Mystery at Clermont Hotel Unveils Edith Challoner's Death
George Anderson and wife witness a suspicious man near the Clermont hotel where Miss Edith Challoner is found stabbed to death. Orlando Brotherson falls under suspicion as the killer, while detective Sweetwater and Gryte pursue clues, letters, and a hidden romance involving Doris Scott and Oswald Brotherson as twists unfold.
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George Anderson
Clermont
Edith Challoner
Anderson
Orlando Brotherson
Friyacians
Miss Challoner
Brotherson
Gryte
Sweetwater
Mr. Challoner
Deak
Dunn
Derby
O. B
Doris Scott
Oswald Hrotherson
Edith
Mystery shed rises in spring woods near Sweetwater
Detective Sweetwater stumbles on a new wooden oval shed with a lid like a box in a secluded hollow. Doris Scott arrives with a wagon labelled Brotheraen Derby Pa and a key to the doors as the mystery deepens around the hidden structure and its contents.
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Spring Woods
Sweetwater
Doris Scott
Brotheraen
Derby
Miss Challoner
Hixowself
Sweetwater seeks truth on Miss Challoner mystery
In Sweetwater chapter, Doris Scott resists scandal as she aids Mr. Challoner's effort to prove his daughter did not die by her own hand. She recalls Miss Challoner's secret engagement to Oswald Brotherson and worries for him, while Sweetwater notices Edith’s father Challoner returning to town and ponders next steps.
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Oval Hut
Fenton
Sweetwater
Oswald Brotherson
Dr. Fenton
Sweet Water
New York
Chaloner
Mr. Brotherson
Mr. Challoner
Edith
Miss Challoner
Chais
Misa Challoner
Doris
Mr. Sweetwater
Derby
Mias Scott
Mr. Gryce
O. B
Image of Dread The Stranger in Doris’s View
In the Scott cottage Doris waits by an open road for a tall middle aged man with cultivated bearing seen passing by. The hospital patient nears recovery after weeks of quiet strength. Doris studies the stranger, wondering if he will return and what the omen means for the looming moment she must speak.
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Scott Cottage
Doris
Sweetwater
Chapter XXVIII Hope and a Secret Visit
Doris intercepts Mr Challoner at her doorway to shield Mr Brotherson, the typhoid patient, as he reveals a personal motive to learn what attracted his lost daughter. He longs to find the same interest she once inspired and plans to linger in town for a possible match. In a separate note, a New York wager recounts a rapid marriage hoax where a couple wed within an hour then traveled to repeat the stunt.
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East
Derby
Sweetwater
Doris
The
Gulf
Mr. Brotherson
Flowell Hye
Fenton
Shally
Challoner
New York
Johnny
Doris Scott
Edith
Rae
Oswald
Scott
Lala
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Leavenworth
Whispering Mines
Noles
Rosser
Charles. W. Sopyrighy
Anne
Miss Scott
Kmal
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