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قراءة كتاب The Boarded-Up House
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THE BOARDED-UP HOUSE
BY
AUGUSTA HUIELL SEAMAN
Author of "Jacqueline of The Carrier Pigeons," etc.
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY
C. CLYDE SQUIRES
NEW YORK
THE CENTURY CO.
Copyright, 1915, by
The Century Co.
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER I. | GOLIATH LEADS THE WAY |
| CHAPTER II. | IN SEARCH OF ADVENTURE |
| CHAPTER III. | AMATEUR DETECTIVES |
| CHAPTER IV. | THE ROOM OF MYSTERY |
| CHAPTER V. | JOYCE MAKES A NEW DISCOVERY. SO DOES GOLIATH |
| CHAPTER VI. | JOYCE'S THEORY |
| CHAPTER VII. | GOLIATH MAKES ANOTHER DISCOVERY |
| CHAPTER VIII. | CYNTHIA HAS AN IDEA |
| CHAPTER IX. | THE MEMORIES OF GREAT-AUNT LUCIA |
| CHAPTER X. | AN EXCITING DISCOVERY |
| CHAPTER XI. | THE ROOM THAT WAS LOCKED |
| CHAPTER XII. | A SLIGHT DISAGREEMENT |
| CHAPTER XIII. | THE GREAT ILLUMINATION |
| CHAPTER XIV. | THE MEDDLING OF CYNTHIA |
| CHAPTER XV. | THE STRANGER AT THE DOOR |
| CHAPTER XVI. | JOYCE EXPLAINS |
| CHAPTER XVII. | IN WHICH ALL MYSTERIES ARE SOLVED |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
CHAPTER I
GOLIATH LEADS THE WAY
Cynthia sat on her veranda steps, chin in hand, gazing dolefully at the gray September sky. All day, up to half an hour before, the sky had been cloudlessly blue, the day warm and radiant. Then, all of a sudden, the sun had slunk shamefacedly behind a high rising bank of cloud, and its retiring had been accompanied by a raw, chilly wind. Cynthia scowled. Then she shivered. Then she pulled the collar of her white sweater up to her ears and buttoned it over. Then she muttered something about "wishing Joy would hurry, for it's going to rain!" Then she dug her hands into her sweater pockets and stared across the lawn at a blue hydrangea bush with a single remaining bunch of blossoms hanging heavy on its stem.
Suddenly there was a flash of red on a veranda farther down the street, and a long, musical whistle. Cynthia jumped up and waved madly. The flash of red, speeding toward her, developed into a bright red sweater, cap, and skirt.
"Don't scold! Now you mustn't be cross, Cynthia. Anne was just