The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1920-01-23
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Bbough forming an attachment to the girl.
Pc heroine takes 9 dislike to Monsieur d
AAvenol Claire'e father. and declines.
! CHAPTER lion the boat abe nnds
Qlalre and . casual acquaintance. Mira
OalArto, whom she had met while each
s alike. which fssSre iarseiy in sabss-
luent events. When they reach New York.
whore Claire was to have been met oy
her mother. the latter does not appear,
end Claire perforce goes to Mrs. Delaro'S
bone. In the confusion at the custom
Aouse, the heroine carries on one OF Mrs.
t6g she learns later that some one un-
,known to her has an entry to her fiat
CHAPTER I1.-Calline on Mrs. Dela1o.
eenS. believing them to be rubtee. but
which are neatly blood-red diamonds. and
;3a.ly worth million dollars. Mrs Pc.
Iaf3o admits the gems were ~snugXled, but
o6efs nc other explanation. While hey
!are talking. q suspicious caller throws
them into CONSERVATION.
CHAPTER Iv.-Tne caller asserts he .
N on1cer OF the law, with a warrant for
the arrest Of Mrs. Delaro's son on .
charge OF stealing the diamonds. She out
. tho gems to her home for safe keeping.
: CHAPTER v.-Next morning. realixins
tho responsibility in her possession Of the
diamonds our heroine takes them back to
; am6sast; R5slsr1i s but .S while lie. there ere she h;sn Learn,
;esFess to keep them tor a while. She
has the lock Of her door changed Ind a
,ehain-bolt added. Over the telephone De
.RAyenol informs her MrR DelaIto has met
t-HAA an nAntAA~ A-A ~nA nv ~ non NJ
once. D " A''
CHAPTER v1.-Hastening to her friend,
D De Ravenol. Who claims the diamonds
iaIEs his. stolen from Claire on the boat
He accuses Mrs Delsrio or our friend the
'lssurn. shs dsfes Be oe' k RsSsald. Who
threatens her with = revolver. and c.
CHAPTER vIL.-Alarmed for her per.
sonal safety. and almost believing De
her nat. and while uncertain what to do
meets an old-tme friend. Billy Rivers,
:sSwspaper reporter: Thss spend the eve.
her homo. There they find the fat has
taken. She does not confide in Rivers
CHAPTER VIII-Next morning Mrs.
,yimmson. washwornan and general care
the heroine has a. no not dared Sft to look esei II ths
diamonds are safe. and Mrs.. .yiramsof,
throws the faded bunch. away. They are
rescued In time. but before an investiga-
ton can be. made a telegram arrives.
The half. by the outside gas jet.
,showed nothing out of the ~way-that
had been rearranged to let me get in
side and shut the door without suspi-
,cl0n. AS 10 the rest of the hat =
words fail me, 1t was literally turned
INSIDE out and upside down. Drawers
then piled up and refilled with other
things to get them out of the way.
Even the bookcases had been moved
q searched behind and hundreds of
books were heaped on the floor. heller
SHELTER. Pictures had been taken
from the walls and pillow cushions
cut open actually. the breakfast food
In boxes, the butter and food In the
refrigerator had been searched.
And in the midst of the disorder
n thing alone had apparently not
been touched-the bunch of hyacinths!
room light turned on. There 1t stood
on the table, just as had left it when
/ had crowded the diamonds down
among the stems. But were the dia-
nOnds there!
/ was in the act of making n dash to
find out, when ] remembered Billy
Billy mustn't know.
He had calculated. Love and pota-
toes! You did have a bunch"
j pulled off my glOveS--I must see
If the diamonds were Safe-just a
touch with the end of my fingers and
I'd know
II didn't do ii with a bunch, Billy"
said l. and stopped to pick up Il table
drawer and slide II into place, for
there vas q considerable barricade be-
tween me and the hyacinthS that were
now ont of my reach.
81 didn't suppose you did" Billy was
generous enough to admit.
81 did it with a piece of unmitigated
folly"
"Say-where did you leave the
icash?' he questioned quickly, and / re-
fmembered the five hundred dollars
THAT I'd forgotten for the moment.
/ forgot the diamonds and sank into
the nearest chair. ] stammered, ''BlHy,
] must know the worst, and I'm afraid
to ego to my bedroom and s-see if it's
fgone. 1t was in the b-burea1 drawer"
Billy struck a match and went down
sthe hall. Then l saw the electric light
illuminate the doorway and heard
Billy:
"LOve and pumpkins! Come here
quick'i"
i rushed after him. without waiting
to see if the diamonds were safe. He
pointed to the bed: "Wil you look at
that J"
ALI the bed covers had been thrown
OF and on the mattress lay the five
hundred dollars, spread out in rows
OF tens and fivesi
The sight fairly caved me In. It was
q great deal worse than If the. money /