The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1917-05-26
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.tsaFIER Lucy Carteret board. N.
Sv.ealher Alsatia at Lverpool To- Nan,
Amal,a Der slateroom companion, MIRA
sne younger woman is unning swsv fsnns
something or somebody. sway "Om
pCHAPTER II-Lucy is seasick. Mr..
lacy explains was a presant 49, Ahhaate
Lather on her fifteenth birthdav rsba
wloow shows the brooch TO Ouoin an
1.eI service man, who Identifies II as
on comma ON I ae stolen Joachim collection, and
=" SOnaparlng notes they find that Lucv
IS Lydia daughter OF Tad Crave 10y
aboard the Alsatia. a' NO"
CHAPTER. HI-Lydia discovers ths,
ner Iatner Is aboard md. telling Mr..
beggarstan that she has run away ~ %
70 him, starts out to find him
CHAPTER Iv-she finds her father
49, Nirs. Merrilees. to whom he is en-
she fears she Is In the way.
CHAPTER v-Craven explains to Nv.
ga his apparent neglect of her and tells
matte service.
CHAPTER VI-Mrs. Merrilees sends
craven to the. purser for a $4,000 pearl
NaAf III GAtt SIOMH 10 OuOln ana
otner friends, saying that she intends I'd
has one.
CHAPTER vII-Craven makes lydia
secret Keeper Of a box containing diplo~
matte papers and two men assault he's
n take II from her In the fog.
CHAPTER v1TI-ouoin routs the
thieves and RECEIVERS the box, telling Lys
Ola that he had made the thief, South
pay Smith. open II. Lydia assures Quoin
she does not know the contents of the
box.
CHAPTER kat the pier in New York
Mrs. Merrilees declares her necklace and
finds it is only Of imitation pearls.
CHAPTER x-The customs officers sus.
pect a smuggling trick. Quoin tries 70
help and gets into Betty's bad gracea. Az
Peter and Lydia leave the pier she sea
6~outhpaw Smith watching her.
CHAPTER xI-craven faints in his
room and Lydia inds him with a knavs
Of diamonds in his hand and the open
box, which she had given back to him.
displaying the real pearl necklace be-
longing to Mrs. Merrilees.
CHAPTER xII-Craven explains that
he has been helping Betty to smugg1e the
necklace, and the card as a warning of
- a AG&&SN 70 AL IA NY 00AA0aA
ing only the knave OF clubs, and sends
Lydia away with the necklace, to first
make a call In 18th street and then deliv-
or the Jewels to Betty at the Margrave.
Happily for Peter, its business In
volved observance of traffic regula-
tons; and when it paused to give pre-
cedence to a Fifty-ninth street cross
town ear Peter caught up-if some
thing more rudely than he had thought
to. Unable to check quickly on the
greasy asphalt, he skidded against the
door with q crash.
Hold hard" he begged between
breaths. "Giye me a chancel"
"What the" commented the chauf.
fear suspiciously.
But at the same time Peter jerked
the door open, and-a Gravity, sinking
sensation deserted his midst: the fare
was Lydia. after ALL
She greeted this breathless appari'
ton with an inarticulate cry.
"You forgot something" Peter
gasped In response, climbing in.
"What7'
"Mel" he declared settling Into the
| place by her side; then thrust his heac
out of the door and painted, Its al
right, driver. Cut alOng-and don't &c
too fast-slippery pavements-
'But, Mr.. Trait" Lydia expostu
lated.
Peter shut the door with a bang, ant
the car, with an unobstructed way
picked up wary heels and stole on vi
Fifth avenu
"You darling!" he declared Wit
emotion. "Wait-till / get my-Dreath
Mans got-no business courting-whel
he amt In training"
Lydia laughed aloud. Impossible Il
resent the extravagances of this IRE
pressible boyl I'm in no hurry" sh'