The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1920-03-26

svNopsis.

NpA8ASS0A WAV 0AA6 liz VIZ 40 R0A0A
S.vacaton. she is asked 70 allow Z younl
kanlon back to the United states. a.
the heroine takes q dislike to Monsieur d
RAvenol. Claire's father. n declines.
CHAPTER lion the boat she fnda
i, Claire n Q casual acquaintance. Mrs.
Oelario. whom she had met while each
VA purchasing q pair Of slippers. exact
s & n,ie .s.n %n'4 %se asa tSsv LARGELY 1.seS New n s Yoss.
where Claire was to have been met by
her mother. the latter does not appear,
Snd Claire p~erforce goes to Mrs. Delario's
bone. In the confusion at the custom
house, the heroine carries OF one OF Mrs.
Qplarto's slippers. Through that happen
@E she learns later that some n un-
CHAPTER II.-Calling on Mre Delarto.
That lady, shows her some remarkable
which are really biood-red diamonds. and
SA.ily worth a million dollars. Mrs. De-
Ierio admits the gems were smuggled. but
08ers no other explanation. While they
are talking. a suspicious caller throws
0em into CONSERVATION.
CHAPTER Iv.--The caller asserts he IL
h arrest of Mrs. Delario's son on .
charge OF stealing the diamonds. She out
Wits him and perSuades her friend to take
the sens to her home for safe keeping.
CHAPTER V.-Next morning, realizing
the responsibility In her possession Of the
Mrs. Delario, but while there she learns
that that lady's son has been kidnapped,
supposedly on account of the gems. and
hides them in a bunch OF hyacinths and
has the lock Of her door changed and q
ehain-bo!t added. Over the telephone De
With an accident and urges her to call at
ouce.
CHAPTER vI.-Hastening to her friend,
and leaving the gems. the heroine is met
~ De Ravenol. who claims the diamonds
&re his, stolen from Claire on the boat.
soinsssr q' Of the the th Ss's', ana O. demands SHr a lnts1a th sas
return h de1es De R~avenol. who
threatens her with . revolver. and es-
eapes.
CHAPTER vII.-Alarmed for her per-
Sonal safety. and almost believing De
her nat. and while uncertain what to do
meets an old-time friend, Billy Rivers,
nS;%spaper reporter; d BE- R.ys spend the eve
Der home. There they find the fiat has
been thoroughly searched but nothing
taken. She does not conade In Rivers.
CHAPTER vIII.-Next morning Mrs.
yimmson, washwoman and general care
T nnsl hes eoms' hs 90 no ta dared see tx look elea Il 2 e:
diamonds are safe. and Mrs. Jimmson
throws the faded bunch away. They are
Isescued In time. but before an investisa-
dor can be, made q telegram arrives.
CHAPTER Ix.-The message purports
Philadelphia. asking her to meet him in
that city at once. It is instantly set down
es a device of De Ravenol to entice her
had overlooked the diamonds In the hya-
~tectiye in the hail. She eiudes him. Re.
n IN chat D.--~
has an apartment in the building, and
knows at once who had searched her fiat.
CHAPTER x.-After taking every pre-
apartment, our heroine writes q message
uummoning Billy Rivers. but attempting
% leave. discovers she is q prisoner.
De Ravenol attempts to enter the fat, but
10 barred by the chain-bolt.
Rivers is cont1ded to George. the ~levator
boy though it is evident he lie a spy Of
De Ravenors: However. he forwards the
message, and Rivers brings a supply of
food. She tells him the whole story.
They send: through George, a note to
Mrs. Delario. hoping De Ravenol will see
and act upon 1t.
CHAPTER XII.-De Ravenol falls into
me trap and believing the fiat to be emp
~ enters to make another search for the
oSAbo lhCy oap }fi LII piHu nlD1 e
curely. De oil then asserts ne 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 ruddle considerably complexities
matters: and the possessors Of the dia-
nonds suggest referring the whole matter
to the state department at Washington.
De Ravenol objects.
The dates were sci. ana All 5e@r.-~
moving along its appointed course,
when pOst-haSte a trusty mes
senger and delivers himself Of the
tale he has ridden all day TO bring
that Oscar has been smitten through
the helmet. thereby losing a nose, an
upper lip and a chin and was now in
the thr0es Of dissolution.
CONSERVATION reigned i'm the castle,
broken by the sobs of the fair Elfreda,
the shy chances of the bereaved broth
er-who would become the heir appar-
ent-and the wise silence of the old
kinglet.
1t was o long before 4 decision
was reached satisfactory to all per-
.sons-except Oscar, lying in his tent
comforting himself with thoughts Of
the grief Of his beautiful betrcthed,
whom he had never set eyes on for
the two young people. Fritz and FL
freda, knowing that a marriage be- |
tween the families was greatly to be
desired, and warmed with a high n
Of duty to the fa~st-departing Oscar
and IT may be, a natural shrinking on |
the part of the lady from the embraces
Of a husband minus an upper lip. a
nose and a chin, and plus some sixty
various and sundry other wounds and
scars to bOot-hastened the ceremony
and were united by the castle priest in
the bonds Of holy matrimony before
the sun rose.
Imagine the messengers feelings on
arriving at the castle and finding Os-
instead Of lying at peace in the
chapel with solemn candles at
his head and his heels, making a fast
acnvo nv the AID Of his deyOt0C /