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THE HOUSE OF THE WHISPERING PINES

By ANNA KATHARINE GREEN

1910

Author of

"The Leavenworth Case," "That Affair Next Door," "One of My Sons," etc.







"Mazes intricate,
Eccentric, interwov'd, yet regular
Then most, when most irregular they seem".

_Milton_




CONTENTS


BOOK I

SMOKE

     I.--THE HESITATING STEP

    II.--IT WAS SHE--SHE INDEED!

   III.--"OPEN!"

    IV.--THE ODD CANDLESTICK

     V.--A SCRAP OF PAPER

    VI.--COMMENTS AND REFLECTIONS

   VII.--CLIFTON ACCEPTS MY CASE

  VIII.--A CHANCE! I TAKE IT


BOOK II

SWEETWATER TO THE FRONT

    IX.--"WE KNOW OF No SUCH LETTER"

     X.--"I CAN HELP YOU"

    XI.--IN THE COACH HOUSE

   XII.--"LILA--LILA!"

  XIII.--"WHAT WE WANT IS HERE"

   XIV.--THE MOTIONLESS FIGURE

    XV.--HELEN SURPRISES SWEETWATER

   XVI.--62 CUTHBERT ROAD

  XVII.--"MUST I TELL THESE THINGS?"

 XVIII.--ON IT WAS WRITTEN--

   XIX.--"IT'S NOT WHAT YOU WILL FIND"


BOOK III

HIDDEN SURPRISES

    XX.---"HE OR YOU! THERE IS NO THIRD"

   XXI.--CARMEL AWAKES

  XXII.---"