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Carolyn Wells. The Mystery of the Sycamore
The Mystery of the Sycamore
Table of Contents
Chapter I The Letter That Said Come
Chapter II North Door And South Door
Chapter III One Last Argument
Chapter IV The Big Sycamore Tree
Chapter V The Bugle Sounded Taps
Chapter VI The Other Heir
Chapter VII Inquiries
Chapter VIII Confession
Chapter IX Counter-Confessions
Chapter X The Phantom Bugler
Chapter XI Fleming Stone
Chapter XII The Garage Fire
Chapter XIII Sara Wheeler
Chapter XIV Rachel’s Story
Chapter XV The Awful Truth
Chapter XVI Maida’s Decision
Chapter XVII Maida And Her Father
Chapter XVIII A Final Confession
THE END
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Carolyn Wells
Published by Good Press, 2021
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“Well, it’s this way. Dan Wheeler’s daughter is devoted to her father. Not only filial respect and all that, but she just fairly idolizes the old man. Now, he recips, of course, and what she says goes. So—I’m asking you squarely—won’t you put in a good word to Maida, that’s the girl—and if you do it with your inimitable dexterity and grace, she’ll fall for it.”
“You mean for me to praise you up to Miss Wheeler and ask her father to give you the benefit of his influence?”
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