The Greatest Works of Mary Roberts Rinehart

The Greatest Works of Mary Roberts Rinehart
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This unique Rinehart collection has been meticulously edited and and formatted to the highest digital standards. Miss Cornelia Van Gorder Series: The Circular Staircase The Bat Tish Carberry Series: The Amazing Adventures of Letitia Carberry Three Pirates of Penzance That Awful Night Tish: The Chronicle of Her Escapades and Excursions Mind over Motor Like a Wolf on the Fold The Simple Lifers Tish's Spy My Country Tish of Thee— More Tish The Cave on Thundercloud Tish Does Her Bit Salvage Novels: The Man in Lower Ten The Window at the White Cat When a Man Marries Where There's a Will The Case of Jennie Brice The Street of Seven Stars The After House K. Bab, a Sub-Deb Long Live the King! The Amazing Interlude The Breaking Point Dangerous Days A Poor Wise Man Short Stories: Love Stories Twenty-Two Jane In the Pavilion God's Fool The Miracle "Are We Downhearted? No!" The Game Affinities and Other Stories Affinities The Family Friend Clara's Little Escapade The Borrowed House Sauce for the Gander Locked Doors Sight Unseen The Confession The Truce of God The Valley of Oblivion Travelogues: Through Glacier Park in 1915 Tenting Tonight Essays: Oh Well You Know How Women Are – Isn't That Just Like a Man! Why I Believe in Scouting for Girls Kings, Queens, and Pawns – Autobiography

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Mary Roberts Rinehart. The Greatest Works of Mary Roberts Rinehart

The Greatest Works of Mary Roberts Rinehart

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Table of Contents

Miss Cornelia Van Gorder Series

The Circular Staircase

I Take a Country House

A Link Cuff-Button

Mr. John Bailey Appears

Where is Halsey?

Gertrude's Engagement

In the East Corridor

A Sprained Ankle

The Other Half of the Line

Just Like a Girl

The Traders' Bank

Halsey Makes a Capture

One Mystery for Another

Louise

An Egg-Nog and a Telegram

Liddy Gives the Alarm

In the Early Morning

A Hint of Scandal

A Hole in the Wall

Concerning Thomas

Doctor Walker's Warning

Fourteen Elm Street

A Ladder Out of Place

While the Stables Burned

Flinders

A Visit from Louise

Halsey's Disappearance

Who is Nina Carrington?

A Tramp and the Toothache

A Scrap of Paper

When Churchyards Yawn

Between Two Fireplaces

Anne Watson's Story

At the Foot of the Stairs

The Odds and Ends

The Bat

Chapter One. The Shadow of the Bat

Chapter Two. The Indomitable Miss Van Gorder

Chapter Three. Pistol Practice

Chapter Four. The Storm Gathers

Chapter Five. Alopecia and Rubeola

Chapter Six. Detective Anderson Takes Charge

Chapter Seven. Cross-Questions and Crooked Answers

Chapter Eight. The Gleaming Eye

Chapter Nine. A Shot in the Dark

Chapter Ten. The Phone Call from Nowhere

Chapter Eleven. Billy Practices Jiu-Jitsu

Chapter Twelve "I Didn't Kill Him."

Chapter Thirteen. The Blackened Bag

Chapter Fourteen. Handcuffs

Chapter Fifteen. The Sign of the Bat

Chapter Sixteen. The Hidden Room

Chapter Seventeen. Anderson Makes an Arrest

Chapter Eighteen. The Bat Still Flies

Chapter Nineteen. Murder on Murder

Chapter Twenty "He Is—The Bat!"

Chapter Twenty-One. Quite a Collection

Tish Carberry Series

The Amazing Adventures of Letitia Carberry

The Amazing Adventures of Letitia Carberry

Chapter I. What Happened to Johnson

Chapter II. The Little Nurse

Chapter III. Another Roller Towel

Chapter IV. The Footprint on the Wall

Chapter V. When Aggie Screamed

Chapter VI. Candle and Skylight

Chapter VII. Insinuations and Recriminations

Chapter VIII. Overheard in the Dormitory

Chapter IX. Orderly Briggs and Disorderly Bates

Chapter X. An Ape and some Guinea-Pigs

Chapter XI. If It Had Not Been for Love

Chapter XII. The Carbolic Case and a Brown Coat

Chapter XIII. Jacobs' Elevator

Chapter XIV. Bag and Baggage

Chapter XV. To the Zoo

Chapter XVI. Tommy Tells Why

Chapter XVII. On the Roof and Elsewhere

Chapter XVIII. Common Sense

Chapter XIX. Note by Doctor Thomas Andrews, Late Visiting Physician at the Dunkirk Hospital, and Now on the Orthopedic Staff of the same Institution, Dated Three Weeks Later, from Bermuda

