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THE ROOM WITH
THE TASSELS
BY
CAROLYN WELLS
Author of “The Bride of a Moment,”
“Faulkner’s Folly,” etc.
NEW YORK
GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY
Copyright, 1918,
By George H. Doran Company
Printed in the United States of America
WITH LOVE AND HOMAGE
This Book is Dedicated
TO
HATTIE BELLE JOHNSTON
CONTENTS
- CHAPTER PAGE
- I. Wanted: A Haunted House 11
- II. The Old Montgomery Place 26
- III. Black Aspens 41
- IV. The Story of the House 56
- V. Eve’s Experience 71
- VI. At Four O’clock 86
- VII. The Mystery 101
- VIII. By What Means 117
- IX. Conflicting Theories 131
- X. Was It Supernatural? 146
- XI. The Heir Speaks Out 161
- XII. The Professor’s Experience 176
- XIII. Pennington Wise 192
- XIV. Zizi 207
- XV. Tracy’s Story 222
- XVI. What Happened to Zizi 237
- XVII. Stebbins Owns Up 252
- XVIII. Another Confession 267
THE ROOM
WITH THE TASSELS
CHAPTER I
Wanted: A Haunted House
“But I know it’s so,—for Mrs. Fairbanks sawit herself,—and heard it, too!”
The air of finality in the gaze levelledat Braye defied contradiction, so he merely smiledat the girl who was doing the talking. But, talkingor silent, Eve Carnforth was well worth smiling at.Her red hair was of that thin, silky, flat-lying sort,that spells temper, but looks lovely, and her white,delicate skin,—perhaps the least bit hand-pa