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Adventure Stories for Girls
The
Crimson Thread
By
ROY J. SNELL
The Reilly & Lee Co.
Chicago
Printed in the United States of America
Copyright, 1925
by
The Reilly & Lee Co.
All Rights Reserved
CONTENTS
- CHAPTER PAGE
- I Two Hours Before Midnight 7
- II Crimson with a Strand of Purple 23
- III A New Mystery 36
- IV The Picture Girl 52
- V “Come and Find Me” 67
- VI The Iron Ring 80
- VII Cordie’s Mad Flight 93
- VIII The Diamond-Set Iron Ring 109
- IX Her Double 136
- X Cordie’s Strange Ride 153
- XI As Seen from the Stairway 167
- XII Silver Gray Treasure 175
- XIII Lucile’s Dream 181
- XIV The Newspaper Picture 187
- XV “With Contents, If Any” 192
- XVI A Great Day 205
- XVII An Icy Plunge 215
- XVIII The Mystery Lady’s New Role 229
- XIX Meg Wields a Belaying Pin 234
- XX The Great Moment 246
- XXI The Man in Gray 254
- XXII The Finish 263
- XXIII Meg’s Secret 271
- XXIV Three Questions 277
- XXV What the Brown Bag Held 294
THE CRIMSON THREAD
CHAPTER I
TWO HOURS BEFORE MIDNIGHT
Starting back with a suppressed exclamationof surprise on her lips, Lucile Tucker staredin mystification and amazement. What was thisghost-like apparition that had appeared at theentrance to the long dark passage-way? A youngwoman’s face, a face of beauty and refinement,surrounded by a perfect circle of white. In thealmost complete darkness of t