Three Pirates of Penzance

Chapter I. A Cigarette Case, a Shoe, and a Menu Card

Chapter II. A Blue Runabout and a Bad Bridge

Chapter III. A Difference of Opinion and a Bargain

Chapter IV. The Appetizers and the Hotel Bureau

Chapter V. The Reporter and the Red-haired Man

Chapter VI. A Bribe and a Bride and It's All Over

That Awful Night

Chapter I. The Green Kimono

Chapter II. It was the Dog

Chapter III. A Wet Young Man

Chapter IV. Cleaning Fluid to the Rescue

Chapter V. The Cave-man and His Woman

Chapter VI "I Will Go with You"

Tish: The Chronicle of Her Escapades and Excursions

Mind Over Motor. How Tish Broke the Law and Some Records

I

II

III

IV

V

Like a Wolf on the Fold

I

II

III

IV

The Simple Lifers

I

II

III

IV

V

Tish's Spy. The Adventure of the Red-headed Detective, the Lady Chauffeur, and the Man Who Could Not Tell the Truth

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

My Country Tish of Thee—

I

II

More Tish

The Cave on Thunder Cloud

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

Tish Does Her Bit

Salvage

I

II

Novels

The Man in Lower Ten

Chapter I. I Go to Pittsburg

Chapter II. A Torn Telegram

Chapter III. Across the Aisle

Chapter IV. Numbers Seven and Nine

Chapter V. The Woman in the Next Cab

Chapter VI. The Girl in Blue

Chapter VII. A Fine Gold Chain

Chapter VIII. The Second Section

Chapter IX. The Halcyon Breakfast

Chapter X. Miss West's Request

Chapter XI. The Name was Sullivan

Chapter XII. The Gold Bag

Chapter XIII. Faded Roses

Chapter XIV. The Trap-door

Chapter XV. The Cinematograph

Chapter XVI. The Shadow of a Girl

Chapter XVII. At the Farm-house Again

Chapter XVIII. A New World

Chapter XIX. At the Table Next

Chapter XX. The Notes and a Bargain

Chapter XXI. McKnight's Theory

Chapter XXII. At the Boarding-house

Chapter XXIII. A Night at the Laurels

Chapter XXIV. His Wife's Father

Chapter XXV. At the Station

Chapter XXVI. On to Richmond

Chapter XXVII. The Sea, The Sand, The Stars

Chapter XXVIII. Alison's Story

Chapter XXIX. In the Dining-room

Chapter XXX. Finer Details

Chapter XXXI. And Only One Arm

The Window at the White Cat

Chapter I. Sentiment and Clues

Chapter II. Uneasy Apprehensions

Chapter III. Ninety-eight Pearls

Chapter IV. A Thief in the Night

Chapter V. Little Miss Jane

Chapter VI. A Fountain Pen

Chapter VII. Concerning Margery

Chapter VIII. Too Late

Chapter IX. Only One Eye Closed

Chapter X. Breaking the News

Chapter XI. A Night in the Fleming Home

Chapter XII. My Commission

Chapter XIII. Sizzling Metal

Chapter XIV. A Walk in the Park

Chapter XV. Find the Woman

Chapter XVI. Eleven Twenty-two Again

Chapter XVII. His Second Wife

Chapter XVIII. Edith's Cousin

Chapter XIX. Back to Bellwood

Chapter XX. Association of Ideas

Chapter XXI. A Proscenium Box

Chapter XXII. In the Room Over the Way

Chapter XXIII. A Box of Crown Derby

Chapter XXIV. Wardrop's Story

Chapter XXV. Measure for Measure

Chapter XXVI. Lovers and a Letter

When a Man Marries

Chapter I. At Least I Meant Well

Chapter II. The Way It Began

Chapter III. I Might Have Known It

Chapter IV. The Door was Closed

Chapter V. From the Tree of Love

Chapter VI. A Mighty Poor Joke

Chapter VII. We Make an Omelet

Chapter VIII. Correspondents’ Department

Chapter IX. Flannigan’s Find

Chapter X. On the Stairs

Chapter XI. I Make a Discovery

Chapter XII. The Roof Garden

Chapter XIII. He Does Not Deny It

