Canadian Valley Record (Canton, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 18, 1919 Page: 2 of 8
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CANADIAN VALLEY RECORD. CANTON, OKLAHOMA
Diamond
Cut
Diamond
By JANE BU\KER
Copyright by the Bobbe-MerrlU Comp*ny.
CHAPTER IX—Continued.
—9—
The third queer thing was that there
wax no business of mine he could be
Deeding to are me about, and If It were
business of his, he'd ask It as a favor.
It was then that my eye slid up to the
date and I saw ft had been sent from
New York. Well, If he were In New
York, why hadn't he telephoned me or
come up to the house?
I wish I could say it flashed over me
Instantly that this was a decoy de-
signed to get me Into monsieur's
clutches, but It didn't flash at all—I j
thought It queer, and I was puzzled;
but I am free to confess that If It had
been an ordinary business man's mes-
sage, I should have packed my suit-
case, put the diamonds in my stocking,
and taken the train specified. I5ut
while I was still wondering what my
brother could be wanting me for In this
peremptory way, Mrs. Jlmmson
brought me the special delivery letter,
which, with triumph and pleasure In
her face, she said she had found un-
der the set tubs.
I pulled It out of the envelope and
read:
"Madame was seen by two witnesses
to carry away the package containing
the Jewels referred to. If madame de-
sires to return them to their owner,
telephone Hotel Imperial at 9 a. m.
The owner gives madame this one op-
portunity to rectify her mistake with-
out further trouble or publicity. Fail-
ure to comply with the request to tele-
phone will prove madame's Intentions
and necessitate active measures for
the recovery of the Jewels."
"Oh, you don't say!" I sneered.
"Well. I wonder what next!" And by
that letter I knew I still had the dia-
monds!
So I was to telephone at nine
o'clock! By rights—and monsieur's
calculations—I should have received
the letter before the first delivery; In-
stead, It had come after and by acci-
dent I hadn't read It till noon. The
telegram was timed nine forty-five.
It was then that I began to see
through a hole In a stone. I had not
telephoned—which proved I meant to
keep the diamonds. My next move,
obviously, would be to pet them out of
the city—to my brother's, of course.
The telegram gave me the excuse for
doing It; also told him by what train
and station I should leave, for he had
set them himself. But why had he set
a dny train? Why not one at night? It
puzzled me at first until I saw his rea-
son—I could disappear out of a day-
light crowd about four times easier
than out of a night crowd. Who would
notice, among hundreds of women go-
ing through the Pennsylvania station,
a woman as simply dressed as I, carry-
n common suitcase? Probably no
one.
I confess I was so much disturbed as
I thought what might so easily have
happened had I acted on the telegram,
that It was some time before I got my
wits together. One thing was clear to
me, however—monsieur was going to
act with great rapidity and secrecy-
secrecy—that was the main point - for
if he were sure I had the stones, he
had only to get a search warrant and
he'd have the stones.
Mrs. Jlmmson came to my study
while I was pondering all this and
THE MAN WAS MONSIEUR DE RAVENOL.
gr thf 8wlM town of Veva7. "here the "«UId. proper
^ounr ^ J n ^ " ^'ng 4 nation, she Is asked to allow a
AMhoL*h ' ber companlOD ^ck to the United States.
Monsieur the * rl. the herofne takes a dislike to
aTJ ln til ' Cla,re B ,ather- and decI!n«- On the boat she finds
whi « eioh w^ ^,^A,0"1"3 acqualntance- Mrs De'ario. whom she had met
In "ub22jjZ . a-S a ^ °f 8l,ppera- exactly alike, which figure largely
been r^t hv L7" Whhen,tr^ rearn New York, where Claire was to have
Mr, ,V Utt,er doea not aP**ar- Claire perforce goes to
off one of vr. ,he„C°nfu8lon at the cu«om h«Use. the spinster carries
mat .Leonl un^n°t" JhrOU*h that happening she learns later
thai ladv . t! bee" tn her flat Calling on Mrs. Delario.
