The Flaming Jewel
Chance, and Destiny had been t
nce of things. The stars in their courses indica
e Countess wrote to Ja
as José Quintana's band of international thiev
New York, named Emanuel Sard, m
oing to America as
enti
ved the letter he sta
received a curious letter from
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elf as a customer. The weasel-faced clerk behind the wicket laid a pi
autiously around
ybody h
ody.
rning José Quintana," whispe
eplied the clerk in a low, uneasy voice. "Mr. Sard left f
arragh coolly; "do
d expects him he
ere who calls himself José Quintana, turn him over to the police until Mr. Sard re
e worried clerk. "Are you
ough to Quintana to give you orders. And
dawned on th
Quintana!" he
im through with
business,
l. It led to a dealer in automobiles. Sard had bou
rragh traced a brand new Comet Six containing one short, dark L
h missed him by ten minutes; but he learned th
as far as Harrod's Corners, dismissed the Ford,
les farther on. Here he felled a tree across the
d his handkerchief over his face below the
Darragh sauntered out of the bushes, poked his pistol against
l. Two pistols, a stiletto, and a blackjack composed the arsenal of Mr. Sard. A large wallet disclosed mo
ntana. Cipher was rather in Darragh's line. All ciphers are solved by similar meth
y acrostic-the very simplest of secret message
ph
e no
ke Clinch.... Has Flaming Jewel
int
Forces, Darragh had little trouble with Quintana's letter. Even the signature was not difficult, the fraction 1?5 was
ificent of all gems. Only three were known. The you
after Emanuel Sard should have led him to the very b
orest which once had belonged to Henry Harrod of Boston, and
wly, he turned and looked toward Clinch's. An autumn sunset flared like a conflag
Clinch. They had started Quintana, Sard, and Darragh on hi
ot and sniffing uncomfortably cl
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