The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1920-04-23

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Slnstsr. who tells 4. story Is spendins
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RAnlon back to the United States. Al
dough forming an attachment to theg girl.
the heroine takes Q dislike to Monsieur Dc
CHAPTER lion tho boat h nndz
Claire and . casual acquaintance. Mrs.
s. alike. which nsure largely in subss-
Soent events. When they reach New York,
Ehere Claire was to have been met BY
end Claire perforce goes to Mrs. Defario'S
house, the heroine carries of one Of Mrs.
he she learns later that some one un-
Known to her has an entry to her dat
CHAPTER III.-Calling on Mrs. Delerio.
gems. believing them to be rubies. but
which are really blood-red diamonds. and
easily worth a million dollars. Mrs, De-
s oaeGsS a1 mo oth sas %e esIas SsIs s"WVf SiIs they boy
9 into conformation
CHAPTER Iv.-The caller asserts he u
An officer OF the law, with a warrant for
the arrest OF Mrs. Delario's son on .
charge Of stealing the diamonds. She out
Wits him and p~ersuades her friend to take
the SENS to her home for safe keeping.
CHAPTER Y.-Next morning. realizins
the responsibility In her possession OF the
diamonds our heroine takes them back to
Nrs. Delario, but while there she learns
that that lady's son has been kidnapped,
ssrees to keep them for a while. She
hides them in bunch OF hyacinths and
has the lock Of. her door changed and q
fRaven aOSi inf aaqes- her 81 Mrs .1 De%isrso . met
With an accident and urges her to call 1t
CHAPTER vI.-Hastening to her friend,
q leayins tho gems. the heroine is met
sre his: stolen from Claire on the boat
opinster Of tho theft. and demands their
return. She def1es De Ravenol. who
threatens her with . revolver. and es-
capes.
CHAPTER VII.-Alarmed for her per-
a safety. and almost believing Dc
her nat. and while uncertain what to do
meets IN oid,ams frasnd, Billy Rivers.
her home. There they and the nat has
been thoroughly searched but nothing
taken. She does not conade in Rivers.
CHAPTER vIII.-Next morning Mrs.
Yimmson. washwoman n general care
sTs. comes to DC the weekly cleaning:
diamonds are safe. and Mrs. Jimmson
throws the faded bunch away. They are
{escued in time. but before an investiga-
CHAPTER Ix.-The message purports
shiisdeiphia. a s1nser her Of to s's meet esTo him in in
that city at once. It is instantly set down
Is a device OF De Ravenol to entice her
had overlooked the diamonds In the hya-
cinths. Going out; our heroine finds a de-
tective In the hall. She eludes him. Re-
has an apartment in the building. and
knows at once who had searched her flat.
CHAPTER X.-After taking every pre-
caution to prevent an entry into the
eummoning Billy Rivers, but attempting
TO leave. discovers she IL q prisoner.
locked in from the outside. That night
De Ravenoi attempts to enter the nat, but
Ia barred by the chain-bolt
Rivers is conflded to George. the elevator
boy, though 1t is evident he is a spy Of
De Rayenorsi However. h forwards the
food. She tells him the whole story.
They send, through George. a note to
Mrs. Delario. hoping De Ravenol will see
And act upon Il.
CHAPTER XH.-De Ravenol falls into
the trap and believing the fiat to b. emp
ty enters to make another search for the
gems. They trap him and bind him Sc
eurely. De Ravenol then asserts he is an
agent of the emperor of Germany. to
whom the diamonds belong, and was sent
to the United States to recover them.
. CHAPTER XIII.-Entry Of the kaiser
into the muddle considerably complexities
matters, and the possessors Of the dia-
monds suggest referring the whole matter
70 the state dQnQYtmpnt at NO QhtnCfan
Oe Ravenol objects.
/ hurried on claire did it on the
steamer-the night before we landed.
That was how she had been set to
smuggle them through the customs
house. She didn't know what was in
the box-she thought 1t a cipher on
tissue paper to save her fathers life.
and if 1t was found on her he'd be
put to death; but If 1t was found on
you or me-all right-we couldn't ex-
plain, for we didn't know anything"
And do you believe that7" Mrs.
Delari0 demanded, her face q picture
OF amazement-at me!
With that l went through the whole
story Of my experiences with mon
sieur, adding no comments on her
story, but telling only his and Claire's
and the legend of the diamonds.
1t took a long time--it took q long
nerve. While l talked I did not once
look at her-I would not witness the
defeat Of her deep religious convic-
tons and the dissolution Of her hopes.
I ended apOlogetically, $50 you see, &C
cording to that, the diamonds really
to the Emperor William" I
could lot bring myself to come out
with it 1~at-footedly and say they posi-
lively did.
"Well?"
Her tone vas so peculiar that /
looked up quickly. And her face was
q study. She vas obviously puzzled,
but amazement still held it's ground
amazement at me pity at me, too, for
my credulity. And a moment before
| had been almost ready to shed tears
over her! !
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