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The Phantom Town Mystery by Grace May North 6 Young Adult Novels Audiobook Adventure.

chapter 6 of the phantom town mystery this is a librivox recording all librivox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit librivox.org the phantom town mystery by carol norton chapter 6 the evil eye turquoise the old man continued sven peterson himself never told me nothing about that evil-eyed turquoise of his that's why i kelly it was a yarn he used to scare off unwelcome visitors to his rock house being as there was spells when he was away for days hunting for bottle i heard it was a big eye shaped rock with a round center that was more green than it was blue hangers on and the store here used to speculate about it some reckoned if it was true that sven had found a green blue turquoise big as a coffee cup it'd be worth a lot of money but i don't know i don't know dora recalled mr harvey's wandering thoughts by asking it must have been very beautiful but why was it called evil eye

the old man shook his head there was folks who'd believe anything in them days he said i reckon there still is superstitious you'd call it so when sven peterson told yarns about that green blue eye hisn there was them as swallowed him whole tell us one of the yarns mary urged well lucky loon told round at the camp says how he put that there turquoise eye into the inside wall of his house just where it could keep watching the door and if anyone tried to climb in that there i'd see him but what if it did dora laughed was there ever anyone superstitious enough to believe that the eye could hurt them the old man nodded looking at her solemnly sven peterson told round that it was a demon eye and whatever it looked at except in his self it keel over paralyzed well maybe it's hard to believe but then miners bad as some of them was weren't taking no chances till along come a tenderfoot fella from the east he heared the yarn and he laughed at the whole outfit of him he opined us how he'd come west to get rich quick and he reckon cleaning out that rock house it's gold and turquoise would be a sight easier than getting it out of the earth with pick and shovel yes sir that feller did a power a lot of boasting but you can better believe twent when lucky loon was in here and dora glanced up at the two boys sitting so silently on the counter back of the old man she saw that they were both listening with interest the story was evidently as new to jerry as to the others dick motioned to dora to ask another question as the old man had paused oh mr harvey she leaned forward to ask did that bragging boy actually try to rob mr peterson sure certain did the storekeeper replied he watched over the rocks and nights till he'd seen lucky loon riding off and judging by the pack he was toting that fella calculated he was going on one of them long rides he took off and on hunting for bottle well after a time he climbed up dragging a bag he took along to put the gold in he peered into the rock house door and there was that eye just as sven had said in the wall opposite and it was glaring green like a cat's eye in the dark the old man stopped talking and swayed his shaggy head back and forth for a long minute before he satisfied his listeners curiosity dora found herself clutching mary's hand but neither of them spoke the next day the old man continued cowboys riding out on the road heared screaming then it stopped and they couldn't place it know-how after a time they heard it again thinking as how lucky loon was hurt maybe they rode in through his gate and found that young tenderfoot fella riding around at the foot of the cliff he was paralyzed chores certain and after he told him about seeing that there turquoise eye he give up the ghost that much is true they fetched the tenderfoot feller in here to my store and i seen the wild scared look in his eyes well after that sven peterson didn't have no more need to worry about...

Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders on the Old Apache Trail 4 Teen Books Audiobook Club.

