RICHARD MARSH

AUTHOR OF "THE CRIME AND THE CRIMINAL," "PHILIP BENNION'S DEATH," "THE BEETLE," ETC., ETC.

ILLUSTRATED BY STANLEY L. WOOD

LONDON

WARD, LOCK & CO., Limited

WARWICK HOUSE, SALISBURY SQUARE, E.C.

NEW YORK AND MELBOURNE

UNWIN BROTHERS, THE GRESHAM PRESS, WOKING AND LONDON.

CHAPTER I.

TWO MEN AND A MAID.

CHAPTER II.

OVERHEARD IN THE TRAIN.

CHAPTER III.

THE DIAMONDS.

CHAPTER IV.

MISS WENTWORTH'S RUDENESS.

CHAPTER V.

IN THE BODEGA.

CHAPTER VI.

THE ADVENTURES OF A NIGHT.

CHAPTER VII.

THE DATCHET DIAMONDS ARE PLACED IN SAFE CUSTODY.

CHAPTER VIII.

IN THE MOMENT OF HIS SUCCESS.

CHAPTER IX.

A PROPOSAL OF MARRIAGE.