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Title: The Mystery at Dark Cedars
Author: Edith Lavell
Release Date: August 28, 2013 [eBook #43582]
Language: English
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“You hold the flashlight, Jane,” said Mary Louise. “While I make the slit.”
(Page 91) (THE MYSTERY AT DARK CEDARS)
The
Mystery at Dark Cedars
By
EDITH LAVELL
A. L. BURT COMPANY
Publishers
NEW YORK CHICAGO
The Mary Lou Series
by
EDITH LAVELL
The Mystery at Dark Cedars
The Mystery of the Fires
The Mystery of the Secret Band
Copyright, 1935, by
A. L. Burt Company
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
To My Daughter
Jeanne Marie Lavell
Who loves mystery stories
Contents
- CHAPTER PAGE
- I. The House of Mystery 11
- II. The Robbery 26
- III. Suspects 41
- IV. Interviewing Hannah 52
- V. The Stolen Treasure 63
- VI. A Wild Ride 76
- VII. “Hands Up!” 90
- VIII. A Confession 101
- IX. The Fifty-Dollar Bill 114
- X. Night at Dark Cedars 126
- XI. The Picnic 142
- XII. Bound and Gagged 156
- XIII. Detective Work 168
- XIV. Bad News 181
- XV. An Alibi 193
- XVI. Spreading the Net 204
- XVII. The Empty House 215
- XVIII. Found! 228
- XIX. Conclusion 243
Characters
Mary Louise Gay a girl detective.
Jane Patterson her chum.
Miss Mattie Grant spinster at Dark Cedars.
Elsie Grant orphan, niece of Miss Grant, living at Dark Cedars.
Mrs. Grace Grant sister-in-law to Miss Grant.
family of Mrs. Grace Grant.
John Grant middle-aged bachelor
Harry Grant younger bachelor
Ellen Grant Pearson married daughter
Corinne Pearson granddaughter, girl of nineteen
Hannah and William Groben servants at Dark Cedars.
Mr. Gay, Mrs. Gay, Joseph (Freckles) Gay family of Mary Louise.
Max Miller, Norman Wilder, Hope Dorsey, Bernice Tracey friends of Mary Louise.
Mrs. Abraham