chapter 4 of grace harlow's overland riders on the old apache trail by jesse graham flower this librivox recording is in the public domain recording by ashley jane chapter 4 the battle with the bandits the highwayman uttered a yell and leaped clear of the ground dropping his rifle which clattered to the trail within easy reach of the overton girl's hand bang bang two rifle bullets ripped through the roof of the old stagecoach the cowards fumed grace under her breath snatching up the rifle that the highwayman had dropped she crawled out from under the coach and ran around behind it just as two more bandit shots rang out grace threw the rifle to her shoulder and fired at a shadowy figure that she could barely see and in the next second lieutenant wingate's heavy army revolver cracked spitefully from the front seat of the coach with grace harlow's first shot hippie had unlimbered and his revolver was now banging away to good purpose as grace realized when she heard another yell of pain look out grace i'm coming warned hippie as he leaped from the top of the coach to the trail disarm this fellow please he is wounded only in the leg and is dangerous i will take care of the others while you were doing that said grace starting to creep forward with rifle ready to fire bang a revolver flashed from behind a jutting shelf of rock bang the rifle in grace harlow's hands answered the revolver shot she heard her bullets smack against the shale rock and pieces of stone patter on the trail ouch grunted the bandit who had fired at her grace was certain that she had not hit the man but she believed that a splinter of rock had accomplished what her bullet had missed doing while all of this was going on hippie was removing the weapons from the bandit through whose leg grace had fired a bullet from her automatic revolver the overton girl was still cautiously creeping forward if any of you highway men fires another shot it will be your last she warned look out mrs gray i reckon there's another of them critters behind the point of rock drawed the calm voice of ike fairweather who sat holding his horses observing the fight with fascinated eyes ike eager as he was to get into the fight dared not leave his team knowing that if he did so they would promptly run away with the coach and outfit i have my eye on him mr fairweather replied grace in a voice that was without a trace of excitement you heard what i said fellow she added addressing the bandit lurking behind the rock toss your weapons into the road toss them out bang again grace harlow had fired at the same rock and again she heard a scattering rain of shale that her bullet dislodged the highway man hiding there threw his rifle away she heard it fall on the trail but was certain that the man still possessed at least one revolver and perhaps two the rest of them you have two more weapons out with them quick two revolvers followed the rifle and fell on the trail just as she was about to emphasize her command with another shot as a reminder that she meant what she said with rifle at ready grace now sprang boldly to the ledge of the rock where she saw a man standing leaning against a tree a hand pressed to his forehead a few yards further on were two others one lying beside the trail the other sitting with his back against a rock how many of you are there demanded grace of the standing man three others weakly answered the bandit are the two here badly hurt i i don't know what's the matter with you splinter of rock hit me on the head groaned the fellow you stand where you are if you know what is good for you directed grace get up she ordered stepping over to the sitting bandit i can't got smacked in the leg and head i reckon i'll get you for this business don't threaten hippie right oh when you can leave your patient please come here lieutenant wingate approached at a brisk trot by now the rest of the...

Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders on the Old Apache Trail 3 free teens audiobook podcast greats.

chapter 3 of grace harlow's overland riders in the old apache trail by jessie graham flower this librivox recording is in the public domain recording by ashley jane chapter 3 a thrilling halt hi up there cut the gun bellowed the voice of hippie wingate using an aviator's term for shutting off the power stop it i say you will have us all in the ditch grace grinned at ike and ike grinned at his team neither made any reply to hip his whale of distress grace's hat was now off her hair was blowing in the wind and her eyes were snapping oh that was glorious mr fairweather she cried as the stagecoach reached the bottom of the grade and lurched around a sharp curve on two wheels a proceeding that brought another series of shrieks from the occupants of the coach hippie was protesting and threatening then suddenly grace and ike was startled at hearing the lieutenant's voice close behind them right at their ears it seemed grace turned and found herself looking into the flushed face of hippie wingate whose head and shoulders were above the top of the coach he was standing on the windowsill of the door and clinging to the edge of the roof of the stagecoach get down hippie you will be thrown off and hurt begged grace i can't be any worse injured than i am now after being played football with inside of this old box what's the matter isn't there a break on this bundle of junk i don't know sorry but i thought you might enjoy a few side slips to remind you of france please stop mr fair weather he will break his neck if he tries to get down while we are in motion ike applied the brakes and pulled up the horses where upon hippie sprang down to the trail and swung aboard again if you do that again i'll walk was his parting thread how'd you like it miss grinned the driver splendid i have not had such an exciting ride since one time when i was racing with my ambulance in france to clear a crossroads ahead of a shell that was on the way there declared grace i was going to ask you about the war you must have seen some big ones big shells many of them never got hit did you i was wounded three times