which a™ remarkable gems, believing them to be rubles, but
Delarto 7,1^. Cd dfanf,ond8- a*d eaaiiy worth a million dollars Mrs
thJv L dTJin, I f8®?, were but offers no exp!anatIon. While
caller h- a.poun(1l"g on th« door throws them tnto consternation. The
Mrl " °KflCer °f the !aW' w,th a ^^ant for the arrest of
DerluaZl? L Z? Vhar,ge of 8teaIln th* diamonds. She outwits him and
moTnln* Z gem* t0 her home tor keeping. Next
spfnster takes the^n har^^vr'ra nV" her P0^8"'0" of the diamonds, the
lady'i h«, S DeIart0- but whn* h« learns that that
to kAoThpm 2 thn ^l8U^OSedly on account of the ems. and agrees
the\X \lrS hl*es them fn a bunch of hyacinths and has
De lLwnn (! ™ ch5n*ea «nd a chain-bolt added. Over the telephone
to caM at JI ,MrS'f D*,ar!? has with an ardent and urges her
is me tar De Rave^nf °, I**?* ^ leXV[n* the gema. the herolne
the boat *7 f diamonds are his. stolen from Claire on
demands ,^r rT " 1 ^1*° 0r OUr fr,end 1)16 *Pln*ter of the theft, and
revoher A Raveno!- who threatens her with a
De Rav*n*i' tZTZ ^ A'arTned for ^ personal safety, and almost believing
to d^mSts" t0 her flat- and while uncertain what
the evpnin^ «i a R|v>rs. newspaper reporter. They spend
k theater, and Rivers arrompanies her home. There they find
In R vl™ thoro;j*h!v searrhed but nothing taken She does not confide
tn Rhers. Next morning Mrs. Jlmmson. washwoman and general caretaker
romes to do the weekly H.anin« The spinster has not dared to look ff the
diamonds are safe, and Mrs Jimmson thrown the faded bunch of hyacinths
™*yAI*re rTU^ t,rnf-b,lt bftfore the spinster can look to see
r h:™.r iS'pSMSwr ■*" * ""er,m c°™h"
aguinst—the strength of the opposing
forces. At that time, I hadn't the
dimmest suspicion that he was playing
practically a lone hand In the game
ind had only one hired detective and
he didn't know what he was watching
Mrs. Delario and me for. But as a re-
sult of my thinking, the idea came to
me to find out It I were now watched
and followed.
Telling Mrs. Jlmmson to wait till I
came back, and though It was raining
hard, I went out for an Investigatory
walk around the block.
A man sat in the lower hall as I
stepped out of the elevator. His back
was toward the light of the front door.
I think the devil himself must have got
into me then; for without looking at
Mr. Man, except the glance I gave him
as I left the car, I walked straight into
him and stepped on his toe, hard.
He said : "Ouch !"
I said: "Oh, I beg your pardon I Did
I hurt you very much?"
"No—not very much," he replied,
and looked glum.
I walked half a block and turned
sharply in my tracks. Mr. Man was
"bout twenty feet in the rear, follow-
ng me. He began to Urap the moment
he suw me noticing hlrn.
I walked past my house to the end
of the block. As I turned north, I saw
Mr. Man ambling along in my direc-
tion I stepped Into a florist's and
bought a fresh bunch of hyacinths.
By the time I had them paid for, Mr
Man had reached the store and was
looking In the window, pretending not
to see me.
"Did I hurt you verj much?" I asked
sweetly.
asked me: "What about lunch?"
sent her round to the delicatessen and
toid her to buy everything she thought
shed like to have.
"Good Lord!" I said as I saw them.
The things were a calamity.
I rolled them up again, but I must
get a new bunch of hyacinths; I m„st
do something—I must act-I must get
the stones home to Mrs. De],ir|o— I
must at least ask her what she wanted
done with them and tell her how un-
•afe they were with me.
1 tried the telephone, but got no an-
swer, and while I was clacking at It
Mrs. Jlmmson enme home from
delicatessen and I had to hang up.
While i ate, my mind went like a
hammer. How could I get the dia-
monds out of the house? To whom
could i entrust them? Not a living
soul, so far as I could see—unless I
could get them back to Mrs. Delario
herself, which didn't seem likely In the
present state of the case.
You see Just how the man had me
at his mercy. If r'd been a person ac-
customed to sneaking round and mak-
ing quick getaways, I'd have known
what to do and how to do it. In the
•ext place, I hadn't the least idea of
Ae number of people I was pitted
nn^NT°^n0t.Very/' He tonched h,s hat
and I thought he looked annoyed.
I sprinted along ahead of him and
turned at One Hundred and Forty-fifth
street. I fancy Mr. Man had to do a
little sprinting himself on his poor
lame foot. I had vanished into a toy
shop and was buying a doll for my
niece when he discovered me—and pre-
tended he didn't see me. He walked on
ahead, but I caught up with hlin.
"Did I hurt you very much?" I asked
"No-not very." He was beginning
to look astonished now.
I sprinted away and turned south on
Amsterdam. There, I went into a sta-
tionery store and bought an Ink eraser
Mr. Mann passed the door and glanced
In. I motioned him to wait, but he pre-
tended not to see. He was some dis-
tance ahead when I came out. I ran
after him and caught up.
•T>id I hurt you very badly?" I asked.
No not very," he answered, eying
me narrowly. "I'm afraid you're giv-
ing yourself too much concern over a
little accident." He was, I saw, be-
ginning to wonder which of us was fol
lowing which!
