The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1920-01-30
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seInses r 'sS ( tells H1 the story . :pesndlns
8 vacation. she e asked TO allow . youns
co, cieirs Dc RayenDI; 70 Be s,I he. con- r..
Dough forming N attachment to the girl
+, ESvenol. clsire's father. and declines.
= CHAPTER Lion the boat she nnds
Q1eire and . casual acquaintance, Mrs
Oelario. whom she had met while each
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9uent events. When they reach New York.
where Claire was to have been met oy
her mother. the latter does not appear:
homo. In the confusion at tho custom
house, the heroine carries OH one OF Mrs.
0elArio's slippers. Through that happen
ING she learns later that some one un-
fAQEp to her has an entry 20 her fat
|, CHAPTER IH.-Call!ng on Mrs Delario.
that lady shows her some remarkable
! WITCH are really biooa-red Diamonds. and
! easily worth a million dollars. Mrs: De.
Iarto admits the gems were Struggled. but
offers no other explanation. While they
are talking. a suspicious caller throws
them into CONSERVATION
CHATTER Iv.-The caller asserts he Z
the arrest Of Mrs: Delario's son on .
charge Of stealing the diamonds. She out
Wits him and ~persuRdes her friend to take
the SENS to her home for safe keeping.
CHAPTER Y.-Next morning. realizine
the responsibility in her possession OF tho
diamonds our heroine k them back to
s,AA Delario. but while there she learns
that that lady's son has been kidnapped,
supposedly on account OF b gems. ana 2
hides them in a bunch OF hyacinths and
has the lock Of her door changed and e
shain-o9lt added, Over the % a Ds
with an accident and urges her to call AZ
once.
! CHAPTER V.-Hastening to her friend.
And leaving the gems. the heroine is met
by De Ravenol. who claims the diamonds
; ere his, stolen from, Claire on the boat
spinster Of the theft. and demands their
return. She defles De Ravenol. who
threatens her with . revolver. and e.
capes.
CHAPTER vII.-Alarmed for her per-
eonal safety. and almost believing De
her fiat. and while uncertain what to do
meets an old-time friend Billy Rivers,
nav! :n:wsp pa ,h exporter ana T RtSsr spend scso the s g;e.
her home. There they find the fiat has
been thoroughly searched but nothing
, taken. She does not conflde In Rivers.
CHAPTER .vIII.-Next morning Mrs.
Jimmson. washwoInan and general care
The heroine has not dared to look II the
diamonds are safe. AND Mrs. Jimmson
throws the faded bunch. away They are
rescued In time. but before an tnvestiga-
don can be. made a telegram arrives.
~~1h, naturally" said 1. and laid it on
the tray along with the scissors and
paste and the pen box that had, only
, yesterday. held a million dollars worth
Of diamonds; and then l asked her
would she please bring in my break
fast. And my knees were shaking I'M
q; der me and l thought, "Oh. boy-yOu
! saved my life last night for a fact, by
talking TO me while he was up here
waiting. Oh, Biny-yOu saved my life,
taking me TO a silly show. But how
long Will 1t laSty Where is 1t going to
end?"
you look zeal sick this morning"
observed Mrs. JimmSon. setting the
tray on the dining-rOom table.
Il don't feel very WELL" This was
the truth.
Perhaps you better go right back to
bed and let me stay and take care of
you'd like nothing better"
Mrs. Jimmson-if you don't mind
Il think I'll get sou to boil me an egg
this morning"
eff you. don't mind me givin' you the
hint eel you ought to find out what
ails you before you eat any more-yOu
may need one of those fasting cures
the papers are telling so much about"
II may-but / need a sOft-bOiled egg
now, If you will be so kind as TO cook
IL for me-"
had broken my roll to crumbs In
the effort to control my wrath at her,
though the general situation was moth
ing new.
Unless you wish me to boil the
egg myself" l added severely.
"Oh, yes-the egg. They do say raw
eggs-when a person gets run down.
With that, I rose and stalked 10 the
kitchen.
She sided past me, hastily snatch.
ing a saucepan off the shelf and filling
it with water. l went back without a
word. What little appetite / had was
gone. When the egg finally arrived.
couldn't eat (which convinced deal
Jimmson, not that she had made my
eating impossible. but that / was hav
ing an attack" and needed her watch
ing to see / didn't get any worse! She
tagged me up, when I went to my bed
room, to know if she hadn't better
telephone the doctor to look in-just
] as a precautiOn,
1t was in the tip Of my tongue to tel
her, brutally. that what she'd better dc
was to attend to her own affairs anG
let me attend to mine, when / realized
that she too might be standing be
tween me and sudden death! So lonf
as she was In the fat I was relatively
safe.
I smiled at her-a pleasant and de
ceiving smile to prove that she wal
wrong and she Immediately went bacl
to work.
I had been standing by the bureau
while we smoke and Sonefhjnp RI nv