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Title: Mary Louise Solves a Mystery

Author: L. Frank Baum

Release Date: February 11, 2008 [eBook #24578]

Language: English

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Transcriber's note:

The original book contained two chapters numbered XI, each with
a different title. Both appeared in the table of contents,
listed as Chapters X and XI. The real Chapter X, entitled "Mere
Speculation," was not included in the table of contents. In this
e-text the Table of Contents has been corrected to include the
real Chapter X and to reflect the fact that the book has two
Chapters numbered XI.

MARY LOUISE SOLVES A MYSTERY

by
Edith Van Dyne
Author of
"Aunt Jane's Nieces Series"

Frontispiece by Anna B. Mueller

[Illustration: frontispiece]

The Reilly & Lee Co.
Chicago

Copyright, 1917
by
The Reilly & Britton Co.

_Mary Louise Solves a Mystery_

CONTENTS

I DOCTOR AND PATIENT
II MOTHER AND DAUGHTER
III ALORA'S FATHER
IV ALORA'S NEW LIFE
V IN THE STUDIO
VI FLITTING
VII MARY LOUISE INTRUDES
VIII MARY LOUISE MEETS ALORA
IX MARY LOUISE SCENTS A MYSTERY
X MERE SPECULATION
XI ALORA SPEAKS FRANKLY
XI JASON JONES IS FRIGHTENED
XII SILVIO'S GOLD
XIII DORFIELD
XIV HOME AGAIN
XV THE PUZZLE BECOMES INTRICATE
XVI ALORA WINS HER WAY
XVII THE DISAPPEARANCE
XVIII ON THE TRAIL
XIX DECOYED
XX JANET'S TRIUMPH
XXI THE PRICE OF LIBERTY
XXII A COMPROMISE
XXIII MARY LOUISE HAS AN INTUITION
XXIV AN INTERRUPTION
XXV JASON JONES
XXVI WHAT MARY LOUISE ACCOMPLISHED

Mary Louise Solves a Mystery

CHAPTER I
DOCTOR AND PATIENT

A little girl sat shivering in a corner of a reception room in the
fashionable Hotel Voltaire. It was one of a suite of rooms occupied by