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Superb new series at Tale Teller Radio with The Seven Sleuths' Club by Carol Norton 19 Adventure Detective Teens Free Audiobook Podcast.
chapter 19 of the seventh sluice 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 seventh sleuths club by carol norton chapter 19 searching for clues the next afternoon the girls found bob waiting near the seminary with delivery sleigh geraldine for half a moment was amazed to hear the squeals of the light uttered by her companions as they swarmed up into the straw-covered box part of the cutter this is great mary exclaimed but how did you happen to do it bobby dear the boy nodded towards his sister who replied for him bob said he would be returning from dorchester about this hour and i asked him to pick us up like an angel child so we could have a longer meeting it gets dark so early and it takes a full half an hour to walk the mile to mary's sort of a ruddy looking angel child rose at the boy's side teased him the round pleasant face of the boy was always ready but today it was unusually so partly because of the long drive he had had in the frosty air and partly because of his pleasure at having rose with him down the wide snow-covered road they spared and geraldine could not compare this ride with those that were being taken by the pupils of the dorchester seminary where most fashionable turnouts each day awaited the closing hours but she had to honestly confess that she was having much more fun than she'd ever had before mary smiled across at her and jerry smiled back happily recalling the whispered request of the evening before let us be sister friends shall we all out for mary dale bob was soon calling as he drew reign in front of the lee house then to the girl at his side he said in a low voice i'll be through the store at five may i drive you home yes indeed in status up rose said brightly adding as an afterthought jerry and alfred can go with us can't they then the colonel won't have to come after them sure thing the good news boy replied so long there now mary announced when they were sitting about the fire five minutes later we have a good two hours if nobody interrupts us and we ought to be able to delve deeply into our mystery peg will you or doris review the facts of the case shouldn't we call them clues bertha inquired oh i don't know i haven't been a sleuth long enough to be sure about anything the president smilingly admitted then doris reminded them that it was a ranchman in arizona named caleb k cornwall who was searching for a young and pretty sister named mayra who had married a nerdy well and supposedly had settled in some small community near dorchester in new york state well sleuth bertha you look wise and what would you suggest we do first mary had turned towards the tall maiden whose expression was habitually serious and thoughtful i was just wondering if there's any woman in town named myra our mothers might know for i suppose this lost person is about their age how come peg asks there is no mention of age in the letter merely that she was a young and pretty girl when she was sent east to school that might have been 10 years ago or 20 30 or any number rose reminded them true enough mary conceded wait a moment mother is in her sewing room i think i'll ask her if she's ever heard of a woman in sunnyside named myra won't you wonder what you're asking peg was fearful lest their secret would be divulged no indeed mary shook her head mom isn't even remotely curious about what our club is doing she knows we are holding a meeting but that's all in less than 10 minutes she was back again with two names written on a magazine cover i don't think these will help us much she informed the girls whose alert attitudes prove their eager interest one is myra calmly she lives below the tracks and takes in washing mother thinks she may be around forty the other is myra...

Tale Teller Clubs New Series with The Seven Sleuths' Club by Carol Norton 18 Adventure Detective Teens Free Audiobook Podcast.