you don't say ike gazed at her with new interest was he in the war too referring to hippie yes as an aviator and fought many battles in the air all the young women who are with us on this drive also saw service in the war zone in france they were a part of the overton college unit that went overseas for the red cross have been pretty bad business that it was but i would not have missed it for anything did many men from your city go to the war ike nodded some didn't come back neither suppose your ambulance got hit once anyway i lost four cars during the time i was driving two were blown up and the others were wrecked in accidents grace informed her companion on the driver's seat my husband is still in the service he is now in russia where he was sent after the armistice was signed your husband you don't say i wouldn't think it why you don't look more than a school girl i'll bet he'd like to be here right this minute and i'll bet i should like to have him here too answered grace smilingly do you think we shall be able to stir up any excitement on the trail we propose to do the entire journey on ponies you know starting the day after tomorrow maybe maybe reflected ike are there any apaches left in the mountains questioned grace yes too many of them friendly sometimes when they want to beg or steal something from you don't trust a miss an engine is an engine especially when he's an apache they do a heap lot more than they do if they dared can you shoot some admitted grace i'll bet you're a dead shot if their eyes was behind a gun that was pointed at me i'd put up my hands without being asked a second time were you ever held up by bandits asked grace eager to get the old stagecoach driver started talking of his experiences regular thing in the...

Adventures of a Brownie From the Coal Cellar 2 Free Children's Audiobooks Traditional Tales.

adventure the second of the adventures of a brownie this is a librivox recording all librivox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit librivox.org recording by ankila adventures of a brownie as told to my child by miss mullick adventure the second brownie and the cherry tree

the next time was quick and coming which was not wonderful considering there was a brownie in the house otherwise the house was like most other houses and the family like most other families the children also they were sometimes good sometimes naughty like other children but on the whole they deserved to have the pleasure of a brownie to play with them as they declared he did many and many a time a favorite play place was the orchard where grew the biggest cherry tree you ever saw they called it their castle because it rose up ten feet from the ground in one thick stem and then branched out into a circle of boughs with a flat place in the middle where two or three children could sit at once there they often did sit turn by turn or one at a time sometimes with a book reading and the biggest boy made a sort of rope ladder by which they could climb up and down which they did all winter and enjoyed their castle very much but one day in spring they found their ladder cut away the gardener had done it saying it injured the tree which was just coming into blossom now this gardener was a rather gruff man with a growling voice he did not mean to be unkind but he disliked children he said they bothered him but when they complained to their mother about the latter she agreed with gardner that the tree must not be injured as it bore the biggest cherries in all the neighborhood so big that the old saying of taking two bites at a cherry came really true wait till the cherries are ripe she said and so the little people waited and watched it through its leafing and blossoming such sheets of blossom white as snow till the fruit began to show and grew large and red on every bow at last one morning the mother said children should you like to help gather the cherries today hurrah they cried and not a day too soon for we saw a flock of starlings in the next fields and if we don't clear the tree they will very well clear it then only mind and fill my basket quite full for preserving what is over you may eat if you like thank you thank you and the children were eager to be off but the mother stopped them till she could get the gardener in his ladder for it is he must climb the tree not you and you must do exactly as he tells you and he will stop with you all the time and see that you don't come to harm this was no slight cloud on the children's happiness and they begged hard to go alone please might we we will be so good the mother shook her head all the goodness in the world would not help them if they tumbled off the tree or eat themselves sick with cherries you would not be safe and i should be so unhappy to make mother unhappy was the worst rebuke possible to these children so they choked down their disappointment and followed the gardener as he walked on a head carrying his ladder on his shoulder he looked very cross and as if he did not like the children's company at all they were pretty good on the whole though they chattered a good deal but gardner said not a word to them all the way to the orchard when they reached it he just told them to keep out of his way and not worried him which they politely promised saying among themselves that they should not enjoy their cherry gathering at all but children who make the best of things and try to be as good as they can sometimes have fun unawares when the gardener was steadying his ladder against the trunk of the cherry tree there was suddenly heard the barking of a dog a very fierce dog too first it seemed close beside them in the flower garden then in the foul yard...

