Diamonds and deception threaten Miss Holcomb in New York tale
Detective Britt and Dr Fitch pursue a counterfeit Maharanee diamond linked to Mrs Missioner in a tangled plot. Griswold and hindoo intrigue, a Swami, and a Paris order compound the mystery as they race to prove the girl’s innocence and uncover who crafted the false gem.
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Aid
Orathe
Western Union
Cade
Logan
Dbritz
Britt
Holfarebi
iSritz
Binks
Hardware Club
Jenks
Retail Grocers’ Association
Britz
Europe
Maharanee
Simon
Mit
Gris
Awold
Mrs. Missioner
Old Friends Bring Hope in Elinor’s Ordeal
Braxton Sands and Mrs. Missioner visit Elinor Holcomb at the Tombs to affirm her innocence and bolster her courage. Fitch and Britt pursue the relic curio dealer lead while the city swirls around them, as the plot advances toward vindication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitch
Bellevue
Poearth Avenue
Britz
Britt
Bleecker ¢Btreet Station
Doris
Sands
Braxton
Broadway
Centre Street
Tombs
Mrs. Missioner
Elinor
Ter
Dorothy
Elinor Holcomb
Rible
Ellnor
Iuner
Inrs
Centra Street
Wis
Case
Donnelly
Carson
Dr. Fitch
Brougham
Bowling Green
Fitch and
Fourth Avenue
Twenty-third Street
Britt and Fitch
A Father's Timely Warning About Janet's Suitor
A father questions a young man seeking his daughter Janet's hand. The suitor boasts of a bank position and future directorship, while the father notes Janet's mother at twenty two and implies caution. The youth remains confident, but the father muses on the moral stakes before the young man departs. The exchange ends with the father claiming a clear conscience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janet
Mrs. Peck
Bluf'. Hotel Clerk Recalls Tempting Rule Bypass
A hotel clerk recalls how a full house strategy can deter undesired guests. He tells of a couple turned away before offering a tiny suite at twenty five dollars a day, which the traveler accepted, and thus the clerk was outsmarted.
The Ignorance of Casey
A quirky note describes Casey and Mulligan in rustic terms, joking about a swan raised on corn and mixed dialect to evoke rural humor.
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Casey
Mulligan
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AY Marcin Barbel
Ward Hig
Moreth
March
Curtis Griswold
Griswold
Amerie
Kdevet Alumieres
Dirs
Missioner’s Diamonds Issade
Paris
Yolcomb
Fritz
Yound
Hindoos
Ise
Hia
iHamords
India
Gamonds
Tlolcomb
Missioner
Maharance
Brita
Ener Flance
Aomand Awlent
Tanrne
Jie
Soutth Avenue
Mannaing
Manning
Bleecker Street
Braxton Sands
Gritz
Pitch
Theman
Hit Shaw
Stong
Ware
Randall's
Tobiecoonist
Fritz and
Twenty-third
Island Ferry
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