The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1920-02-20
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vUWn Of Vevay. where the 'staid, proper
GOinster' who tells tho story 10 spending
A~vacatton. b te aAked TO allow . yotn9
y1rl Claire de Ravenol: to be her com
khough forming an attachment to the girl.
kSvenoI. Cisirs's father. ana declines.
CHAPTER Hon the boat she nnds
Claire and . casual acquaintance. Mrn.
0elario. whom she had met while each
Sc: . ~RSsen ~s,es . nE Ps1s q isr ;'aPpei rs saSse-
Suent events. When they reach New York.
where Claire was to have been met by
ssS T %.;neI ..t the latter tier. Goes 10 Mr not p sRpsIai;
&ome. In the confusion at the custom
house, the heroine carries OF one OF Mrs.
Qelario'e slippers. Through that happen
SHoWn TO her has an entry to her Dat
CHAPTER IIL.-Calling on Mrr. Delar1o.
that lady. shows her some remarkable
which are really blood-red diamonds. and
easily worth q million dollars. Mrs Pc.
terio admits the gems were muggled Y
Are talking. a suspicious caller throws
them into conformation
CHAPTER Iv.-rhe caller asserts he IL
The arrest OF Mrs. Delario's son OF .
charge Of stealing the diamonds She out
wits him and ~persuades her friend to take
tho SENS to her home for safe keeping.
CHAPTER v.-Next morning. realizing
tho responsibility in her possession Of the
diamonds our heroine takes them back to
Mrs. Delarios but while there she learns
supposedly on account OF the gems. and
agrees to keep them for a while. She
hides them In q bunch Of h%yacinths and
ehain-boit added. over the telephone De
Ravenol informs her Mrs. Delario has met
With an accident and urges her to all at
0nce.
CHAPTER V~I.-HssteninE to her friend,
md leaving the gems. the heroine Is met
g p e! Ra s,e e , who claims the Inc aha %ost
He accuses Mira Delar1o or our friend the
~oplnster Of the theft. and demands their
Ieturn. h defes De Ravenol. wins
oapee.
CHAPTER vIL-Alarmed for her per-
sonal safety. and almost believing De
Favenoi, the heroine Tears to return to
her fat. and while uncertain what to do
ssSsss pe p peporfes. TIES Tses sp ssasY the sev e1s.
ming { q theater and Rivers accompanies
her home. There they hnd the fiat has
been thoroughly searched but nothing
eaken. h does not confide In Rivers.
CHAPTER vIII.-Next morning Mrs.
1aker. comes to do the weekly cleaning.
The heroine has not dared TO look X the
diamonds are safe. n Mrs. Jtmmson
fpscued In time. but before an investiga-
Nor car be. made a telegram arrives.
IX-Tba maesayp purports
% b from a brother Of the heroine. In
Philadelphia. asking her to meet him in
81 saH a c dsvi &C. OFF, q De i R a ' tasd to yen sss eU her
from the city and rob her. The prcwler
had overlooked the diamonds In the hya-
:inths: Going out our heroine fnds a de-
turning, she discovers that. De Ravenol
has an apartment In the building. and
knows at once who had searched her tat.
CHAPTER x.-After taking every pre-
caution to prevent an entry into the
apartment. our heroine writes q message
s 70 iesSe. di s1,1y n'V sns 1 Is a p%4isonss.
locked in from the outside. That night
De Ravenol attempts to enter the fiat. but
In barred by the cha!n-bo!t-
he would nave 10 break them off theif
hinges to ge: al me that way.
The bathroom window didn't give
me much cncern The sash was stuck
fast by the last painting and l { couldn't
raise it myself the glass was too thick
to be cut readily and l didn't believe
monsieur would advertise himself TO
the neighborhOod by breaking it. But
/ drove a couple of nails above the
sash just for luck ard then gave my
-Akorxsoo r., tho Itfahnn window
Since he'd gone out that way. led
very likely try 1t to come back by. The
glass was thin--he could cut 1t out
easily: he could even smash 1t n
come through so quickly that nobody
would see him. But all right, monsieur,
thought I, I'm going to give you your
moneys worth-rn make you stand
on the fire escape long enough for the
neighbors to get a good look at you.
/ had a couple of rolls of picture
wire and / tackled this across the SASH
NOT across the frame, because l
didn't want to find myself wired in
while he was wired out. The wire
made a considerable network, almost
impossible to get through without a
pair of wire nippers, and l doubted
very much if he'd be carrying such
things in his pocket; and when / had
nailed down the sash, as I have said, In
the bathroom I felt secure in my re-
treat. There was now no way for q
man to get in while I was in-unless'
that is, he came down from the roof
on a rope to n of the other windows
/ thought Of that and got ready to
knock him off with a broom or throw
pepper In his eyes If he tried that trick
on me. And at last / felt l was safe
so long as I stayed in. of course!
All the time I'd been working, my
mind had pounded out duly the ques
ton, "What had / better do nexty
and the only answer seemed to be
must get help from some one-I hac
passed the point where could play
lone hand in the game and save the
diamonds. I had tried to telephone
several times without getting an an