CAUGHT IN THE NET Doris looked down in great, dry-eyed horror upon the body of this withered old man whom she had loved, and the thin thread of life within her all but snapped.

It had come; the premonition of disaster had been fulfilled; the last of her blood had been sacrificed to the mercilessly glittering diamonds--father, brother and now him! Mr.
Wynne's face went white, and his teeth closed fiercely; he had loved this old man, too; then the shock passed and he turned anxiously to Doris to receive the limp, inert figure in his arms.

She had fainted.
"Well, what do _you_ know about it ?" inquired Chief Arkwright abruptly.
Mr.Wynne was himself again instantly--the calm, self-certain perfectly poised young man of affairs.

He glanced at the chief, then shot a quick, inquiring look at Mr.Czenki.

Almost imperceptibly the diamond expert shook his head.