Chapter XIV. Almost, But Not Quite

Chapter XV. Suspicion and Discord

Chapter XVI. I Face Flannigan

Chapter XVII. A Clash and a Kiss

Chapter XVIII. It’s All My Fault

Chapter XIX. The Harbison Man

Chapter XX. Breaking Out in a New Place

Chapter XXI. A Bar of Soap

Chapter XXII. It was Delirium

Chapter XXIII. Coming

Where There's a Will

Chapter I. I Have a Warning

Chapter II. Miss Patty Arrives

Chapter III. A Will

Chapter IV. And a Way

Chapter V. Wanted—An Owner

Chapter VI. The Conspiracy

Chapter VII. Mr. Pierce Acquires a Wife

Chapter VIII. And Mr. Moody Indigestion

Chapter IX. Dolly, How Could You?

Chapter X. Another Complication

Chapter XI. Miss Patty's Prince

Chapter XII. We Get a Doctor

Chapter XIII. The Prince—Principally

Chapter XIV. Pierce Disapproves

Chapter XV. The Prince, with Apologies

Chapter XVI. Stop, Thief!

Chapter XVII. A Bunch of Letters

Chapter XVIII. Miss Cobb's Burglar

Chapter XIX. No Marriage in Heaven

Chapter XX. Every Dog has His Day

Chapter XXI. The Mutiny

Chapter XXII. Home to Roost

Chapter XXIII. Back to Nature

Chapter XXIV. Like Ducks to Water

Chapter XXV. The First Fruits

Chapter XXVI. Over the Fence is Out

Chapter XXVII. A Cupboard Full of Rye

Chapter XXVIII. Love, Love, Love

Chapter XXIX. A Big Night To-night

Chapter XXX. Let Good Digestion

The Case of Jennie Brice

Chapter I

Chapter II

Chapter III

Chapter IV

Chapter V

Chapter VI

Chapter VII

Chapter VIII

Chapter IX

Chapter X

Chapter XI

Chapter XII

Chapter XIII

Chapter XIV

Chapter XV

Chapter XVI

The Street of Seven Stars

Chapter I

Chapter II

Chapter III

Chapter IV

Chapter V

Chapter VI

Chapter VII

Chapter VIII

Chapter IX

Chapter X

Chapter XI

Chapter XII

Chapter XIII

Chapter XIV

Chapter XV

Chapter XVI

Chapter XVII

Chapter XVIII

Chapter XIX

Chapter XX

Chapter XXI

Chapter XXII

Chapter XXIII

Chapter XXIV

Chapter XXV

Chapter XXVI

Chapter XXVII

The After House

Chapter I. I Plan a Voyage

Chapter II. The Painted Ship

Chapter III. I Unclench My Hands

Chapter IV. I Receive a Warning

Chapter V. A Terrible Night

Chapter VI. In the After House

Chapter VII. We Find the Axe

Chapter VIII. The Stewardess's Story

Chapter IX. Prisoners

Chapter X "That's Mutiny"

Chapter XI. The Dead Line

Chapter XII. The First Mate Talks

Chapter XIII. The White Light

Chapter XIV. From the Crow's Nest

Chapter XV. A Knocking in the Hold

Chapter XVI. Jones Stumbles Over Something

Chapter XVII. The Axe is Gone

Chapter XVIII. A Bad Combination

Chapter XIX. I Take the Stand

Chapter XX. Oleson's Story

Chapter XXI "A Bad Woman"

Chapter XXII. Turner's Story

Chapter XXIII. Free Again

Chapter XXIV. The Thing

Chapter XXV. The Sea Again

K

Chapter I

Chapter II

Chapter III

Chapter IV

Chapter V

Chapter VI

Chapter VII

Chapter VIII

Chapter IX

Chapter X

Chapter XI

Chapter XII

Chapter XIII

Chapter XIV

Chapter XV

Chapter XVI

Chapter XVII

Chapter XVIII

Chapter XIX

Chapter XX

Chapter XXI

Chapter XXII

Chapter XXIII

Chapter XXIV

Chapter XXV

Chapter XXVI

Chapter XXVII

Chapter XXVIII

Chapter XXIX

Chapter XXX

Bab, a Sub-Deb

Chapter I. The Sub-deb: A Theme Written and Submitted in Literature Class by Barbara Putnam Archibald, 1917

Definition of a Theme:

Subject of Theme:

Introduction:

Body of Theme:

Had I Not Written the Letter, There Would Have Been No Tragedy

It was the Letter that Put Me in His Power

I Was Trapped

"Facilus Descensus in Avernu."

