The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1920-03-05
CUT DIAMOND
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CHAPTER L.-whTs In the little French
town OF Vevay. where the "staid, proper
= vacation, she is asked 70 allow q young
Girl, Claire sde Ravenol. TO- be her COM
canlon back to the United States. A.
xhough forming an attachment to the girl
The heroine takes q dislike to Monsieur GO
NAvenol, Claire's father. and declines.
CHAPTER lion the boat she nnds
Claire and q casual acquaintance. MIS-
0elario, whom she had met while eacn
AK. Rasen Mhies Z aE Pals G largely s,sPpsi IN saSss-
Saent events. When the reach New York.
where Claire was to have been met by
and Claire perforce goes to Mrs. Delario's
home. In the confusion at the custom
house, the heroine carries OF one or MRS.
l6g she learns later that some one un-
known to her has an entry to her nat
CHAPTER ITI.-Calling on Mrr Delario.
that lady. shows her some remarkable
which are really blood-red diamonds. and
easily worth a million dollars. Mrs. De-
lerio admits the gems were smuggied but
offers no other explanation. While they
them into CONSERVATION.
CHAPTER Iv.-The caller asserts he Is
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 v.-Next morning, realIzins
Shs r re51sn oa1 hsyrd n her ssk poss sssm back Ss the es
Mrs. Delnrio. but while there she learns
that that lady's son has been kidnapped,
supposedly on account OF the gems, and
agrees to keep them for a while. She
hides them In . bunch OF hyacinths and
Ahofn-hnlt 0AdnA nUar the falanhnn0 I1A
Ravenci informs her Mrs Delario has met
With az accident and urges her to call at
ence.
CHAPTER W.-Hastening to her friend,
AID leaving the gems. the heroine IL met
8. ne he Ha steien rom TnD e claire t on e ehe Soss.
ae accuses Mrs Deiario or our friend the
sptnstsr Of the theft. and Demands their
ssrsassn. ' her WITH With . TsvoiSsr' ana e.
capes.
CHAPTER vII.-Alarme6 for her Per
sonal safety. and almost believing De
Ravenoi. the heroine fears to return 70
nswspaper reporter. They spend the ave-
Ser home. There they ma the nat has
been thoroughly searched but nothing
taken. She does not conhde In Rivers.
CHAPTER 'yn1.-Next morning Mrs
Ilmmson. washwoman and general care
The heroine has not dared to look If the
throws the faded bunch. away. They are
rescued in time, but before an invesftga-
ton can be. MADE a telegram arrives.
CHAPTER Ix.-The message purports
. b from q brother of the heroine, !n
fhiIadeiphia. asking her to meet him in
that city at once n r. u is instantly set down WI
from the city and rob her. The prowler
had overlooked the diamonds In the hya-
A>Ah ID -t ~,- Ar1. &rto q AZ
tective In the hail. Sne eludes him. Re-
Stunning she discovers that De Eavenoi
has an apartment In the building. and
knowe at once who had searched her fat.
CHAPTER X-Afler taking every pre-
caution 20 proven; an entry into the
summonine Billy Rivers. but attempting
locked in from the ouss:ds. That night
De Ravenol attempts to enter the Nat. but
y 10 barred by the cflatn-bolt
CHAPTER XI-An urgent message to
Rivers is confded TO George. the elevator
boy. though it is evident he is a spy OF
n NE sayena ana R aS~sve brings ne ' q suppiy 'o Of
food. She tells him the whole story.
They send, through George. a note to
1drs. Deiario. hoping De Ravenol will see
and act upon It.
~AW-say- lie larrieu. and grabbed
the package and began tearing OF the
wrapper. ITS so Sudden-hut thank
you ever SO much, and for heavens
sake tell me what's happened! I'll
bust if you don't"
"Pve run off with a million dollars
WORTH OF diamonds, that's ALL"
For a minute Billy looked as if he
thought I'd run off with my senses
then he observed in that SoOtby. con.
densed tone a very sane youcg person
uses to d respected elder whese mind
IL wandering:
II think you'd better eat some
thing Immediately" Gull period
here-it says, "'WeU talk about what
ails you when you're feeling more
yourself Where's your car
%Opener?"
was SO hungry at the sight of food
that little panicky pains ran round my
insides and up my throat, and
pranced into the kitchen for the opener
and plates, leaving Billy to think what
he pleased about my mental state.
had the wit. though, to tell him ASH !!
Just at that moment Mrs. Thing
downstairs began her supper-time per
formances. Little had / ever dreamed
that her daily torture of an otherwise
i~noffensive piano would sometime
prove a blessing to me. Billy whis.
pered hoarsely, whats that? The
villain trying to get inT"
I said, MRS. Thing-down-stairs be.
lieves it's music, lucky for us-we car
now breathe out loud without fear OF
the villain. He may be listening al
the front dpor-but he'll hear nothing
while she operates"
Billy forked q lot of chicken onto
my plate and commanded me to 60 to
1t, and I grabbed a roll out of his box
and said:
sBilly, he tried to murder me-"
"He7"
soThat mamie was waiting for me