Mary Louise Solves a Mystery
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Baum Lyman Frank. Mary Louise Solves a Mystery
CHAPTER I. DOCTOR AND PATIENT
CHAPTER II. MOTHER AND CHILD
CHAPTER III. ALORA'S FATHER
CHAPTER IV. ALORA'S NEW LIFE
CHAPTER V. IN THE STUDIO
CHAPTER VI. FLITTING
CHAPTER VII. MARY LOUISE INTRUDES
CHAPTER VIII. MARY LOUISE MEETS ALORA
CHAPTER IX. MARY LOUISE SCENTS A MYSTERY
CHAPTER X. MERE SPECULATION
CHAPTER XI. ALORA SPEAKS FRANKLY
CHAPTER XI. JASON JONES IS FRIGHTENED
CHAPTER XII. SILVIO'S GOLD
CHAPTER XIII. DORFIELD
CHAPTER XIV. HOME AGAIN
CHAPTER XV. THE PUZZLE BECOMES INTRICATE
CHAPTER XVI. ALORA WINS HER WAY
CHAPTER XVII. THE DISAPPEARANCE
CHAPTER XVIII. ON THE TRAIL
CHAPTER XIX. DECOYED
CHAPTER XX. JANET'S TRIUMPH
CHAPTER XXI. THE PRICE OF LIBERTY
CHAPTER XXII. A COMPROMISE
CHAPTER XXIII. MARY LOUISE HAS AN INTUITION
CHAPTER XXIV. AN INTERRUPTION
CHAPTER XXV. JASON JONES
CHAPTER XXVI. WHAT MARY LOUISE ACCOMPLISHED
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The child crept softly to her mother's bedside, but once there she impulsively threw her arms about "Mamma Tone's" neck and embraced her so tightly that the sick woman was obliged to tear the little arms away. She did this tenderly, though, and holding the trembling hands in her own kissed both of Lory's cheeks before she said:
"I've news for you, dear."
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Dr. Anstruther seated himself in the reception room. The artist puzzled him greatly, although he prided himself – through long professional experience – on being able to read human nature with some accuracy. This summons to his dying-wife ought to seem the most natural thing in the world to Jason Jones, yet the man appeared dazed and even bewildered by the event, and while he had once lived in luxurious surroundings his later experiences must have been so wholly different that the splendor of his wife's mode of living quite embarrassed him. Yes, the contrast was sharp, it must be admitted; the man had formerly shared Tony Seaver's immense wealth; he had enjoyed the handsomest studio in New York; and then – back to poverty, to drudgery, to a struggle for mere food and clothing! Years of hardship were likely to have had a decided effect upon the character of a man who was doubtless weak in the beginning; it would make him hard, and bitter, and —
A shrill scream startled him. It came from the sick chamber and was echoed by another cry – hoarse and terrified – in a man's voice.
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