Whispering Tongues by Homer Greene 3 Free Teens Audiobook Life And Learning Stories Podcast.

chapter 3 of whispering tongues by homer green this librivox recording is in the public domain reading by donald cummings chapter 3 before the faculty for an instant after van loan had uncovered parmeter no one stirred the act had been so sudden and unexpected that it startled them all then half a dozen men pounced the pond van loan bound his wrists and bandaged his eyes again he was thoroughly helpless now but the mischief had been done parmenter at least was in van loan's power the freshman had seen his face and could prove that he was engaged in an act for which he could be expelled from the college the conspirators retired to deliberate the question what was to be done was a serious one besik one of the rash ones whispered let's hang him up by his thumbs until he promises he will never reveal anything of what has happened that would never do said robinson he can't do anything but threaten i think he can be scared into keeping still or bought off said another of the hazers i tell you bribery is the only thing for a man with a character as mean as his there were valid objections to all those methods and to every other plan that could be conceived but that the conspirators could not go on with the hazing was plain the life and fun had dropped suddenly and disastrously out of that and the danger to at least one of them was too great to be trifled with parmenter again approached van loan his face still uncovered the others followed to listen parmiter's face was pale but wore not the smallest look of fright and he spoke quietly but very firmly you have found out who i am he said and to a certain extent you have me in your power but there are some things that depend on the use you make of the knowledge you have obtained here tonight if you can assure us that you will keep it sacredly to yourself i think you can trust us and each of us to place no obstacle in your way through college nor harm you in any way whatever but i don't need to hint to you what may happen if you betray us parmenter paused and van loan replied i think i know what you mean i propose to keep the knowledge i have obtained here tonight sacredly to myself do you solemnly promise me and each of us that you will never reveal my identity nor disclose to anybody at any time anything of what has happened here tonight i make you that solemn promise van loan's voice certainly had in it the ring of sincerity his captors could ask no more of him than he had promised the agreement was definite and both parties thoroughly understood the situation then they took van loan back to the college he was still bound bandaged and blindfolded they led him down the forest path across the fields and through the college grove and loosening his hands they left him in the middle of the campus by the time he had freed himself and could look around not one of the hazers was in sight and before he reached his bed the men who had dragged him from it less than an hour before were locked safely in their rooms the next day parmitar and van loan met each other face to face on the walk between the colleges there was a nod of recognition on the part of each but no word was spoken the same thing occurred the next day and the next it leaked out after a time as such things will that some sort of hazing had been done and that van loan was the victim of it but who the hazers were no one except those who had participated in the affair appeared to know the origin of the rumor could not be traced to van loan there was nothing to indicate that he was not keeping his promise as the days went by and the situation remained unchanged parmitar began to feel relieved the dread of discovery and consequent punishment was rapidly disappearing from his mind but he was troubled about lee charlie had sobered much since the night of the hazing it was true he worked harder but he went about his tasks with an...

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The Secret Pact
by Mildred A. Wirt Benson

The Secret Pact by Mildred A. Wirt Benson 1 Teen young Adult Vintage Novel Sleuth Mystery

Publication date 2016-06-11
Usage Public Domain Mark 1.0Creative Commons Licensepublicdomain
Topics librivox, audiobooks, Mystery, detective stories, newspapers, penny parker, girl detective, girl reporter, nancy drew, female reporters, young adult mystery, female sleuth, vintage mystery, 1940s mysteries, middle reader mystery
LibriVox recording of The Secret Pact by Mildred A. Wirt Benson.
Read in English by Cheryl Adam
PENNY PARKER is a teen-aged sleuth and amateur reporter with an uncanny knack for uncovering and solving unusual, sometimes bizarre mysteries.