chapter 18 of the seven 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 18 a mystery to solve meeting his call to order mary turned to beckon the girl who feeling rather like an intruder had seated herself some distance from the others jerry come over and sit in jack's favorite easy chair their hoster says then you'll be in the circle with the rest of us geraldine was conscious of the slight flesh which she always felt in her cheeks when jack's name was mentioned but she gladly joined the others sinking into the luxurious depths of a softly upholstered cozy comfy chair you'll have to say interesting things to keep me awake she laughingly warned them as she snuggled down in it don't worry about this meeting not being interesting it's going to be a thriller the president announced whereupon the members all sat ready to ask a chorus of questions but mary pounded on the table before her with her improvised gavel an ornamented paper cutter as she said imperatively silence if you please we will now have at the roll call sleuth rose are you present a laughing response i am and so on until it had been called geraldine was very much awake madam president she burst in if i'm not too much out of order will you please tell me why you called these pretty maidens by such a terrible name sleuths oh she shedded i thought sleuths were long lang stealthy creatures who steal her own slums in underworld places trying to find criminals well perhaps some sleuths do marry acknowledged but we aren't quite that desperate then peg put in oh i say mary have a heart don't mystified jerry any longer begin at the beginning and tell him what our club has stood for in the past and what it will accomplish in the future how can i reveal what nobody knows their president inquired however she turned to geraldine and told her how the seven girls would always walk back and forth to school together had formed a clique which at first they had named the sunnyside club with spread sunshine for a motto a saint gertrude suggestion you may be sure rose interjected well we did do a great deal to make the children up in the orphanage happy betty bird championed as though feeling that the absent member was in some way being maligned bertha angel agreed with her emphatically of course we did little one and we intend to keep it up being sluice won't in any way keep us from doing good deeds but what is there to be sleuthing about in this sleepy little town of sunnyside geraldine wanted to know and why do you want to do it if there is oh we don't really rose told her it's sort of like taking a dare the boys have a club which they called cdc and they aren't terribly secret about it they have a mysterious meeting place and since we girls aren't allowed to roam about at night unless our brothers are along to protect us we never can find out where they meet we sort of thought it might be the old bullseye ruin on the east lake road that's why we asked them to take us there on saturday after that robbery we thought if that was their secret meeting place they would have fitted it up like a club room some way and then of course they wouldn't want us to visit it but when they said sure thing they'd take us if we wanted to go why then we were convinced that it's not where they hold their secret meetings peggy interrupted with maybe you were convinced old dear but i was not you say we can't go up the east lake road at night when the boys hold their meetings of course we can't but what's to hinder us from going up there alone sometime in the daylight if that old man who killed himself haunts the place at all it wouldn't be while the sun is shining oh jerry said with a shedder now i believe you are sluice...

Fab New Series by the Tale Teller Club with The Seven Sleuths' Club by Carol Norton 17 Adventure Detective Teens Free Audiobook Podcast.
chapter 17 of the seventh sleuths club this is a librivox recording or librivox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit librivox.org the seven sleuths club by carl norton chapter 17 first day in a new school it had been decided between mr morrison and the colonel who had been corresponding about the mata not to start geraldine in the sunnyside seminary until she appeared to be quite contented to stay in the village but on the monday morning following the making of her dress geraldine herself appeared in the breakfast room unusually early and asked her uncle colonel if he would not take her out to the seminary and introduce her to miss demoris how the old gentleman's face brightened as he asked and so you were really content to stay and to be the sunshine of my home impulsively the girl kissed his cheek i'm glad you want me she said sincerely and i'll try to be sunny then as mrs gray had entered the room with a cheery good morning the colonel shared the good news there was a mistiness in the grey eyes of the little old lady and a song of thanksgiving in her heart geraldine to prove them that her heart was changed went over and kissed mrs gray also as she said my dear little make-believe grandmother is helping me to see things in a different light more as i would have seen them if mother had lived then into the room came alfred and the good news was told to him that's great he exclaimed dad will be so pleased he is certainly a soft spot in his big heart for this little old town say mrs gray do you mind if i eat in a rush i'm afraid i'll be late for the student special if i don't hurry alfred and jack went every morning to the prep school in dorchester during the sleigh ride to the seminary geraldine chatted happily about how surprised the girls would be to see her there she had purposely timed their going when classes would be occupied that she might surprise them at recess of which they had told her and that is just what happened after making arrangements with mr morris for his ward to complete the winter term in the seminary the colonel departed promising to return at the closing hour but geraldine said that she would like to walk back to town with the other girls and that she would wait at marylee's house until jack and alfred returned from dorchester then she and her brother could return together the colonel noticed a slight flushing of her pretty face as she made the suggestion and he wondered about it as he drove home through the crisp sunlit morning after planning with mr morris about the classes she would enter geraldine was told that she might wait in the library where a cheerful fire was burning in the hearth and that after the mid-morning recreation she might accompany her friends to miss preen's english class as geraldine sat in the big comfortable chair in front of the fire she had time to think how very different her stay in sunny side was turning out from what she had expected how she had dreaded it and how selfish and stubborn she had been it was a wonder that the colonel had ever wanted her to stay and how could that dear miss gray be so nice to her when she had snubbed her so rudely even the girls had been generous to overlook her snobbiness when they came to call upon her she actually laughed aloud when the thought of the prank they played upon her then she curled up in the chair and tried to hide for the gong was announcing recess a moment later mary laughing was heard as the doors up and down the corridor opened and the day pupils and boarding pupils emerged from their glasses geraldine was wondering where her group of friends would go she had hoped they would flock to the library nor was she disappointed although she could not see them she knew their voices mary was saying girls come in the library in this i have news...