"No," said I quietly, "I'm not giving
myself the least concern over your
stepped-on toe—I'm simply using it as
an excuse to get a good look at you in
various lights so I'll know you again
In any possible disguise you may as-
sume."
I have always regarded that episode
—and those last words—as a stroke of
genius on my part. If 1 do say It! It
came to me on the spur of the moment
without thinking about It, and nearlv
bowled Mr. Man over. Before he had
decided what to say, or what to do to
allay my suspicion of him, I bolted
across the street, diagonally, ducked
between two trolley cars, one of which
hid me from view long enough for me
to get Into the corner drug store where
1 dashed Into the telephone booth and
called up Mrs. Delario.
I had considerable difficulty in get-
ting her and I felt every second was
precious. My detective man was lurk-
ing about somewhere looking for me,
and I rather guessed she had one
watching her. My suspicions seemed
confirmed, for the moment she recog-
nized my voice she said. "I can't talk
to you," In a tragic determined sort of
way and I felt her in the act of hang-
ing up.
"Wait!" I shouted peremptorily.
"Why can't you talk to me? Are you
watched? Is everything you say over-
heard ?"
"Yes."
AH right—then I'll do the talking.
You can answer yes and no, can't
you?"
"Yes."
t "Well, we're both in the same boat—
I m watched too—followed by a detec-
tive. This Is the first chance I've had
to get you and I don't know how soon
I'll be able to get you again. Is your
house watched?"
"Yes."
I'Could I run the blockade?"
"No!" This was fairly shouted at
me.
"Is there any way I could get those
articles back to you today?"
"No—none whatever now. No—not
under any consideration."
' Couldn't you come up and get
them?"
"No—of course not."
"Couldn't you send up?"
"Whom could I send? Impossible—
totally impossible." Her tone was ro
emphatic that I knew there was noth-
ing to be hoped for in that quarter.
I felt she was about to ring off and
leave me with that and shouted at her:
Here hold on! I don't know what
to^do—you'll have to advise me."
"But I can't! You must do as you
think best—you understand It."
"I don't! That's Just the trouble.
Listen. There are some things I've got
to know about. You keep on answer-
ing yes and no—that Isn't going to give
anything away at your end, and I'm in
n drug store and I don't think any-
thing will get out from this end. . .
You knew I was at your house yester-
day?"
"Yes—after you had left."
"You knew I was accused? And that
I denied everything?"
"I thought it happened that way—I
wasn't sure."
"Were you accused, too?"
"Yes."
"Of the same thing?"
"I presume so."
"You denied everything?" ^
"Absolutely."
"Now I really must know this—did
you bring those articles In yourself?"
"Yes."
"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 trip?"
"Yes. Can't you see how things have
been worked? If I'd followed my in-
tuitions, I shouldn't nave allowed—"
"The girl to come with you?"
"Yes. It was planned."
"Wait! There's another thing I want
to know."
"I'll tell you later."
"No—now. How did they get through
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A lunatic had the delusion that he
was married at different times to the
daughters of different celebrities.
"To whom are you married now?"
day It was, but It was before'you Tome ^ ^lSl^r' „
home—jnaybe two days, maybe a week, ! , e dev,ls daughter," was the
an' he ain't really moved in yet—only re^,'
a bed an' some chairs. He say he got . Is a 8tran£e choice!" the vis-
furniture comln' from the other side lt(^ remarked-
an' he don' want to buy no more here 1 don t know aboa* that," replied
than he can help." | tlle lunatic. "She is a very nice girl
"Naturally. Did he speak to you and Very accomP|ished, although I ad-
about me?" I put the question boldly ID,t Uiere are drawbacks. Her people
as the car stopped at my floor. George Rre rather awkward to get on with at
hesitated and then admitted: 1 tImes
"Well, he did say he thinks he knows
you." He appeared reluctant to dls«
cuss monsieur.
I broke out in a new line. "The gen-
tleman Is very rich, George. I hope he
tipped you well."
George was Instantly enthusiastic.
'He done that! He gimme ten dol-
lars."
"He's good for another ten, George,
It you work him right," I affirmed.
