inspector McGee, examines the house
where Hanska was killed and finds on
the IRE esccce outside Hanskas window
red shoe button. which she conceals
CHAPTER HINTS lie Grange secretly
skenfnes the shoes OF her boarders In
search OF one the red button will NJ. She
pretendr TO go into trance In Miss Es-
trilla's room and communes with spirits
CHAPTER X.-Rosalle secures from In
spector MCGEE the services OF an italian
detective, TO work under her direction
CHAPTER xI-Rosalie finds evidence
20 show that the Estrillas' real name Il
Perez and that they formerly lived In
Port OF Spain.
THE lady is sick-the pretty lady.
Spirit wants TO talk TO the lady. Pref.
~ spirit feel like a great big queen
was Vic-Vic-Victoria The
voice. OF Laughing Eyes stopped. This
was device OF Rosalie's. She want
ed to listen. Miss Estrilla had been
breathing regularly. Now, on the men.
ton or that name, her breath caught.
The voice OF Resale, her whole facial
expression. her manner--if one can
attribute manner to woman who
appears to sleep-underwent an alb
rupt change. The voice deepened: the
lines OF her face fell; 1t was Doctor
Carver who spoke.
Victoria is not strong" said the
voice; Il sense that she brings conso-
lation. She says that things are bad;
but they will be better by and by II
Is mothers influence. Miguel"
here Resale stopped; and again she
noted the irregular breathing from the
couch. IL was an eternal quarter-min.
ute before she spoke again this time
the voice was a mans. but lighter and
higher than that OF Doctor Carver;
and II spoke Spanish.
II ami mate, hijita mia" 1t said.
and died away A silence again. He
is gone" said the voice OF Doctor
Carver "A spirit wants the young
woman who lives below this room"
The seance drifted away into a series
OF imaginary messages for Miss Hard
ing. But once again Miguel noated
into the talk. dropped a word or two
OF easily-pronounced Spanish, noated
out again. Presently Doctor Carver
Laughing Eyes became disconnected
monosyllables. and died out altogether
Rosalie lay as though asleep.
She lay for five minutes: she lay
for ten minutes Wont she ever wake
me up?" thought Resale.
Miss Estrllla moved now and then:
now and then her breathing caught
And suddenly--she was not breathing
at all. Resale steeled herself for the
shock OF cold water. II that we're TO
be the awakening. The shock came
but In another form.
II am going to kill youl" said the
voice OF Miss Estrilla In Spanish: II
am pointing pistol at your head
Come 10 meat once--or | shall fret"
Thirty years In the profession which
deals with deceits both minute and
monstrous. thirty years OF emotions
simulated, had given Rosalie one great
practical talent-control OF mind,
muscle and nerve. II had given her
too, a courage born OF self-confdence,
OF the well-grounded faith that she
could master any situation. Her Inn.
pulse, under sudden shock OF sur.
prise, was 10 continue. naturally and
easily. just what she had been doing.
That tided her over the moment OF
crisis. Her eyes remained closed. her
color changed not. her breath came az
regularly and evenly as before. There
succeeded the critical moment when