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“You hold the flashlight, Jane,” said Mary Louise. “While I make the slit.”
(Page 91) (THE MYSTERY AT DARK CEDARS)

The Mary Lou Series

The
Mystery at Dark Cedars

By
EDITH LAVELL

A. L. BURT COMPANY
Publishers
NEW YORK CHICAGO

The Mary Lou Series
by
EDITH LAVELL

The Mystery at Dark Cedars
The Mystery of the Fires
The Mystery of the Secret Band

Copyright, 1935, by
A. L. Burt Company
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

To My Daughter
Jeanne Marie Lavell
Who loves mystery stories

Contents

CHAPTER PAGE

I. The House of Mystery 11

II. The Robbery 26

III. Suspects 41

IV. Interviewing Hannah 52

V. The Stolen Treasure 63

VI. A Wild Ride 76

VII. “Hands Up!” 90

VIII. A Confession 101

IX. The Fifty-Dollar Bill 114

X. Night at Dark Cedars 126

XI. The Picnic 142

XII. Bound and Gagged 156

XIII. Detective Work 168

XIV. Bad News 181

XV. An Alibi 193

XVI. Spreading the Net 204

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