the Tale Teller Club Series The Seven Sleuths' Club by Carol Norton 16 Adventure Detective Teens Free Audiobook Podcast.
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chapter 16 of the seven 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 16 the heart of the snob the colonel glanced anxiously at his young guest the next morning she had been so bright and animated for days that the good man was beginning to hope that the city girl was becoming acclimated but again she was looking pale and disinterested when she had finished her breakfast and retired to her room the colonel called mrs grey into the study and together they had a long talk about geraldine poor little girl the kind old lady said she has never known a mother's love and i would be glad to help her but i can't reach her heart she treats me courteously but her attitude says as plainly as words mrs gray you are only an upper servant from whom i wish no familiarity i have tried ever since i came to find something which would be the open sesame of this stone barrier which the little girl has raised between us but i am beginning to think that there is none try just once more the colonel said anxiously and then if you do not succeed i will comply with her father's suggestion and send her away to a boarding school if she is unhappy here the little old lady went directly to geraldine's room and tapped on the door there was no reply and so she softly entered the girl had thrown herself down on the window seat and her shoulders were shaken with sobs strangely enough in one hand she held a stocking which she had evidently been attempting to darn truly touched the kind old lady went to her and said with infinite tenderness dear dear little girl won't you tell me why you are unhappy she sat beside geraldine and smoothed her hair oh why didn't my mother live was the sobbing reply she would have taught me the things that other girls know how to do when then no one could have called me a pretty dolled up butterfly mrs gray realized someone had deeply hurt geraldine's pride and perhaps this was the very cleft in the stone wall for which she had been seeking little girl she said kindly you cannot know how my heart has yearned through the years first for a daughter of my own and then for a granddaughter to whom i might teach the things that would help her to become truly womanly woman it would mean so much to me geraldine it would give me so much happiness if you would let me just pretend that you were that little girl the wondering lassie sat up her beautiful violet eyes brimming with unshed tears there were also tears in the eyes of the old lady and perhaps for the first time in her 16 years the girl felt a rush of sympathy in her heart for someone not herself you two are lonely mrs gray she asked then she added sorrowfully i guess i never really knew what i had missed until i heard the boys and girls here talking of their wonderful mothers father has often told me that my mother was wonderful too she would have taught me to sew and make my own dresses and hats and to cook if that was what a girl should know the housekeeper marveled this was not the geraldine of yesterday what had happened mrs gray could not know but what she did know was that it was a moment to seize upon and this she did geraldine she said let me teach you these things oh will you was the eager reply how long will it take me to learn do you think may i begin a dress today mrs gray laughed and stooping kissed the girl's wet cheek then said get your coat dairy and we will go into town to buy the material this was the beginning of happy days for these two a week later geraldine stood in front of the long mirror in her sun-flooded room gazing with shining eyes at her own graceful self clothed for the very first time in a garment of her own making she had begged mrs gray to permit her to put every...

New Book Series The Seven Sleuths' Club by Carol Norton 15 Adventure Detective Teens Free Audiobook Podcast.