the secret pact by mildred a wort benson this is a livervox recording all livrivox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit livrivox.org reading by cheryl adam skowhegan maine 2016. the secret pact by mildred a worth benson chapter 1 aboard the good time a blanket of fog thick and damp swirled about the decks of the excursion steamer good time cautiously plying its course down the river at intervals above the steady throb of the ship's engines a foghorn sounded its mournful warning to small craft i hope we don't collide with another boat before we make the dock remarked louise seidel who stood at the railing with her chum penelope would be a perfect ending for an imperfect day returned penny fitting her coat collar more snugly about her throat an imperfect day i'd call it a miserable one rain and fog fog and rain it's made my hair as straight as the shortest distance between two points mine's as kinky as wool impatiently penny brushed a ringlet of golden hair from her eyes well shall we go inside again no i'd rather freeze than be a wallflower the dark-eyed girl responded gloomily we haven't been asked to dance once this evening that's because we came without our own crowd lou except for that couple yonder we're practically the only persons aboard unattached to a group penny jerked her head in the direction of a young man and girl who slowly paced the deck earlier in the evening their peculiar actions had attracted her attention they kept strictly to themselves avoiding the salon the dining room and all contact with other excursionists i wonder who they are mused louise turning to stare the girl wears a veil as if she were afraid someone might recognize her yes i noticed that and whenever anyone goes near her she lowers her head i wish we could see her face let's wander over that way proposed louise armin armed they sauntered toward the couple the young man saw them coming he touched his companion's arm and turning their backs they walked away they did that to avoid meeting us louise declared in an excited undertone now why i wonder the couple had reached the end of the deck as the young woman turned to glance over her shoulder a sudden gust of wind caught her hat before she could save it the headgear was swept dangerously close to the railing not giving the young man an opportunity to act penny darted forward rescuing the hat she carried it to the couple thank you the girl mumbled keeping her head lowered thank you very much quickly she jammed the felt hat on her head and replaced the veil but not before penny had seen her face clearly the young woman was unusually pretty with large brown eyes and a long smoothly brushed black bob this is certainly a miserable night penny remarked hoping to start a conversation sure is replied the young man with discouraging brevity he tipped his hat and steered his companion away from the girl ruefully penny returned to louise who had been an interested spectator did you get a good look at the pair she asked eagerly yes but i've never seen either of them before they wouldn't talk no and the girl lowered her veil as soon as she could perhaps she's a movie actress traveling in disguise...

The Clue of the Silken Ladder
by Mildred A. Wirt Benson

Publication date 2016-02-09
Usage Public Domain Mark 1.0Creative Commons Licensepublicdomain
Topics librivox, audiobooks, Mystery, fathers and daughters, female detectives, penny parker, teen sleuth, girl detective, cozy mystery, nancy drew, mildred wirt, mildred wirt benson, newspaper reporters, female reporters
LibriVox recording of The Clue of the Silken Ladder by Mildred A. Wirt Benson.
Read in English by Cheryl Adam
In THE CLUE OF THE SILKEN LADDER, Penny investigates multiple mysteries. What is the purpose of the singular silken ladder made by the secretive and somewhat sinister old Japanese curio shop owner? How can the "Riverview Star" obtain evidence that a popular troup of spiritualists really are heartless con artists? Last, who is perpetrating the gravity-defying burglaries that have rocked the town ?

The Clue of the Silken Ladder by Mildred A. Wirt Benson 1 Teen Mystery Novel Free Audiobooks

chapter one of the clue of the silken ladder by mildred a worth benson this is a livervox recording all livervox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit livrivox.com reading by cheryl adam skowhegan maine 2016 chapter 1 double trouble now i ask you lou what have i done to deserve such a fate jerking a yellow card from beneath the windshield of the shiny new maroon-colored sedan penny parker turned flashing blue eyes upon her companion louise sedell quell penny responded her chum dryly in riverview persons who park their cars beside fire hydrants usually expect to get parking tickets but we were only inside the drugstore five minutes wouldn't you think a policeman could find something else to do oh the ticket won't cost you more than five or ten dollars tease louise wickedly your father should pay it he should but he won't penny answered gloomily dad expects his one and only daughter to assume her own car expense i ask you what's the good of having a weekly allowance if you never get to use it yourself you are in a mood today why i think you're lucky to have a brand new car louise's glance caressed the highly polished chrome plate the sleek streamlined body which shown in the sunlight the automobile had been presented to penny by her father anthony parker largely in gratitude because she had saved his newspaper the riverview star from a disastrous lawsuit yes i am lucky penny agreed without enthusiasm i wish i could have kept her she was traded in on this model what would you do with that old wreck now penny nearly every time we went around a corner it broke down all the same we had marvelous times with her this car takes twice as much gasoline another thing all the policemen knew lina they never gave her a ticket for anything penny sighed deeply pocketing the yellow card she squeezed behind the steering wheel by the way whatever became of lena louise asked curiously slamming the car door she glanced sharply at penny oh she's changed hands twice now she's at jake harriman's lot advertised for fifty dollars want to drive past there not particularly but i'll do it for your sake pet as the car started toward the harriman car lot louise stole an amused glance at her chum penny was not unattractive even when submerged in gloom upon the slightest provocation her blue eyes sparkled her smile when she chose to turn it on would melt a man of stone she dressed carelessly brushed a mop of curly golden hair only if it suited her fancy yet somehow achieved an appearance envied by her friends the automobile drew up at the curb there's lena penny pointed to an ancient blue coop with battered fenders which stood on the crowded second hand lot a for sale sign on the windshield informed the public that the auto might be bought for forty dollars lena's value seems to have dropped ten dollars commented louise my i had forgotten how wrecky the old thing looks don't speak of her so...

