Mark of Cain, A cozy romance and mystery about mistaken identity and missing persons.CHAPTERS:I- THROUGH THE GREEN CORDII- WHO COULD HAVE DONE IT?III- PINCKNEY, THE REPORTERIV- THE INQUEST BEGINSV- THE SWEDEVI- OUT OF THE WESTVII- STEPHANOTISVIII- THE MILK BOTTLEIX- CLAUSE IN THE WILLX- STRYKER'S HANDKERCHIEFXI- DUANE, THE DETECTIVEXII- A NEW THEORYXIII- FIBSY FIBSXIV- TWO SUITORSXV- THE TRAP THAT WAS SETXVI- A PROMISE XVII- MADAME ISISXVIII- ALL FOR LOVEXIX- TWO AT LUNCHEONXX- FLEMING STONEXXI- STONE'S QUESTIONSXXII- JUDGE HOYT'S PLANXXIII- IN KITO'S CAREXXIV- ESCAPEXXV- THE WHOLE TRUTHJudge...

It was the third week in September when the Fairfields left the seashore and returned to their Vernondale home. "Now, my child," said Mr. Fairfield, as they sat on the veranda after dinner, "I will unfold to you my plans for the coming winter, and you may accept, or reject, or amend them as you please." "Proceed," said Patty, settling herself comfortably in her wicker chair; "I feel in an amiable mood this evening, and will probably agree to anything you may suggest." "I've been thinking for some time," went on her father, "that I don't want to spend the coming winter in Vernondale. I would...

The village itself was a gem of well-kept streets, roads and houses, and all New England could scarce show a better groomed settlement. In a way, the students, of course, owned the place, yet there were many families whose claim to prominence lay in another direction. However, Corinth was by all counts, a college town, and gloried in it. The University had just passed through the throes and thrills of one of its own presidential elections. The contest of the candidates had been long, and at last the strife had become bitter. Two factions strove for supremacy, one, the conservative side,...