The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1920-04-09

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CHAPTER I.-while in the ntt,e Frsnsa
sp(ns.sr, Who Who tells Is. story . :;pssndlna
OtI, Claire De Ravenol, 10 be her com
tnoueh forming an attachment to the girl
6Nvenoi, Clairs's father, and declines.
CHAPTER Lion the boat b nnda
0elarfo. whom she bad met while each
Eas purchasing q pair Of slippers. 2
SHuent events. When they reach New York.
whore Claire was to have been met BY
her mother, the latter does not appear.
Soms. In the confusion At the custom
house, the heroine carries on one OF MrA.
0elario's slippers. Through that happen
lAg she learns later that some 2 un-
Known to her has an entry to her nat
CHAPTER Iu.-Calling on Mrs.. Delario.
tAAt lady shows her some remarkable
sins s Ss,is rsaiiy f sieoa- to S sian nSSis:; s Sus
easily worth a million dollars. Mrs. De-
nrio admits the gems were smuggled. but
e0srs no other explanation. While they
them into CONSERVATION.
CHAPTER Iv.-rhe caller asserts h. i
tho arrest Of Mrs. Delario's son on .
charge OF stealing the diamonds. She out
Wits him n p~ersuadee her friend to take
The gems TO her homs for safe keeping.
CHAPTER Y.-Next morning. realixins
the responsibility in her possession Of the
Mrs. Delario. but while there she learns
that that lady's son q been kidnapped,
supposedly ON account OF the gems. and
sfsess 70 keep them for a while; sha
has h lock Of her door changed and .
ehain-bolt added. Owe the telephone DE-
H SaSsa sn soS1a ! e :sd 1 a1x. p1 S ! 70 has csi n &
onoA.
md leaving tho geml. the heroine 10 met
~ De Ravenol, who claims the diamonds
AIs HIS stolen from Claire ON the Poet.
~ aconsee MIRA. Delario or our friend tbs
return. She deaes be Ravenol. who
threatens her With = revolver. and e.
CHAPTER vII.-Alarmed for her Der.
sonal safety. and Almost believing De
Ravenoi. the heroine fears to return to
meets an old-time friend. Billy Rivers,
newspaper reporter. They spend the eve-
s ssa ZONE a. . sns Tss1. ana ss.y RiS Ena :Ss 1ss he:
taken. h does not connde in Rivers
CHAPTER vIII.-Next morning Mrs.
yimmeon, washwoman and general care
taker, comes to 10 the weekly cleaning.
dtamo ontSn are mas sa 1e' and M Il '0J Jimms SON
throws the faded bunch away. They are
rescued in time, but before an investiga-
ION can be. made q telegram arrives.
CHAPTER IX.-The message purports
e be from q brother OF the heroine. ia
that city at once. Il Is instantly set down
- q device OF De Ravenol to entice her
from the city and rob her. The prowler
tective in the hall. She eiudes him. Ro-
turning, h discovers that De Ravenol
knows at once who had searched her fiat.
CHAPTER x.-After taking every pre-
caution to prevent an entry into the
summoning Billy Rivers, but attempting
70 leave. discovers she is q prisoner,
locked in from the outside. That night
De Ravenol attempts to enter the nat, but
10 barred by the chain-bolt-
CHAPTER XI.-An urgent message to
Rivers is cOnf1ded to George, the elevator
boy though it is evident he is a SPY OF
message and Rivers brings q supply Of
They send, through George. a note to
Mrs. Delario, hoping De Ravenol will see
and act upon II.
CHAPTER XII.-De Ravenol falls into
the trap and believing the fiat to be emp
ty enters to make another search for the
gems. They trap him and bind him Sc
curely. De Rayenol then asserts he Is an
agent Of the emperor of Germany, to
whom the diamonds belong. and was sent
70 the United States to recover them.
CHAPTER XIII.-Entry Of the kaiser
INTO the mudd!e considerably complicates
matters, and the possessors Of the dia
g the state department at Washington.
De Ravenol objects.