Behind the Green Door
by Mildred A. Wirt-Benson

Publication date 2015-12-27
Usage Public Domain Mark 1.0Creative Commons Licensepublicdomain
Topics librivox, audiobooks, Mystery, penny parker, mildred a. wirt, girl detective, girl reporter, female detective, skiing, young adult mysteries, middle reader mysteries
LibriVox recording of Behind the Green Door by Mildred A. Wirt-Benson.
Read in English by Cheryl Adam
Penny Parker is a teen-aged sleuth and amateur reporter with an uncanny knack for uncovering and solving unusual, sometimes bizarre mysteries.

behind the green door by mildred a wort benson this is a livervox recording all livervox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit livervox.org reading by cheryl adam skowhegan maine 2015 chapter one trouble for mr parker watch me coming down the mountain mrs weems this one is a honey open christiana turn with no breaks dragging penny parker clad in a new black and red snow suit twisted her agile young body sideways causing the small rug upon which she stood to skip across the polished floor of the living room she wriggled her slim hips again and it slipped in the opposite direction toward mrs weems who was watching from the kitchen doorway coming down the mountain my eye exclaimed the housekeeper laughing despite herself you'll be coming down on your head if you don't stop those antics i declare you've acted like a crazy person ever since your father rashly agreed to take you to pinetop for the skiing i have to break in my new snow suit and limber up my muscles somehow said penny defensively one can't practice outdoors when there's no snow now watch this one mrs weems it's called a telemark you'll reduce that rug to shreds before you're through sighed the housekeeper can't you think of anything else to do yes penny agreed cheerfully but it wouldn't be half as much fun how do you like my suit she darted across the room to preen before the full-length mirror a red-billed cat pulled at a jaunty angle over her blonde curls penny made a striking figure in the well-tailored suit of dark wool her eyes sparkled with the joy of youth and it was easy for her to smile she was an only child the daughter of anthony parker editor and publisher of the riverview star and her mother had died when she was very young it looks like a good practical suit conceded the housekeeper penny made a rye face is that the best you can say for it louise seidel and i shopped all over riverview to get the snappiest number out and then you call it practical oh you know you look cute in it laughed mrs weems so what's the use of telling you before penny could reply the telephone rang and the housekeeper went to answer it she returned to the living room a moment later to say that penny's father was in need of free taxi service home from the office tell him i'll be down after him in two shakes of a kitten's tail penny called making for the doorway she took the steps two at a time and had climbed halfway out of the snow suit by the time she reached the bedroom a well-aimed kick landed the garment on the bed and then because it was very new and very choice she took time to straighten it out seizing a dress blindly from the closet she wriggled into it and ran downstairs again some more skiing equipment may come while i'm gone she shouted to mrs weems who was in the kitchen i bought a new pair of skis a couple of poles three different kinds of wax and a pair of red mittens why didn't you just order the store sent out and be done with it respond to the housekeeper dryly penny pulled on her heavy coat and hurried to the garage where two cars stood side by side one was a shining black sedan of the latest model the other a battered unwashed vehicle whose reputation was as discouraging as its appearance leaping lena as penny called her car had an annoying habit of running up repair bills and then repaying its long-suffering...

