Chapter I: Front Matter

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_CAROLYN WELLS’_

_Baffling detective stories in which Fleming Stone, the great
American Detective, displays his remarkable ingenuity for unravelling
mysteries_

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THE MYSTERY GIRL
THE MYSTERY OF THE SYCAMORE
RASPBERRY JAM
THE DIAMOND PIN
VICKY VAN
THE MARK OF CAIN
THE CURVED BLADES
THE WHITE ALLEY
ANYBODY BUT ANNE
THE MAXWELL MYSTERY
A CHAIN OF EVIDENCE
THE CLUE
THE GOLD BAG

PTOMAINE STREET
A Rollicking Parody on a Famous Book.

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BY
CAROLYN WELLS
_Author of “Vicky Van,” “The Mystery Girl,” etc._

PHILADELPHIA AND LONDON
J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
1923

COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY STREET AND SMITH CORPORATION
COPYRIGHT, 1923, BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY

PRINTED BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
AT THE WASHINGTON SQUARE PRESS
PHILADELPHIA, U. S. A.

TO MY DEAR FRIEND
ADALA WILSON

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. LITTLE ANNA 9

II. A CELEBRATED GUEST 28

III. THE TRAGEDY 46

IV. THE MEREDITH STORY 65

V. ROLY TAKES THE LEAD 84

VI. WHAT TESSIE SAW 103

VII. THE SISTER ARRIVES 121

VIII. LITTLE ANNA’S WILES 140

IX. PAULINE’S GRIEF 160

X. CURRAN’S WATCH 179

XI. PAULINE’S FLIGHT 198

XII. WITH MARY MALDEN 217

XIII. HOW LOFT TOOK IT 236

XIV. FIBSY MEETS A COUNTESS 255

XV. THE NEEDLE AGAIN 274

XVI. CURRAN’S CRUELTY 293

XVII. ON TO MAPLEDALE 312

XVIII. THE TRUTH AT LAST 331

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