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DEATH DIAMONDS
Maxwell Grant
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? CHAPTER I. CANDID CRIME
? CHAPTER II. A FRIEND IN NEED
? CHAPTER III. DEAD MAN'S CROSSING
? CHAPTER IV. TRAIL TO CRIME
? CHAPTER V. CROOKS PREFER DIAMONDS
? CHAPTER VI. THE CHASE REVERSED
? CHAPTER VII. DEATH FOR TWO
? CHAPTER VIII. FIGHT BRINGS FLIGHT
? CHAPTER IX. FRIENDS MEET AGAIN
? CHAPTER X. CREDIT TO RUY LOPEZ
? CHAPTER XI. FOUR CASTLES
? CHAPTER XII. ROUTES REVERSED
? CHAPTER XIII. THE TRAIL AHEAD
? CHAPTER XIV. CRIME TO COME
? CHAPTER XV. VANISHED PEARLS
? CHAPTER XVI. CRIME'S CONSEQUENCE
? CHAPTER XVII. EVERYBODY HAPPY
? CHAPTER XVIII. THE FASHION SHOW
? CHAPTER XIX. CROOKS MAKE CLAIM
? CHAPTER XX. THE FINAL BLAST

CHAPTER I. CANDID CRIME
IT was a strange setting for crime. From the second-floor veranda of his Spanish stucco home, Glenn
Belmar could survey the entire scene, thanks to the hillock upon which his house stood. He had studied
that vista often, at this hour when day was fading into dusk, but never before had thoughts of an
impending menace loomed heavily upon his mind.

The panorama was one of palm-lined driveways and lazy lanes, broken by the blue stretches of half a
dozen lakes, which seemed like one larger body of water exhibiting its sheen from many angles.

In a sense, the lakes could be regarded as one, for they were connected by canals, traceable because
they were lined with a wilder growth than the cultivated palms that adorned the roadways.

There were other spaces among the trees, and from them reared many mansions, with traces of green
lawns surmounted by great oak trees draped with Spanish moss.

Those houses were the real pride of Palm Park, which, in its turn, was the pride of Lakedale. Famed as a
resort city of inland Florida, Lakedale needed a showplace, and had it in Palm Park, where dwelt the
wealthiest of winter visitors, including Glenn Belmar.
It was around those fancy residences that crime's menace clung. A real threat, for it had already struck,
and could be expected soon again. The menace was robbery, of a specific sort. Clever thieves were
steadily rifling Palm Park residents of their chief commodity, jewels.

Three such robberies in a week, yet no whisper had reached the public. Palm Park residents preferred to