Conclusion:

Chapter II. Theme: The Celebrity

I Remained in that Closet All Night

My Very Words

His Words

Chapter III. Her Diary: Being the Daily Journal of the Sub-deb

"Do I!"

Which I Did Not

What Did He Mean By It?

Long Live the King!

Chapter I. The Crown Prince Runs Away

Chapter II. And Sees the World

Chapter III. Disgraced

Chapter IV. The Terror

Chapter V. At the Riding-school

Chapter VI. The Chancellor Pays a Visit

Chapter VII. Tea in the Schoolroom

Chapter VIII. The Letter

Chapter IX. A Fine Night

Chapter X. The Right to Live and Love

Chapter. XI. Rather a Wild Night

Chapter XII. Two Prisoners

Chapter XIII. In the Park

Chapter XIV. Nikky Does a Reckless Thing

Chapter XV. Father and Daughter

Chapter XVI. On the Mountain Road

Chapter XVII. The Fortress

Chapter XVIII. Old Adelbert

Chapter XIX. The Committee of Ten

Chapter XX. The Delegation

Chapter XXI. As a Man May Love a Woman

Chapter XXII. At Etzel

Chapter XXIII. Nikky Makes a Promise

Chapter XXIV. The Birthday

Chapter XXV. The Gate of the Moon

Chapter XXVI. At the Inn

Chapter XXVII. The Little Door

Chapter XXVIII. Tee Crown Prince’s Pilgrimage

Chapter XXIX. Old Adelbert the Traitor

Chapter XXX. King Karl

Chapter XXXI. Let Mettlich Guard His Treasure

Chapter XXXII. Nikky and Hedwig

Chapter XXXIII. The Day of the Carnival

Chapter XXXIV. The Pirate’s Den

Chapter XXXV. The Paper Crown

Chapter XXXVI. The King is Dead

Chapter XXXVII. Long Live the King!

Chapter XXXVIII. In the Road of the Good Children

Chapter XXXIX. The Lincoln Penny

The Amazing Interlude

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II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

