Chapter I: Front Matter

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THE DIAMOND PIN

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CAROLYN WELLS'

_Baffling detective stories in which Fleming Stone, the
great American Detective, displays his remarkable ingenuity
for unravelling mysteries_

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THE DIAMOND PIN

by

CAROLYN WELLS

Author of "A Chain of Evidence," "Vicky Van," etc.

With a Frontispiece in Color by Gayle Hoskins

Philadelphia and London J. B. Lippincott Company 1919

Copyright, 1919, by J. B. Lippincott Company

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. A CERTAIN DATE 7
II. THE LOCKED ROOM 24
III. THE EVIDENCE OF THE CHECKBOOK 40
IV. TIMKEN AND HIS INQUIRIES 56
V. DOWNING'S EVIDENCE 71
VI. LUCILLE 87
VII. THE CASE AGAINST BANNARD 103
VIII. RODNEY POLLOCK APPEARS 119
IX. IRIS IN DANGER 135
X. FLOSSIE 151
XI. GONE AGAIN! 167
XII. IN CHICAGO 183
XIII. FLEMING STONE COMES 200
XIV. FIBSY AND SAM 216
XV. IN THE COLOLE 233
XVI. KIDNAPPED AGAIN 250
XVII. THE CIPHER 266
XVIII. SOLUTION AT LAST 282