FEATHERS LEFT AROUND _CAROLYN WELLS’_ _Baffling detective stories in which Fleming Stone, the great American Detective, displays his remarkable ingenuity for unravelling mysteries_ FEATHERS LEFT AROUND THE MYSTERY GIRL THE MYSTERY OF THE SYCAMORE RASPBERRY JAM THE DIAMOND PIN VICKY VAN THE MARK OF CAIN THE CURVED BLADES THE WHITE ALLEY ANYBODY BUT ANNE THE MAXWELL MYSTERY A CHAIN OF EVIDENCE THE CLUE THE GOLD BAG PTOMAINE STREET A Rollicking Parody on a Famous Book. FEATHERS LEFT AROUND BY CAROLYN WELLS _Author of “Vicky Van,” “The Mystery Girl,” etc._ PHILADELPHIA AND LONDON J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY 1923 COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY STREET AND SMITH CORPORATION COPYRIGHT, 1923, BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY PRINTED BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY AT THE WASHINGTON SQUARE PRESS PHILADELPHIA, U. S. A. TO MY DEAR FRIEND ADALA WILSON CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. LITTLE ANNA 9 II. A CELEBRATED GUEST 28 III. THE TRAGEDY 46 IV. THE MEREDITH STORY 65 V. ROLY TAKES THE LEAD 84 VI. WHAT TESSIE SAW 103 VII. THE SISTER ARRIVES 121 VIII. LITTLE ANNA’S WILES 140 IX. PAULINE’S GRIEF 160 X. CURRAN’S WATCH 179 XI. PAULINE’S FLIGHT 198 XII. WITH MARY MALDEN 217 XIII. HOW LOFT TOOK IT 236 XIV. FIBSY MEETS A COUNTESS 255 XV. THE NEEDLE AGAIN 274 XVI. CURRAN’S CRUELTY 293 XVII. ON TO MAPLEDALE 312 XVIII. THE TRUTH AT LAST 331 FEATHERS LEFT AROUND CHAPTER I LITTLE ANNA KNOX flung his book across the veranda. “Another of those old Sealed Room plots,” he complained, as his host, Valentine Loft looked up, mildly inquiring.