The Camp Fire Girls Solve a Mystery; Or, The Christmas Adventure at Carver House
By Frey, Hildegard G.
Classic work by Frey, Hildegard G..
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THE EMPTY HOUSE Katherine Adams stepped from the train at Oakwood, glanced expectantly up and down the station platform, hesitated a moment, and then, picking out a conspicuous sp...
THE PRINCESS SYLVIA Katherine did not know whether she was more astonished or relieved at the sudden flight of the man on the stairs. "I suppose I do look pretty wild," she reflec...
THE SHUTTERED WINDOW "Nyoda, isn't there a secret passage in this house somewhere?" asked Sahwah eagerly, pausing with the nutcracker held open in her hand. "There generally was o...
AN INTERVIEW WITH HERCULES Among the furniture stored in the study was one piece which Nyoda had pounced upon with an exclamation of joy the night before when she opened the room ...
THE FIRST LINK "What did old Hercules mean?" asked Sahwah in astonishment. "He said, 'Dey's some tings folks don't want ter look at, and dey's tings dey dassent look at!'" "I can...
UNCLE JASPER'S DIARY After lunch the Winnebagos and the boys gathered around Nyoda in Uncle Jasper's study to hear her read aloud from "The Diery of Jasper M. Carver, Esqwire." Sh...
SYLVIA'S STORY "Katherine Adams, whatever has happened to you?" asked Gladys suddenly, meeting her under the bright light in the hall that evening after dinner. "Why?" asked Kath...
THE FOOTPRINTS ON THE STAIRS The Winnebagos woke bright and early the next morning, eager to begin the search for the secret passage again, but whatever plans they had formed were...
THE TRIALS OF AN EXPLORER "Oh, tell me again about the time you went camping, and the people thought you were drowning," begged Sylvia. Hinpoha drew up a footstool under her feet...
THE SECRET PASSAGE "Oh, tell Aunt Aggie I think the Winter Palace is the most wonderful place in the whole world!" cried Sylvia enthusiastically. "Tell her that the ladies-in-wait...
A CURE FOR RHEUMATISM All wrought up over the idea of the strange midnight visitor still lurking down in the passage, Nyoda made Sherry and the boys arm themselves and search the ...
THE SPIRIT OF A PRINCESS "O Nyoda, it _can't_ be true!" Sahwah's anguished wail cut across the stricken silence of the room. The eminent surgeon had just made his examination of...
THE MASQUERADE "I don't suppose we'll have the party now," observed Gladys, after Sylvia had fallen asleep. "It's a shame. We were going to have such a big time to-night." "Indee...
AN UNINVITED GUEST Migwan ran into the house and burst breathlessly in upon the merrymakers. "Nyoda!" she cried in a frightened voice, "Hercules is--" Then she stopped as though ...
HERCULES' STORY When Sherry and the boys returned from their fruitless chase Hercules had regained consciousness, and was telling Nyoda in a shaking voice that he felt better, but...
A LETTER Sylvia's illness increased during the day; her fever rose rapidly and the coughing spells grew more violent and more frequent. Nyoda turned Hercules over to Sherry and Ju...
WAITING "How is Sylvia?" Katherine's voice was husky with anxiety. Nyoda looked grave over the tray she was carrying down to the kitchen. "No better yet; a little worse this morn...
KATHERINE GOES TO THE CITY "Does anyone want to go in to the city this afternoon?" asked Nyoda, as they rose from luncheon. It had been a rather silent, dispirited meal, and quick...
THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF KATHERINE The curious spell of the "Fata Morgana" descended upon Katherine again as she emerged from the concert hall and made her way through a poorly l...
THE END OF A PERFECT DAY "Daggers and dirks!" exclaimed Sherry, weakly sitting down on the car step when it was finally borne in upon him that Katherine's highwayman was none othe...
FATHER AND DAUGHTER In the morning Sylvia was so much better that Nyoda allowed her to sit up out of bed, and there, sitting beside the wheel chair which was to be the throne of t...
ONE MORE TOAST "To the Christmas Adventure at Carver House!" proposed Katherine, raising on high her glass of fruit punch. New Year's dinner was over, and they all stood in their...
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