The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1920-02-13
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CHAPTER L-while In the little French
Town OF Veyay. where the "staid, proper
8 vacation. she is asked to allow & youns
girl, Claire de Ravenol. TO- be her COM
panlon back to the United States. Al.
fhe heroine takes a dislike to Monsieur dc
kAvenol, Claire's father. and declines.
CHAPTER lion the boat she nnds
Delario, whom she had met while each
was purchasing 4 pair Of slippers. exact.
" alike, which figure largely in subse.
where Claire was to have been met by
her mother. the latter does not appear.
and Claire perforce goes to Mrs. Delario's
: kous9, the heroine carries of one OF Mrs.
!! Qelario's slippers. Through that happen
! Ing she learns later that some one un-
; CHAPTER III.-Calling on Mre, Delario.
! that lady shows her some remarkable
ssms. believing them to Be- runies. but
, easily worth a million dollars. Mrs. De
lar1o Omit the gems were smuggled. but
, offers no other explanation. While they
them into CONSERVATION.
; CHAPTER Iv:-7The caller asserts h. 4
; the arrest Of Mrs: Delario's son on
] charge OF stealing the diamonds. She out
T; wits hin and p~ersuades her friend to take
! the gems to her home for safe keeping.
; CHAPTER v.-Next morning, realizing
, the responsibility in her possession of the
! diamonds our heroine takes them back to
! Mrs. Delario, but while there she learns
that that lady's son has been kidnapped,
/: :1p ppss oil on account Of the Gems. and sna
, hides them In a bunch OF hyacinths and
! has the lock Of her door changed and a
= RAVAnn1 Informs hor Mrs. Do1pYin has mat
With an accident and urges her to call at
! CHAPTER vI.-Hastening to her friend.
leaving the gems. the heroine is met
~ De Ravenol. who claims the diamonds
He accuses Mrs Delario or our friend h
eplnster Of the theft. n deimand their
return. She defes De Raven0I. who
sapes
CHAPTER VII.-Alarmed for, her per-
Ravenol. the heroine fears to return to
her nat. and while uncertain what to do
meets an old-time friend Billy Rivers,
ping at a theater and Rivers accompanies
! her home. There they find the fat has
: BEEN t~horoughiy searched but nothing
! 0ken. She does not conf1de in Rivers.
; CHAPTER 'vIII.-Next morning Mrs.
taker. comes to DO the weekly cleaning.
I; The heroine has not dared to look IL the
! diamonds are safe. and Mrs. I!n,mson
. rescued in time, but before an investiga-
don can be. made C telegram arrives.
; CHAPTER Ix.-The message purports
TO be from a brother OF the heroine, in
Philadelphia, asking her to meet him in
that city at once, It is instantly set down
had overlooked the diamonds in the hya-
s seetivs IN S0 sRs H SaIi. our sf,s se siades f' h;m. a Re- e.
turning, she discovers that De Ravenol
has an apartment in the building. and
knows at once who had searched her fiat.
CHAPTER x.-After taking every pre-
caution to prevent An entry into the
apartment. our heroine writes q message
TO leave. discovers she is q prisoner.
locked In from the outside. That night
De Ravenol attempts to enter the nat, but
1s barred by the chain-bolt.
"fou Know ! WAS accusaf% Ani tERt
j denied evcrr.iiin"f'
81 Thought il happened that way-l
Wasn't sure"
"Were you accused, tooT
Eyes"
"Of the same thing?"
NJ presume so"
"You denied everyth;ng!"
Absolutely"
snow I really must know this-did
!, Eyes"
you said a friend did"
"Well-I didn't feel I could explain
at the time. There were circumstances
connected with it
"At the time we crossed together-
this last tripY
Eyes. Can't you see how things have
been worked? If I'd followed my in
buttons. I shouldn't have allowed"
1.-THE girl to come with you"
"Yes. 1t was planned"
"Wait! There's another thing I want
to know"
"Tll tell you later"
"NO-nOw. How did they get through
the"
II can't tell YOU"
But l must know-it's q matter Of
great importance to me-"
Zone Of those slippers we bought In
Paris is lost"
mo 1t isn't-I have It. Please an.
swer my question-how3"
"Good-by."
That was all. / couldn't get another
word. She'd rung off. Just as I was
trying to get her back, I saw Mr.. De
tective Man slip into the drug store.
He saw me in the booth. Then he
quickly slipped away again. 1 hung up
and stepped out but I looked back as
I opened the street doOr-Mr. Detec-
tive Man vas just sliding into the
booth to find cut what number I'd
called!
I went quietly home feeling l had
gained forward ene step at least-Mra
Delario had admitted her smuggling
which I didn't consider any Of my af-
fair-and She had confirmed my sus-
picions that De Ravenol was trying to
rob her. "Al1 right, let's e him do it
thought /; but how-ff she hadn't told
him-and she said she hadn't-and Of