The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1920-07-16

0elarto, whom she had met while .
s afSe. which nsure largely in susss-
alssnt eysnts: When they reach ~! New ~ XoT e,
her mother, the latter does not appear,
and Claire perforce goes to Mr.. Delatto'0
home. In the confusion At the custom,
hSIssl ne ., hs5e'ne s ThroSsS on ts Hne S q, na
6g she learns later that some q un-
known to her has an entry to her nat
CHAPTER II.-calling on Mrs. Delarie.
gsms believing them 70 be rubies. but
9A.iy worth q million dollars. Ms p.
e6ers no other explanation. While thS5
are talking. q suspicious caller throws
CHAPTER Y.-Next morning. realixine
The responsibility In her possession OF The
diamonds y heroine takes thep back e
e 6ss. PEI R:lsT isSy but .S whi Re, there Ssso 's s;an1 sasac
supposedly on account OF the gems. and
Rldss them IN bunch Of hyacinths and
ehain-6oit added. over the tsiep6ons D.
0Avenol informs her Mrs.. Delaxio has inst
With IN accident n urges her to call q
saoa
CHAPTER v1.-HasteninG to her friend,
e36 leaving the gerns. the heroine IL met
= s.: s: :teisn rom %a1 c Clan. t on f S:'1 Sess.
splnstsr Of the theft. and demands thstf
ESeu.9: shs 6sass Dc aavsnc! wno
eApes.
CHAPTER X1.-An urgent message 70
so,sr sho y sSn 4 e s 70 Sssrf E; f e . s,s , &
De RAvenol's. However, he forwards the
message. and Rivers brings 9 supply OF
Seod. She tells him the whole story.
Ars. Delarto. hoping De Ravenol viii 80
end act upon 1t.
CHAPTER KID Ravenol falls into
~ enters to make another search for the
0ems. They trap him a bind him ~
ourely. De Ravenol then asserts he 10 an
Thom the dis,nends belong, and was sent
70 the United States to recover them.
CHAPTER xIu.-Entry Of the kaiser
@ mae ere %nSoi the 'I posssssors Of Ike dis-
monds suggest referring the whole matter
10 the state department at Washington.
b Ravenol objects.
CHAPTER XIv.-Mrs. Delario affrms
that the diamonds were presented to her
;upreme ~ spirituaf BODY, and so onv Vine
bur heroine Of her sincerity that she re-
turns the jewels to their original pos
sessor. hoping thus to be done with them.
CHAPTER Xv.-Claire says -. thought
the smuggled box contained an important
sipher message relating to her father. "A
islegram to Re pavenol causes ha sen Ilm fo oT
Claire. He goes to Mrs. Delario. believing
the has the diamonds. but she puts him
,r. Mrs. Delario again leaves the gems
parts without any explanation. A new
character enters the story.
CHAPTER Xv.-The Unknown admits
e is seeking De Ravenol, n our heroine
makes an appointment for next morning:
eei laiy Ri haye a dissDpesHed 10 MIS- 1i Dela ri
ellis them Claire has been left with ner.
be Ravenol by q ruse gains entry into
he fiat.
r made~ an exclamation and was IN
the very act Of telling George t
bring the man up at once, when the
Queerest feeling came over me-intu-
ition, warning, whatever you choose
to name it-a feeling of danger. and
that this was what the detectives call
a plant for me. 1t was George who
recalled me to my senses by asking,
"Shall / fetch him up?"
"No-certainly not. You've already
told him I'm not at home"
But he says-if yOu's out I'm to
fetch back the letter to him, an
when I don't fetch it back he asks me,
amt you in, an If you amt in where's
the letter."
True-and aptly argued!
why didn't you tell me that in the
first placer" l demanded, wondering
at my own stupidity that I hadn't seen
it myself in the first place.
II amt think of it," said George
sullenly.
"Oh, well-it doesn't matter any
way" l soothed. "Just tell him again
I'm not at home, and If he says any
thing more repeat it-and keep on re-
peating it till he goes, for l won't see
him. But, George"-thts l said stern
ly-if you bring that man p-after
what I've said to you-you needn't
say good morning to me next Sunday"
George understood the allusi0n-I
always give him a quarter on Sunday
morning when he brings the paper up.
he grinAed and departed.
snow, what new dodge Is this?" !
cogitated. carrying the paper to my
study and examining 1t in the light.
The writing was distinctly foreign
French or German in the "r's." The
"mademoiselle" also suggested a for
eigner.
The bell rang. I sat down. The bell
rang again. / put my feet on a has
sock, turned up my nose slightly,
smiled and sat still. The door was
pounded-not furiously, but with evil
dent Northumberland the bell rang
again.
At this ! thought I'd better show q
sign Of life. SO / went and called