"Oh, you needn't be so shy! He asked
you a lot of questions about me and
you don't want me to know it. You Every one must occasionally give the
told him everything you knew—" bowels some regular help or else suf-
"Well, that's right," George broke in fer fpom constipation, bilious attacks,
sheepishly. "He did ask me some ques- 6tomac^ disorders, and sick headache,
tions, but honest to goodness, I ain't do no' w^Ip the bowels Into eo
tell him anything bad—I tell him I witb harsh cathartics.
don't reely know much about you. I W1134 010 Uver and bowels need is a
That's what I tell him, honest to good- Sentle and natural tonic, one that can
ness." constantly be used without harm. The
He really paid you for telling him gentlest liver and bowel tonic is "Cas-
every time I went out or came In caret8-" TheY Put the liver to work
didn't he?" ' j and cleanse the colon and bowels of
But George was suspicious and on ' al! ^aste\ toxins and poisons without
I rob her, "All rfgfct. let*n eee him do It F*
thought I; but how—if she hadn't told
him—and she said she hadn't—and of
course she wouldn't—how under the
heavens did he know, or even suspect
that I bad her diamonds?
I had on ray rubbers—for these rea-
sons my trip through the hall to the
elevator was noiseles3. The elevator
car was up, and as I heard It coming
down I did not ring. I was standing
with my back to the Fhaft, facing the
door of the rear flat—I stood at most
three feet away from that door.
Without the slightest sound of foot-
' steps from the hall of the flat, that
#>or opened—a man's face looked out
—looked at me—and the door noise-
lessly closed.
It happened in a flash, so silently,
that had my back been turned, had I
been watching the descent of the car,
I should have been none the wiser.
The man who opened the door was
Monsieur De Ravenol.
I could not possibly be mistaken.
The main ball light shone full on his
face. He was batless. And what was
more—he recognized me and knew I
had recognized him!
I was stupefied I The man was evi-
dently living In the same house with
me!
The rattling elevator recalled, me to
my senses as George, smiling and talk-
ative, opened the door for me to get in.
"Who is the gentleman living in the
rear flat?" I asked with as much un-
eencern as I could. "The French gen-
tleman—foreigner—I don't know if
he's French or what. What is his
name?"
"His name?" George considered this
past another floor, and I repeated the
question.
"I don't know his name—he ain't
been here long."
"When did he take the flat?"
"Well, now I don' know Jes' which
DON'TWHIP!
Stop Lashing Your Bowels
with Harsh Cathartics but
take "Cascarets."
guard at once. He threw open the car
door without answering.
Oh, ail right," said I carelessly, hut
not stepping out as I saw he wished1
griping—they never sicken or incon-
venience you like Calomel, Salts, Oil,
or Purgatives.
Twenty-five million boxes of Cas-
meto. "You needn't give it away but S ^ ^
I know, ail the same, so it doesn't mat- Z /l6ep* Cascaret <*St so
ter whether you tell me or not." t0® too-~Adv-
"What you suppose he so perticulei
to know fer7" asked George, lngena
ously feeling he was guarding hi#
secret while gratifying his curiosity.
"How should I know? Maybe ht
wants to hang flowers on my door.
He's very rich, I understand."
George grinned, interested and sym-
pathetic. He scented romance and It
That Depends.
Theorist—I do not believe in any
kind of corporal punishment
Ex-Soldier—You would, if you had
the one we were under.
Stimulating Rainfall.
By \ray of experiment the Australian
, , , , government will install two machine*
explained all to him as adequately as a scientist of that country has in-
it had to Mrs. Jiinmson. j vented for stimulating rainfall by lib.
I unlocked my door as quickly as I I crating high-tension electricity in the
could—I didn't mean to let George "PP^r atmosphere.
think I attached any Importance to 3 —
monsieur. I knew enough. The man ^any a man's bravery crops out
thi
"I cant tell you."
"But I must know—it's a matter of
great importance to me."
'One of those slippers we bodght in
Paris is lost."
"No it Isn't—I have it. Please an-
swer my question—how?"
"Good-by."
That was all. I 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. I hung up
and stepped out; but I looked back as
I oponed the street door—Mr. Detec-
tive Man was Just sliding Into the
booth to find out w'hat number I'd
called I
I went quietly home feeling I had
gained forward one step at least—Mrs.
Delario had admitted her smuggling—
which I didn't consider any of my af-
fair—and she had confirmed my sus-
ulclons that De Ravebo wtr trying to
was a fellow tenant in the same house, when he loses his temper.
In the flat directly under mine, and
George was his paid spy. As 1 shut
i he door, I asked myself, "What.
next ?"
I had a fleeting idea of keepln® '
Jlmmson with me for the night; but r
couldn't think of any explanation for
«o unusual a request. I could no*
tnke her Into my confidence—if sh
stayed. I could hardly keep her out of
it. She was anxious to go home—I
«nw that and I didn't blame her; and
I was anxious to be alone and think,
and I felt only relief as I saw the last
of her faded skimpy weeds, her faded
skimpy form, and I said good-bv to her
heartily, little realizing that she wa
the one human being who stood be-
tween me and monsieur's machina-
tions, and that when she closed her-
self out, she closed me In—a prisoner.
Locked in her own apart-
(TO BE CONTINUED,)
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