The Seven Sleuths' Club
by Carol Norton

Publication date 2013-07-16
Usage CC0 1.0 UniversalCreative Commons Licensezero
Topics Mystery, Teen, Kids, Solving, Puzzle
LibriVox recording of The Seven Sleuths' Club by Carol Norton. Read by SamR

Some girls from a day school started a club called Spread Sunshine Club, but change the name when they decide to find some mysteries to solve. They add another girl to their club and before they realize a mystery has began! This is a book by the same author of Bobs, a Girl Detective. She had another writing name. (Summary by peppersnoodles93)

chapter one of the seventh sleuths club this is a librivox recording all librivox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit librivox.org the seven sleuths club by carol norton chapter one enter the ssc a musical gong resounding through the corridors of the sunnyside seminary was the signal for the opening of doors on the trooping out of girls of all ages in twos and threes and groups some with ribbon braids a few with long curls but most of them with saucy bobs it was a 10 minute recreation between changing classes had it been summer one and all would have flocked out on the wide green lawns to play a game of toss ball for a few merry moments or to rest on benches under the great old elms or to saunter up and down the flower boarded paths but since it was a wild blustery day in january the pupils of mr morris school for select young ladies contented themselves some of them with opening the heavy front door and uttering little screams of pretended fear or of sincere delight when a snow laden gust brushed past them leaving those nearest with wind tossed hair six of them having no curiosity would seem concerning the weather gathered about the wide fireplace in the library for a few moments of hurried gossip where's mary peggy pierce asked as she glanced towards the open door that led into the music room she said we would come here and wait for her she's made a wild and wonderful discovery she told me in class if miss preens didn't have eyes in the back of her head mary would have told me what was going on but just as she was starting around world that living skeleton and pointed an accusing bony finger at us as she moaned in that deep uncanny voice of hers miss marion lee one demerit for whispering miss peggy pierce one demerit for listening say can you beat that i don't think she's human rosamund wright declared her iris blue eyes round and serious honest true i think she has demonical powers that's too much for me laughed little betty bird where do you learn such long words rose i'm still using monosyllables sounds like it bertha angel commented to return to the subject under discussion where do you suppose that the president of the ssc is peggy pierce glanced at her wrist watch but as usual it had stopped running time peg according to my old reliable there's just five minutes more of recess and doris drill broke off to exclaim gleefully here she comes here's mary then to the girl who laughing and tussled appeared in the doorway leading from the corridor rosamund cried what's the big idea mary didn't you call a fireplace meeting for the very minute after the gong rang i know it's time for the next gun when we haven't heard what it is you have to tell us but mary although she tried to look repentant was laughing so hard that still another moment was wasted while she made an effort to compose herself down on a comfortably upholstered chair she sank thrusting her feet out towards the blaze she had laughed herself limp what pray tell is the joke i suppose you were aware of the fact that is january the 10th and not april the first peggy could be quite sarcastic at times oh i say peg have a heart i did mean to be here but just as i was leaving class the living skeleton laid a bony hand on my shoulder and told me to remain in my seat through the recess and think...

Red Nails
by Robert E.Howard

Publication date 2010-06-19
Usage Public DomainCreative Commons Licensepublicdomain
Topics librivox, literature, audiobook, adventure, fantasy, myths/legends
LibriVox recording of Red Nails by Robert E. Howard.
Read by Gregg Margarite (1957-2012).

Conan the Cimmerian pursues the beautiful and deadly pirate Valeria after she kills a Stygian only to find himself cornered by a dragon. Apparently this dragon doesn’t know who he’s messing with. The pair then encounters the city of Xuchotl with its warring factions and ancient secrets. Swordplay and sorcery ensue. – Red Nails is Howard’s final Conan story and was published in the July, August-September, and October 1936 issues of Weird Tales magazine (Summary by Gregg Margarite)