Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1920-01-29
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house, the heroine carries off one Of Mrs. !
Delario's slippers: Through that happen .
known to her has an entry to her fiat.
CHAPTER. II1-calling on Mrs. Delario.
gems, belieSns them to s0 be rabies but
which are really blood-red diamonds, and !
easily worth q million dollars. Mrs. De- |
offees no other sspianatio s s" Whie they hey
tSs tai nto sgsRieous caller throws
CHAPTER 1v.-The caller asserts he is
the arrest Of Mrs. Delario's son on a :.
Wits him and 3 hen friend S to take
the gems to her home for safe keeping. /
CHAPTER X-Next morning, realizing
diamonds our heroine takes them back to !
Mrs. Delario. but while there she learns !
that that lady's son has been kidnapped;
agrees to keep them for while. She
hides them In a bunch Of hyacinths and
has has t., the lock Of her door changed and
Ravenol informs her Mrs. Delario has met
with an accident and urges her to call at
CHAPTER W.-Hastening to her friend. !
and leaving the gems. the heroine is met
by De Rayenol. who claims the diamonds
He accuses Mrs. Deiario or our friend the
return: She deaes De Ravenoi. who
capes.
CHAPTER V11.-Alarmed for her per-
aavenol, the heroine fears to return to
meets an old-time friend, Billy Rivers.
s ae ana sgsns sne
her home. There they find the fiat has
been ps but nothing
CHAPTER .vI1I.-Next morning Mrs.
Jimmson. washwoman and general care
The heroine has not dared to look II the
throws the faded bunch away. they are
ton can be made telegram arrives.
CHAPTER 1x:.The message pprporta
as a device Of De Ravenol to .entice her
had overlooked the diamonds in the hya.
seetiSe in Zig Sa She sadss n hi@ Re- as
has an apartment in the building. and
knows at once who had searched her fiat.
.
caution to prevent an entry into the
summoning Billy Rivers. but attempting
locked in from the outside. That night
De Ravenel !. attempts to enter the fiat. but
CHAPTER xI-An urgent message to
Rivers is confided to George, the elevator
boy, though it is evident he is a spy Of
message. and Rivers brings a supply Of
food. She tells him the whole story.
They send, through George. a. note to
and act upon 1t.
CHAPTER xII-De Ravenol falls into
the trap and believing the fiat to BE- emp.
eureiy. De Ravenoi then asserts he is an
the peons end Mas sen9
to the United States to recover them.
CHAPTER x1x.-claire disaprears and
nsises pe ave Stsi the diamonds and
the heroine Is convinced OF the truth OF
She told meas she had on the
steamer-how she'd gone abroad to
hunt new psychics for her seances and
the circle meeting at her house, Of
which she was sort Of priestess, and
how she had thus come in contact with
the Duval girl. This girl had "won-
\ derful gift Of prophecy" and at a pri.
vate sitting with her had gone into'a
trance-and had given out that Mrs.
Delario was tone Of the chosen"-one
of the disciples-elect Of the Mystic
Cult Of the Crystal Sphere, whose
headquarters were lamasary IN
Tibet, and had then predicted that she
was shortly to receive the mystic
sign Of initiation and gift-con.
veyed through space by spirit influ-
ences of seven blood-red gems, which
she was at liberty to dispose of and
convert into cash If she desired Tho
sacred masters not dealing In lucre but
I only its sublimated equivalents-and
I apply to her personal needs and the
ftftherance Of her work for spiritual.
ism.
On being pressed by Mrs. Delario to
I'LL more the time and place
Of the gift-the girl had declared that
the stones would be in a small oblong
box, which Mrs. Delario would "dis-
Cover among her things when the time
came" and that she would receive
ITEM suddenly secretly without NOR.
TIL. knowledge Of how they got there =
and they would probably be given to
her In Paris. Beyond this the girl waa
. unable to 60. 81 81 @
But Mrs. Delarto accepted the pre-