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chapter 15 of the seventh sleuths club this is a librivox recording or librivox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit librivox.org the seventh sleuths club by carol norton chapter 15 a boy's repentance danny o'neil meanwhile having skated across the lake had returned to his work as he had promised doris that he would the colonel was away and the lad hurriedly did the tasks expected of him when these were finished he went to his barren room over the garage and throwing himself down on his bed he sobbed and sobbed oh mom he said aloud i don't know how i'm going to get on without you there's nobody now that cares but i promise you i'd be brave and go straight and i'll try mom but it's hard hard there was a light tap on the door and the boy sat up hurriedly drew his coat sleeve over his eyes then he rose and opened it there stood the dearest little old lady dressed in grey she was smiling at him in the most loving way and she said danny i'm the colonel's new housekeeper i want to look after everyone living on the place and so i came out to see what i can do for you the lad wondered if this little woman had heard what he believing himself to be alone had said but a moment before mrs gray had indeed heard and she longed to take the lonely motherless boy in her arms and tried to comfort him but since she could not do this she hurriedly planned to try in some measure to fill the place of the dear one the lad had so recently lost mrs gray took the colonel into her confidence and the kindly man said well well i might have known how lonely the boy would be without his mother i remember how proud she was of him and come to think of it she asked me at one time if there wasn't some school where he could go without much expense and study drawing she said he was always making pictures on his books or anything that was handy and it caused a good deal of trouble between the boy and his father because mr o'neill declared that only a shiftless no account would idle his time by making pictures i'm glad you spoke to me about the lad mrs gray i'll send for him this evening perhaps and have a talk with him in the meantime do anything you wish to make his quarters more comfortable that very morning at the housekeeper's request the colonel sent dany on an errand which would necessitate his being away for several hours during that time two easy chairs that but not needed in the big house were taken to the boy's room in the garage curtains made of coloured prints were hung at the windows and another piece covered the brew row on which stood a picture of the mother who had so loved her son mrs gray with the colonel's permission looked through his library and found several books that a boy would enjoy ivanhoe the last of the mohicans and a complete set of the writings of mark twain these with a few pictures gave the room formerly so baron a pleasant homeless appearance and the little woman who was busily renovating the lad's bed when dany returned mrs gray he said and there was a catch in his voice have you been doing all this just for me why of course danny boy that little woman replied brightly what is the housekeeper for if not to make things cheerful and tidy then she hurried on to say the colonel would like you to come to his study tonight at 8. when the boy was alone he stood gazing out with the snowy fields although he did not see them he was wondering if by any chance the colonel had heard of the highway robbery and was going to rebuke him perhaps discharge him half an hour later he was called to the house by mrs gray he wanted the phone she said it's a lassie with a sweet voice is asking for you she added the boy was sure that it must be doris who wished to speak to him and he was right dany come over to my house at eight o'clock promptly i have something important to tell...

New Book Series from the Tale Teller Club and The Seven Sleuths' Club by Carol Norton 14 Adventure Detective Teens Free Audiobook Podcast.