VIII

IX

X

XI

XII

XIII

XIV

XV

XVI

XVII

XVIII

XIX

XX

XXI

XXII

XXIII

XXIV

XXV

XXVI

XXVII

XXVIII

XXIX

XXX

The Breaking Point

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

VIII

IX

X

XI

XII

XIII

XIV

XV

XVI

XVII

XVIII

XIX

XX

XXI

XXII

XXIII

XXIV

XXV

XXVI

XXVII

XXVIII

XXIX

XXX

XXXI

XXXII

XXXIII

XXXIV

XXXV

XXXVI

XXXVII

XXXVIII

XXXIX

XL

XLI

XLII

XLIII

XLIV

XLV

XLVI

XLVII

XLVIII

Dangerous Days

Chapter I

Chapter II

Chapter III

Chapter IV

Chapter V

Chapter VI

Chapter VII

Chapter VIII

Chapter IX

Chapter X

Chapter XI

Chapter XII

Chapter XIII

Chapter XIV

Chapter XV

Chapter XVI

Chapter XVII

Chapter XVIII

Chapter XIX

Chapter XX

Chapter XXI

Chapter XXII

Chapter XXIII

Chapter XXIV

Chapter XXV

Chapter XXVI

Chapter XXVII

Chapter XXVIII

Chapter XXIX

Chapter XXX

Chapter XXXI

Chapter XXXII

Chapter XXXIII

Chapter XXXIV

Chapter XXXV

Chapter XXXVI

Chapter XXXVII

Chapter XXXVIII

Chapter XXXIX

Chapter XL

Chapter XLI

Chapter XLII

Chapter XLIII

Chapter XLIV

Chapter XLV

Chapter XLVI

Chapter XLVII

Chapter XLVIII

Chapter XLIX

Chapter L

A Poor Wise Man

Chapter I

Chapter II

Chapter III

Chapter IV

Chapter V

Chapter VI

Chapter VII

Chapter VIII

Chapter IX

Chapter X

Chapter XI

Chapter XII

Chapter XIII

Chapter XIV

Chapter XV

Chapter XVI

Chapter XVII

Chapter XVIII

Chapter XIX

Chapter XX

Chapter XXI

Chapter XXII

Chapter XXIII

Chapter XXIV

Chapter XXV

Chapter XXVI

Chapter XXVII

Chapter XXVIII

Chapter XXIX

Chapter XXX

Chapter XXXI

Chapter XXXII

Chapter XXXIII

Chapter XXXIV

Chapter XXXV

Chapter XXXVI

Chapter XXXVII

Chapter XXXVIII

Chapter XXXIX

Chapter XL

Chapter XLI

Chapter XLII

Chapter XLIII

Chapter XLIV

Chapter XLV

Chapter XLVI

Chapter XLVII

Chapter XLVIII

Chapter XLIX

Chapter L

Chapter LI

Chapter LII

Short Stories

Love Stories

Twenty-Two

I

II

Jane

I

II

III

In the Pavilion

I

II

III

IV

God's Fool

I

II

III

IV

The Miracle

I

II

III

"Are We Downhearted? No!"

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

The Game

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

Affinities and Other Stories

Affinities

I

II

The Family Friend

I

II

III

IV

V

Clara's Little Escapade

The Borrowed House

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

VIII

Sauce for the Gander

Part Second

Locked Doors

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

Sight Unseen

I

II

III

IV

VI

VII

VIII

IX

X

XI

The Confession

I

II

III

IV

The Truce of God

I

II

III

The Valley of Oblivion

Mary Roberts Rinehart

Travelogues

Through Glacier Park in 1915

Foreword

I. The Adventurers

II "Fall In"

III. The Sporting Chance

IV. All in the Game

V "Running Water and Still Pools"

VI. The Call

VII. The Black Marks

VIII. Bears

IX. Down the Flathead Rapids

Tenting Tonight

I. The Trail

II. The Big Adventure

III. Bridge Creek to Bowman Lake

IV. A Fisherman's Paradise

V. To Kintla Lake

VI. Running the Rapids of the Flathead

VII. The Second Day on the Flathead

VIII. Through the Flathead Cañon

IX. The Round-Up at Kalispell

X. Off for Cascade Pass

XI. Lake Chelan to Lyman Lake

XII. Cloudy Pass and the Agnes Creek Valley

XIII. Cañon Fishing and a Telegram

XIV. Doing the Impossible

XV. Doubtful Lake

XVI. Over Cascade Pass

XVII. Out to Civilization

Essays

Oh Well You Know How Women Are – Isn't That Just Like a Man!

“Isn’t that Just Like a Man!”

Why I Believe in Scouting for Girls

by Mary Roberts Rinehart

Kings, Queens, and Pawns – Autobiography

KINGS, QUEENS AND PAWNS. FOR KING AND COUNTRY

Chapter I. Taking a Chance

Chapter II "Somewhere in France"

Chapter III. La Panne

Chapter IV "'Twas a Famous Victory"

Chapter V. A Talk with the King of the Belgians

Chapter VI. The Cause

Chapter VII. The Story with an End

Chapter VIII. The Night Raid on Dunkirk

Chapter IX. No Man's Land

Chapter X. The Iron Division

Chapter XI. At the House of the Barrier

Chapter XII. Night in the Trenches

Chapter XIII "Wipers"

Chapter XIV. Lady Decies' Story

Chapter XV. Running the Blockade

Chapter XVI. The Man of Ypres

Chapter XVII. In the Line of the "Mitrailleuse"

Chapter XVIII. French Guns in Action

Chapter XIX "I Nibble Them"

Chapter XX. Dunkirk: From My Journal

Chapter XXI. Tea with the Air-Fighters

Chapter XXII. The Women at the Front

Chapter XXIII. The Little "Sick and Sorry" House

Chapter XXIV. Flight

Chapter XXV. Volunteers and Patriots

Chapter XXVI. A Luncheon at British Headquarters

Chapter XXVII. A Strange Party

Chapter XXVIII. Sir John French

Chapter XXIX. Along the Great Bethune Road

Chapter XXX. The Military Secret

Chapter XXXI. Queen Mary of England

Chapter XXXII. The Queen of the Belgians

Chapter XXXIII. The Red Badge of Mercy

Chapter XXXIV. In Terms of Life and Death

Chapter XXXV. The Losing Game

Chapter XXXVI. How Americans Can Help

Chapter XXXVII. An Army of Children

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Mary Roberts Rinehart

The Circular Staircase

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What was our surprise, on turning somewhat, to see the angry lover fishing on a point near by. While we stared he pulled out a large trout, and stalked away without a glance in our direction. As Tish, with her usual forethought, had brought a trout rod, she hastily procured it, but without result.

"Of course," Aggie said, "no fish! I could eat a piece of broiled fish. I dare say I shall be skin and bone at the end of this trip—and not much skin."

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