In Mrs. Elliotts library at Vernondale a great discussion was going on. It was an evening in early December, and the room was bright with firelight and electric light, and merry with the laughter and talk of people who were trying to decide a great and momentous question. For the benefit of those who are not acquainted with Patty Fairfield and her relatives, it may be well to say that Mrs. Elliott was Pattys Aunt Alice, at whose home Patty and her father were now visiting. Of the other members of the Elliott family, Uncle Charley, grandma, Marian, and Frank were present, and these with...
In Mrs. Elliotts library at Vernondale a great discussion was going on. It was an evening in early December, and the room was bright with firelight an...
The Fairfields were holding a family conclave. As the Fairfield family consisted of only three members, the meeting was not large but it was highly enthusiastic. The discussion was about Patty; and as a consequence, Patty herself was taking a lively part in it. "But you promised me, last year, papa," she said, "that if I graduated from the Oliphant School with honours, I needn't go to school this year." "But I meant in the city," explained her father; "it's absurd, Patty, for you to consider your education finished, and you not yet eighteen." "But I'll soon be eighteen, papa, and so suppose...
The Fairfields were holding a family conclave. As the Fairfield family consisted of only three members, the meeting was not large but it was highly en...
Hello, Dolly, said Dotty Rose, over the telephone. "Hello, Dot," responded Dolly Fayre. "What you want?" "Oh I can't tell you this way. Come on over, just as quick as you can." "But I haven't finished my Algebra, and it's nearly dinner time, anyway." "No it isn't, -and no matter if it is. Come on, I tell you You'd come fast enough if you knew what it's about " "Tell me, then." "I say I can't, -over the telephone. Oh, Dolly, come on, and stop fussing " The telephone receiver at Dotty's end of the wire was hung up with a click, and Dolly began to waggle her receiver hook in hope of getting...
Hello, Dolly, said Dotty Rose, over the telephone. "Hello, Dot," responded Dolly Fayre. "What you want?" "Oh I can't tell you this way. Come on over,...
Victoria Van Allen was the name she signed to her letters and to her cheques, but Vicky Van, as her friends called her, was signed all over her captivating personality, from the top of her dainty, tossing head to the tips of her dainty, dancing feet. I liked her from the first, and if her "small and earlies" were said to be so called because they were timed by the small and early numerals on the clock dial, and if her "little" bridge games kept in active circulation a goodly share of our country's legal tender, those things are not crimes. I lived in one of the polite sections of New York...
Victoria Van Allen was the name she signed to her letters and to her cheques, but Vicky Van, as her friends called her, was signed all over her captiv...
Carolyn Wells (1862-1942) was an American author and poet. She married Hadwin Houghton heir to the Houghton Mifflin publishing company. Her first job was as a librarian for the Rahway Library Association. Wells wrote more than 170 books. The Marjorie series was publicized as happy books for happy girls. The series includes Marjorie's Vacation, Marjorie's Busy Days, Marjorie's New Friend, Marjorie in Command, Marjorie's Maytime, and Marjorie at Seacote. Marjorie is an American girl aged about 12. She is full of fun and her adventures will delight young readers.
Carolyn Wells (1862-1942) was an American author and poet. She married Hadwin Houghton heir to the Houghton Mifflin publishing company. Her first job ...
As a young lawyer is about to leave his office on the top floor of a Madison Avenue office building, he hears an argument followed by a shot from the office across the hall. But when he goes to investigate he finds no sign of either victim or assailant despite the fact that no one could have passed him without being seen. However, as is soon discovered, a murder has indeed been committed, that of the banker who owned the building. But who is the murderer? A business associate, the banker's beautiful ward, or a mysterious woman who had been in the office earlier? And what part, if any, was...
As a young lawyer is about to leave his office on the top floor of a Madison Avenue office building, he hears an argument followed by a shot from the ...
A wealthy businessman is found dead in the locked bedroom suite of his tenth floor Park Avenue apartment, no mark upon his body or visible cause of death. The only other people who had spent the night in the suite were his young wife and her elderly aunt. The wife had both motive and opportunity, but can she be guilty? Enter the famed detective, Fleming Stone, but the only clue he has is the aunt's tale of seeing the dead man's ghost, a ghost she not only saw, but heard, touched and smelled, and who tasted of . . . Raspberry Jam
A wealthy businessman is found dead in the locked bedroom suite of his tenth floor Park Avenue apartment, no mark upon his body or visible cause of de...
Victoria Van Allen was an elegant young woman who lived in a tasteful house just off of Fifth Avenue where she often hosted bridge parties attended by the most respectable people. Imagine their surprise when a guest, a wealthy millionaire, is stabbed to death at one of these salons, and Vicky Van, as she was known to her friends, disappears before the police can be summoned. Did she, as one of the waiters that fateful night alleges, wield the knife that killed the millionaire, and who, really, is ...Vicky Van?
Victoria Van Allen was an elegant young woman who lived in a tasteful house just off of Fifth Avenue where she often hosted bridge parties attended by...
