THE MYSTERY OF
THE SYCAMORE
By CAROLYN WELLS
Author of
“The Vanishing of Betty Varian,” “The Mystery Girl,” “Anybody But Anne,” “The Come-Back,” “The Curved Blades,” “A Chain of Evidence,” “In the Onyx Lobby,” “The Luminous Face,” “Raspberry Jam,” etc.
A. L. BURT COMPANY
Publishers New York
Published by arrangement with J. B. Lippincott Company
Printed in U. S. A.
COPYRIGHT, 1920, BY STREET & SMITH CORPORATION,
UNDER TITLE OF “THE PARDON TREE”
COPYRIGHT, 1921, BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
CONTENTS
- CHAPTER PAGE
- I. The Letter that Said Come 9
- II. North Door and South Door 28
- III. One Last Argument 47
- IV. The Big Sycamore Tree 65
- V. The Bugle Sounded Taps 83
- VI. The Other Heir 101
- VII. Inquiries 119
- VIII. Confession 137
- IX. Counter-Confessions 155
- X. The Phantom Bugler 173
- XI. Fleming Stone 191
- XII. The Garage Fire 209
- XIII. Sara Wheeler 227
- XIV. Rachel’s Story 245
- XV. The Awful Truth 263
- XVI. Maida’s Decision 281
- XVII. Maida and Her Father 299
- XVIII. A Final Confession 317
THE MYSTERY OF
THE SYCAMORE
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CHAPTER I
THE LETTER THAT SAID COME
As the
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