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SYNOPSIS.
the story opens with a scream from
rothy March in the opera box of Mrs.
ssioner, a wealthy widow. It is oc
casioned when Mrs. Missioner's necklace
breaks, scattering the diamonds all over
the floor. Curtis Griswold and Bruxtc.n
bands, society men in love with Mrs. Mis
sloner, gather up the gems. Griswold
steps on what is supposed to be the cele
brated Maharanee and crushes it. A Hin
doo declares it was not the genuine. An
exs uert later pronounces all the stories
tstitutes for the original. One of the
missing diamonds is found in the room
of Elinor Holcomb, confidential compan
ion of Mrs. Missioner. She is arrested,
notwithstanding Mrs. Missioner's belief
in her innocence. Meantime, in an up
town mansion, two Ttindoos, who are in
America to recover the Maharanee, dis
Cuss the arrest. Detective Britz takes
up the case. He asks the co-operation of
Pr. Fitch, Elinor's fiance, in running
down the real criminal. Britz learns that
duplicates of Mrs. Missioner's diamonda
were made in Paris on the order of
Elinor Holcomb. While walking Brits is
seized, bound and gagged by Hindoos. He
is imprisoned in a deserted house, but
makes his escape. Britz discovers an in
sane diamond expert whom he believes
was employed by either Sands of Gris
wold to make counterfeits of the Mission
er gems. Griswold intimates that Sands
}s on the verge of failure. Two Hindoos
ourglarize the home of Sands and are
bsptured by Britz. On one of them he
fnds a note signed by "Millicent" and ad
dressed to "Curtis." Britz locates a wo
man named Millicent Delaroche, to whom
Griswold has been paying marked atten
nes. The Swami attends a ball at Mrs.
