Under Padlock and Seal

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Avery Harold. Under Padlock and Seal

CHAPTER I. DOWNSTAIRS IN THE DARK

CHAPTER II. THE LOST CARVING-KNIFE

CHAPTER III. UNCLE ROGER'S BOX

CHAPTER IV. THE BOX OPENED

CHAPTER V. A NAVAL DISASTER

CHAPTER VI. MORE MYSTERY

CHAPTER VII. SAD NEWS

CHAPTER VIII. ELSIE HAS A FRIGHT

CHAPTER IX. A FRESH DISCOVERY

CHAPTER X. ELSIE'S CONFESSION

CHAPTER XI. UNCLE ROGER'S LEGACY

CHAPTER XII. THE RIDDLE SOLVED

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There was a great deal of chattering going on at the breakfast table next morning, seldom less than two people talking at once.

"Look here, Ida," cried Guy; "next time you come waking me up in the middle of the night, I'll have a sponge of cold water ready for you; see if I don't!"

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"But she says there was a light in the tool-house."

"Oh, nothing but the reflection of the moonlight on the glass, you may depend. If there had been any one about who had no business there, the dog would have barked."

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