The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1920-01-16
q Jane Bunker

drawn dOWnStdlrSs Dut dc ! IOOnCu, "
fncer-I knew it must be mOnsieur's-
pulled an edge Of the shade and an
eye peeped at me.
/ was in the midst Of u grin OF de-
Yisiun at him when my eye was caught
by something ut al upper window. 1t
was q hand-a waving hapd-a hand
that said. "Go away-go away-go
away !" as fast as it could, and said 1t
to me.
An instant later l saw a face and
recognized Mrs. Delario. Then the face
was gone and the hand said, go
away! :" again and disappeared also.
Monsieur, seeing me standing, ap-
parentlS interested in something hap
pening upstairs, pulled the shade out
q little farther. So what l did was de-
rbera,ely TO cross the street and sig
nal him to raise the window.
"Raise the window want to speak
TO you!' l shouted.
The window was raised about six
inches and monsieur put his evil, ratty
face down to listen.
"Now do your darnedest y said /.
And then l snapped my fingers at him
and walked away.
Though 1t was early / began TO feel
hungry and | kept on till reached a
French restaurant where l generally
lunch when I'm downtown. 1t was too
O O for the music, but my W
thoughts were music enough just then,
and anyway I felt safe.
But by the time the salad came the
reaction set in. The world turned drab.
notified with black responsibility and
streak2d with red Indignation. / rob
a Young girl! Good heavens her ia
ther must he insane to bring such an
accusation against me! | seen with
her jewel case in my hands TrepOs-
ferrous! And poor, poor Mrs. Delario-
size. too. had been accused. On top Of
all her trouble about her diamonds.
! had raised my coffee Ia my lips
but hadn't tasted it, when the words
went through my head like Il shot:
"CIAIRE'S JEWELS ARE MRS.
DELARIO'S DIAMONDS"
Mrs. DelariO had sworn to me that
they were hers. Had she robbed Claire
coming Over in the steamer: ImpoS-
sible! She was o good a
But even so, how had monsieur con-
nected me with them? Had she told
himf That seemed impossible also:
and yet l felt I'd really never shaken
his conviction that | had them-and
that he meant to get them by fair
means or foul.
Clammy sweat broke out all over
me as l thought of what he might do.
He might have twenty accOmplices-
he evidently had money enough TO play
the game TO a finish. Where could /
go tonight? To a hotel? l didn't have
any luggage. To a friends house? l
should have to e~xplain-and / couldn't.
/ might go over to Philadelphia to my
brothers but / didn't have money
enough in my purse TO pay my fare.
And could ! go off and leave the dia-
mOndS in my fiat? Or could l take
them with me, and perhaps be kid
naped, robbed and thea murdered to
keep my mouth shut! After what I'd
seen of him l now felt him capable Of
anything.
With these thoughts l staggered out
into the street. I noticed the clock al
I paSsed-fve minutes to eight, and
l had come in at a quarter to six. /
saw spies everywhere. | vas afraid
TO go home and ] didn't know what
else tc DO. / knew ! ought tn cOmmu-
nica,e with Mrs. Delario. bar 7 ciGa't
dare-even to try to reach her on the
telephone might make it the worse for
her.
In this frame of mind l reached
BrOadway-here at least / felt tempo