Emmons County record., 1920-02-05
SYNOPSIS.

~ SYNOPSIS.
CHAPTER 1.-while in the little French
Gown Of veyay. where the "staid. proper
vacation. she is asked to allow a young
panlon back to the United States. Al
the r heroine tsss taxes 9 dislike to Monsieur dc
Claire and a casual aeauaintance. Mrs.
was purchasing q pair Of slippers. exact
quent events. When they reach New York,
where Claire was to have been met BY
her mother: the latter does not appear.
nome the 70 At The eastom
house, the heroine carries OF one Of Mrs.
Delario's slippers. Through that happen
known to her has an entry to her fiat.
CHAPTER I1I.-Calling on Mrs. Delario,
ley Sh1w' tba ae1 ne e
which are really biood-red diamonds. and and
easily worth million dollars. Mrs. De-
oe1s other s ss Whs the1
are talking. a suspicious caller throws
them into CONSERVATION.
CHAPTER Iv.-The caller asserts he is
an omcer OF the law. with a warrant for
the arrest Of Mrs. Delario's son on a
eharge Of stealing the diamonds. She out
the gems to her home Tor SAFE f1 keeping: &c 5aas
hcHAPTER II.Es:. X-Next morning, realizins
a!amonds our heroine takes them back to
Mrs. pelario, but while there she learns
snat that lady's son has been kidnapped,
agrees to keep them for while. She
hides them in bunch Of hyacinths and
mas mas dn,t ne lock s Of her door changed and 9
Rayenol informs her Mrs. Delario has met
with an accident and urges her to cali at
CHAPTER v1-Hastening to her friend
and leaving the gems. the heroine Is met
6y sy. De e. Raye,nol. e,. who claims the diamonds
He accuses Mrs. Deiario or our W friend % 1.-THE the
spinster Of the theft. and demands their
She her dss S De ssvdass who
capes.
CHAPTER v11.--Alarmed for her per-
her fiat. and while uncertain what to do
ns%sgassr mssss sn psldIfae oldts By Rivers
ming at theater ana Rivers accompanies
her. home. There they find the fiat has
en shs doeS net sonSe but
,,maad, CHAPTER 1Ea .tIL.. tXIII;.Ne1t morning Mrs
The heroine has not dared to look IL the
.diamonds are safe, and Mrs. Jimmson
rescued in time, but before an investiga-
zion can be made s telegram arrives:
CHAPTER 1x:.The message purports
that city ct once: II is instantly set down
9ro aSy tS Of .DS De Ss1 t9 sntee
had overlooked the diamonds in the hya-
cinths Going out: eur heroine finds a de-
turning. she discovers that De Ravenol
has an apartment in the building, and
knows at once who had searched her fiat
CHAPTER X.-After taking every pre-.
apartment. our heroine writes a M message
eaVe s sh she Is' Is prlsone4
locked In from the outside. That night
Pc Ravenol attempts to enter the fiat. but
ptYa1a CHAPTER = sasakI xI-An urgent message to
RSsssn he he is sRy s
food. She tells him ns' the whole y ieppS Story. y
hcpss 6s 1Gf1 % es
and act upon it.
&c CHATTER TAI FER xps Re- Raysno s. = falls II into
gems. They trap him and bind him Sc.
q Pc a fnen he s
whom the diamonds belong. and was sent
to the United States to recover them.
CHAPTER x111.-Entry of the kaiser
into the muddle considerably complicatea
d matters and the possessors Of the dia-
1 mo1Ss 4Ss suggest n referring the Whole & matter
Do .Ravenol objects.
CHAPTER x1v.-Mrs. Delario afnrms
as the sn 81 tS
our heroine M Of her sin sincerity that She re-.
ssssor hepns hu. e 70 bs DONE T
"Oh, no-much more valuable than
that! A cipher on tissue paper. Papa
said his life depended on it-and the
life Of the emperor Of Russia;" she
hastily added, and blushed and cast
down her eyes.
':ze emperor of Germany" corrected
monsieur quietly.
''Yes-1 forgot thought it was the
emperor of Russia"
:.It is Of no consequence continue,
my child, wis re narrative"
She seemed little off the track and
I helped her on with another question: {:
"What were you to do with those pa
pers7'
II was to help papa get them to
America-so: they wouldn't be found.
So / hid the papers while I was at
school wore them in a little bag
around my neck that papa bought for
me, and it was all arranged with mad
anne that she was to bring me to Paris
when papa telegraphed. And she
couldn't, you know, so you brought
me-"
$50 that was why you were 80
afraid of being searched at the Gus
toms house on the frontier?"
"Yes. Papa told me they might
and II they found the papers he would
be handed over to the government.