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chapter 14 of the seven 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 seventh sluice club by carol norton chapter 14 two conspirators doris knowing that she could trust bob made him promise internal secrecy and then she told him the whole story withholding only the name of the highwayman the lad was indeed surprised at the sudden turn of affairs and he said at once you don't need to tell me who it is doris i know it was tom duffy who was expelled from high last week and he said he was going to skip town doris wondered if she ordered to deny this but desiring to shield dany she said nothing at the time bringing forth a bag of gold she gave it to the boy he concealed it in the deep pocket of his heavy overcoat then he said now doris you just leave it to me i'll find some way to return this to the old man tonight so that he may be relieved of his worrying i'll wait for a hunch then as the work of tidying the kitchen was finished bob exclaimed now bundle up doris i'll draw you on the sled while i skate we can't let you miss all of the fun they were greeted with jolly shouts when they appeared and dick jensen stood up to them stopping only to do a double figure of eight in which accomplishment he excelled then taking the rope of the sled from bob's warmly gloved hand he said i'll be doris's pony i'm sure she would rather have me and if i'm not mistaken you'll find rose waiting for you beyond the point bob's face lighted it was understood among these young people that someday when they were older rose and bob would be engaged and since it was the only real romance in their midst they all took a delighted interest in it for an hour the gleaming ice was the picture of a merry wild winter frolic but as soon as the sun began rapidly to descend to the horizon bob took rose's horn and blew there on a long clear blast while the maiden at his side with cheeks as glowing as her ruddy name flower beckoned the skater's shorewoods time to be going bob called as they flocked in the sky is going cloudy the moon won't be able to light us home so we'll try to make it before dark half an hour later the cabin had been securely locked and the sleigh filled with merrymakers and the horses eager to be away after their long rest in the shelter of a shed it was nearly dark when the inn was reached mr wigan appeared in the door to his claim well i'm mighty glad to see you young folks headed for town my wife's been worrying the whole afternoon knowing that highwayman was still at large the sheriff and his men found some tracks just back of the inn leading toward the pine wood mary put in excitedly oh mr wiggin if that robber was riding a horse we know where he turned towards the old dorchester road but the innkeeper shook his head no he was afoot the old man bartlett said hal spinny from the milk farm went by a spell earlier on horseback how is mr bartlett now gertrude asks solicitously well he's pretty much all in mr wiggin replied sympathetically then jerking his time over his shoulder he said in a low voice as though not wishing to be heard my wife wouldn't hear to his going back to his shack up in the woods so she's got him here in by the fire he's pretty hard hit as you can guess that 500 being his entire lifetime savings bob was thinking hard now was the time to give the money back to old man bartlett but he had promised doris he would not tell how she procured it he thought it queer that the girl should care to protect the nader well of a tom duffy nevertheless he had given his word and would keep it jack was driving was about to start the horses when bob called wait a minute jack will you i'd like to take a look at those tracks mr wiggin i'm a shark at recognizing shoe prints i...

Wonderful Novel Series of The Seven Sleuths' Club by Carol Norton 13 Adventure Detective Teens Free Audiobook Podcast.

chapter 13 of the seventh sluice 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 seventh sleuths club by carol norton chapter 13 a bag of gold doris sang softly to herself as she busily unpacked the lunch baskets and spread the long table in the living room the tea kettle was soon humming on the stove and the bacon was sizzling in the frying pan we'll have an early supper she was thinking and i'm going to suggest that we start home early too our parents will have heard about the hold up and they'll be terribly worried i do hope mother illusions won't hear of it but of course she won't that's the advantage of having a trained nurse with her all the time then she glanced at her skates lying near the door i suppose they're disappointed not to get out on the ice well so am i but my ankle doesn't feel as strong as i'd hoped it would i turned as little getting into the sleigh and i don't want to sprain it again as i did last winter she opened the box which bertha had brought yum yum she said aloud what delicious tarts then she counted them to a piece i'm glad they're big ones carrying them into the living room she placed them around on the long table then stopping to sniff she darted back into the kitchen to turn the strips of sizzling bacon a few minutes later she returned to the living room with a huge plate of sandwiches suddenly she stood still instead of the door of a small closet she thought she had seen it move just ever so slightly she knew that it had been locked for bob tried it just before he went out to skate the crack widened and doris saw eyes peeping out at her wildly she screamed but the windows were closed and no one heard she started to run when a familiar voice called doris don't be frightened i won't hurt you it's danny o'neill the girl turned in amazement towards the boy to whom she had been talking not six hours before danny the girl gasped what are you doing here the boy looked around wildly i i was the one who robbed old mr bartlett he said rapidly i didn't set out to do it doris honest i didn't i was just running away from home par has been so hard on me ever since ma died and so i thought i'd clear out of it all but i didn't have any money and then this morning when you told me how ma wanted me to get money and go to art school well i don't know doris what did happen to my brain but i was just crazy mad to get money and get away from that man who calls himself my father after you left i started walking towards town i didn't even know what i was doing until i got to the bank then i saw old man barker stuffing all that money in his handbag and i followed him hiding behind trees till he got to the wood road then i don't know what i did knocked him over i guess there was a long rope one end tied to a tree and i wounded about him then i took his bag and ran but how did you get in here danny the doors and windows were all locked and we didn't see any tracks i know i stepped on the places where the snow was blown away and i climbed onto the roof and came down the chimney then i went in that closet and locked the door on the inside but doris i don't want the money all these long hours there in the dark i've been seeing mom's face looking at me so reproachful and she kept saying danny boy you promised me you'll go straight if she'd lived doris i'd have been different but isn't home without her the lad drew his clothes sleeve over his eyes then he said gloomily the sheriff will be hunting for me and they'll put me in jail anyhow here's the money take it back to old man bartlett and tell him i didn't really mean to rob him i just did it sudden like without thinking there were tears in the eyes of the girl and she held out her hand danny she said i know how lonely you've been without...

