The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-04-08
Chapter 20 WANTEDt

She counted them as they lay or the carpet winking up at hel wickedly-malicious
 And diamond pendant.
 There was no room for doub whatever This was the string O diamonds which was stolen iron the neck of some great lady, or a least some rich lady. on the nigh of the DO .ce raid at Crco's nigh club.
 And she. Jacqueline Grey, all in nocently, had carried the jewel away under the very noses of the police. And here they were.
 What did it mean? What could Ii mean but one thing?
 Mrs. Porter Mason had given hel the fan and the little satin bag at tached to it by silken cord, and in that bag was the stolen diamonds.
 Did she know the jewels were there? She must have known.
 Ii all came back to Jacquelinc with horrible distinction. She remembered the shriek of the police whistles and the banging Of the doors. Then the lights had gone out
 In the midst of the hubbub she had found Mrs Porter Mason at her side. She had heard her voice rather strained and excited.
 Hold this minute. dear she had said, while I go and see what is the matter"
 Jacoueline had taken the fan thinking nothing of the request al the time. Viewed in the light oi subsequent developments she real ized that the request was ridlcu- lous one.
 Why had Mrs, Porter Masof found it necessary to relieve her self of the fan before she went tC find out what was the matters Why could she not have taken Il with her?
 It could mean only one thing that Mrs. Porter Mason had taken the diamonds and had passed them to her in order that she might run the risk of getting them past the police. What was Mrs. Porter Masoni Was it possible that she was 8 practiced thief?
 She saw through the miserable plot only too clearly. But tha' did not help her Her position was simply appalling, and any minute now she might be haled off to the police station.
 Already her description was II the papers. It was only a mat ter of time before the police founc her. Teddy Montrose had sald so They would find the diamonds 1T her possession, and what defense had she to offer?
 Ignorant as she was Of sucf things as the value of evidence even she could see that her story would sound the most paltry in' yention. All she could say wa that she had risked her life to ge away from the night club, because she was under the impression tha she would be arrested if caugh there by the police, and perhap imprisoned. As to the diamond they had been given to her D! a friend to hold. And she coult not even produce the friend.
 It all sounded deplorably veal and unconvincing.
 Meanwhile, what was she to d with the diamonds? That was tn most urgent question of the mo ment. At any minute the pohc might come down on her Wlt! handcuffs and things. She wa like a child lost in wood. Sh was half distracted with fear. Sh was in a terrible position. Sh longed for a chance to talk thing over with Teddy. He would nn derStand.
 She was having her swift Whirl wind rush into life with capits L. and it had brought her cer tain amount of excitement an breathless pleasure.
 It had brought her some goo things-among others the friend ship of Teddy Montrose. And thl she felt was very beautiful thint though it could not last for lonl It could not, for instance, possipi last longer than her money lasted When that was gone she must g also. and Teddy must know of he no more, except as memory.
 But it seemed now that thing had gone entirely wrong. Now sh faced arrest, disgrace, imprison ment.
 There was a loud tap at tn door.
 The tension of her nerves wa such that she almost shrieked. Sn made one wild grab at those wicke' looking gems winking up at ne
 aL .o~v,o+ She had ills