THE MYSTERY
GIRL
BY
CAROLYN WELLS
Author of “Vicky Van,” “Raspberry Jam,” &c.
PHILADELPHIA AND LONDON
J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
1922
COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
PRINTED BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
AT THE WASHINGTON SQUARE PRESS
PHILADELPHIA, U. S. A.
TO
HUBER GRAY BUEHLER
A GRAVE AND REVEREND SEIGNEUR WHO
POSSESSES THE ADDED GRACE OF A RARE
TASTE IN MYSTERY STORIES
CONTENTS
- CHAPTER PAGE
- I. A President-elect 9
- II. Miss Mystery Arrives 28
- III. Thirteen Buttons 47
- IV. A Broken Teacup 65
- V. The Tragedy 84
- VI. An Incredible Case 103
- VII. The Volume of Martial 121
- VIII. Where is Nogi? 140
- IX. A Love Letter 158
- X. Who is Miss Mystery? 176
- XI. The Spinster’s Evidence 193
- XII. Maurice Trask, Heir 212
- XIII. The Truesdell Eyebrows 231
- XIV. A Proposal 250
- XV. Fleming Stone Comes 269
- XVI. Miss Mystery’s Testimony 287
- XVII. Planning an Elopement 305
- XVIII. Miss Mystery no Longer 322
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THE MYSTERY GIRL
CHAPTER I
A PRESIDENT-ELECT
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