A Tale Teller Club Featured Book The Seven Sleuths' Club by Carol Norton 12 Adventure Detective Teens Free Audiobook Podcast.

chapter 12 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 seventh sleuths club by carol norton chapter 12 a sleigh ride party promptly at two geraldine and alfred well bundled in furs were waiting in the hall when a joyous shouting ringing of bells and blowing of horns announced to the merry sleigh ride party was coming up the drive alfred threw open the door and gave an answering hello then turning he assisted geraldine down the icy steps i wonder where danny o'neal is the colonel exclaimed i told him to put ashes on the icy places but he has not done so the girls graciously welcomed geraldine and made room for her on the deep blanket-covered straw between doris and mary this is for you to blow upon the former maiden said producing from her coat pocket a small tasseled horn for one moment geraldine hesitated then as the two big white horses raced along the snowy roads with bells jingling she soon caught the spirit of merriment and found herself tooting upon a horn as gaily as the rest of them never before had she had such a jolly time and she was actually feeling a bit sorry for the city girls who had never been on a straw ride the sun was bright and long before they reached their destination they could see the ice glistening on little bear lake as they drew up at the inn to rest the horses a moment before turning up the seldom travelled east lake road mr wiggin who lived in that lonely spot all the year round with only now and then an occasional guest for a weekend came out to greet them usually his face beamed when he saw these young people but today he looked greatly troubled what's up mr wiggin bob drew ring to inquire you look as though you've seen a ghost well i came out to warn you young people you'd better turn back old man bartlett who lives a mile up the wood road was robbed an hour ago he'd been into town to get 500 dollars he had in the bank got a queer notion that the bank was going to pieces he had the money in an old bag someone must have seen him getting it out of the bank and followed him anyway when he reached the wood road he was held up and robbed well with all the unbroken snow there is about here it would be easy enough to catch the thief bob said you're wrong there mr wiggin replied several teams have been along the lake road since the blizzard and he could walk in the rut was poor old mr bartlett hurt go to ask anxiously no not at all he was blindfolded and tied to a tree but he worked himself loose before long but the rubble was gone the old man came right down here and we telephoned to the sheriff he and his men will be along most any minute now there may be some shooting so i would advise you boys to hit the girls right back to town jack looked nervously at mary who was vigorously shaking her head we aren't afraid are we girls not with all these boys along to protect us peg declared then doris explained we're only going as far as our cabin mr wiggin that's not more than a mile from here we'll be all right that crook is probably headed to dorchester by this time one of the boys put in we don't want to miss our fun for him the innkeeper watched the slayload of young people until they had disappeared over a rise on the east lake road then he shook his head solemnly and having entered the inn he said to his wife that's what i call a foolhardy risk it might be all right for the young fellows if they were alone but to take a parcel of girls into nobody knows what i call it downright foolishness and maybe worse why if they call it that highwayman he would shoot and of course there's no telling who he would hit well not being their guardian i couldn't prevent they're going and so they'll have to take their chance meanwhile the two big white...