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Title: The Boarded-Up House

Author: Augusta Huiell Seaman

Illustrator: C. Clyde Squires

Release Date: January 9, 2010 [EBook #30905]

Language: English

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[Illustration: Both girls gasped and stared incredulously]

THE BOARDED-UP HOUSE

BY
AUGUSTA HUIELL SEAMAN
Author of "Jacqueline of The Carrier Pigeons," etc.

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY
C. CLYDE SQUIRES

NEW YORK
THE CENTURY CO.

Copyright, 1915, by
THE CENTURY CO.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I GOLIATH LEADS THE WAY 3

II IN SEARCH OF ADVENTURE 22

III AMATEUR DETECTIVES 33

IV THE ROOM OF MYSTERY 46

V JOYCE MAKES A NEW DISCOVERY. SO DOES GOLIATH 56

VI JOYCE'S THEORY 68

VII GOLIATH MAKES ANOTHER DISCOVERY 79

VIII CYNTHIA HAS AN IDEA 90

IX THE MEMORIES OF GREAT-AUNT LUCIA 107

X AN EXCITING DISCOVERY 122

XI THE ROOM THAT WAS LOCKED 135

XII A SLIGHT DISAGREEMENT 145

XIII THE GREAT ILLUMINATION 154

XIV THE MEDDLING OF CYNTHIA 166

XV THE STRANGER AT THE DOOR 173

XVI JOYCE EXPLAINS 184

XVII IN WHICH ALL MYSTERIES ARE SOLVED 192

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Both girls gasped and stared incredulously _Frontispiece_

A flight of stairs could be dimly discerned