Tranquillity House
TRANQUILLITY
HOUSE
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“Oh my ankle! I’ve hurt it awfully,” she whispered
TRANQUILLITY
HOUSE
BY
AUGUSTA HUIELL SEAMAN
Author of “The Mystery at Number Six,” “The Dragon’s
Secret,” “The Crimson Patch,” “The Slipper Point
Mystery,” “Three Sides of Paradise Green,” etc.
ILLUSTRATED BY
W. P. COUSE
THE CENTURY CO.
New York and London
Copyright, 1923, by
THE CENTURY CO.
PRINTED IN U. S. A.
CONTENTS
chapter page I. Connie Falls Downstairs—and Puts Her Foot in It 3 II. The Teakwood Chest 18 III. Connie Makes Some Observations 31 IV. Tranquillity House Does Not Live Up To Its Name 46 V. An Adventure in the Night 62 VI. The Next Day 75 VII. Beulah’s Story 87 VIII. The Teakwood Chest Gives Up a Secret 102 IX. The Next Move 116 X. Connie Has Another Inspiration 130 XI. A Tempestuous Day 143 XII. Trailing Mr. Cookson 156 XIII. The Secret Passage 169 XIV. Mr. Cookson Confesses 181 XV. The Cablegram From India 194 XVI. Back To Tranquillity 206
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
“Oh my ankle! I’ve hurt it awfully,” she whispered Frontispiece FACING PAGE His manner was extremely nervous, I thought 48 “We’ve struck it at last!” she whispered 120 Beulah keeps watch 164
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