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Carolyn Wells

Patty and AzaleaCarolyn Wells Patty and Azalea CHAPTER I WISTARIA PORCH "Oh, Little Billee! Come quick, for goodness' sake! The baby's choking!"Patty was in the sun parlour, her arms full of a fluttering bundle of lace and linen, and her blue eyes wide with dismay at her small daughter's facial c...

Patty at HomeCarolyn Wells Patty at Home To My very good friend, Ruth Pilling CHAPTER I THE DEBATE In Mrs. Elliott's library at Vernondale a great discussion was going on. It was an evening in early December, and the room was bright with firelight and electric light, and merry with the laughter a...

Raspberry JamCarolyn Wells Raspberry Jam Chapter I The Great Hanlon “You may contradict me as flat as a flounder, Eunice, but that won’t alter the facts. There is something in telepathy—there is something in mind-reading—”“If you could read my mind, Aunt Abby, you’d drop that subject. For if you ...

The Gold BagCarolyn Wells The Gold Bag I. THE CRIME IN WEST SEDGWICK Though a young detective, I am not entirely an inexperienced one, and I have several fairly successful investigations to my credit on the records of the Central Office.The Chief said to me one day: “Burroughs, if there’s a myste...

Two Little WomenWells Carolyn Two Little Women CHAPTER I THE GIRL NEXT DOOR Summit Avenue was the prettiest street in Berwick. Spacious and comfortable-looking homes stood on either side of it, each in its setting of lawn and shade trees. Most of these showed no dividing fences or hedges, and bou...

Children of Our TownWells Carolyn Children of Our Town FLYING KITES A blustering windy day's just rightFor boys who want to fly a kite;And it affords the greatest joyTo make and use the pretty toy. But Aged Duffers, do not tryA large-sized paper kite to fly;You could not manage tail or string,And...

The Man Who Fell Through the EarthCarolyn Wells The Man Who Fell Through the Earth CHAPTER I Moving Shadow-Shapes One of the occasions when I experienced “that grand and glorious feeling” was when my law business had achieved proportions that justified my removal from my old office to new and mor...

The Luminous FaceThe Luminous Face CHAPTER I – DOCTOR FELL “A bit thick, I call it,” Pollard looked round the group; “here’s Mellen been dead six weeks now, and the mystery of his taking-off still unsolved.”“And always will be,” Doctor Davenport nodded. “Mighty few murders are brought home to the...

Patty's Motor CarCarolyn Wells Patty's Motor Car CHAPTER I AFTERNOON TEA Patty was curled up in her favourite big easy-chair in her own study.Though called a study, because it had been used as such during her schooldays, the pretty room was really more like a boudoir. Her desk was still there, bu...

The Emily Emmins PapersCarolyn Wells The Emily Emmins Papers I A Ticket to Europe It has always seemed to me a pity that nearly all of the people one meets walking in New York are going somewhere. I mean they have some definite destination. Thus they lose the rare delight, that all too little kno...