Two girls and a mystery : or, The old house in the glen by May Hollis Barton
"Tabby's travels" by Lucy Ellen Guernsey is a children's novel written in the late 19th century. It likely follows a young protagonist through domestic trials and modest adventures, highlighting moral growth, friendship, and family devotion. The opening of the story provided introduces Barbara Winters, a spirited schoolgirl who overhears her grandparents’ financial worries and resolves to help. After a perilous ride with friends that nearly ends in a crash—and a glimpse of
a terrified girl with a dark, possibly foreign driver that hints at a kidnaping—Barbara receives news of an inheritance: five hundred dollars and a dilapidated country house from her eccentric Uncle Jeremiah, along with a cryptic codicil about “treasure” and a “lucky” ring to wear. Despite a lawyer’s warnings about strange lights and noises in the place, Barbara organizes a small party—her chum Gerry, neighbors Gordon and Charlie, practical Mrs. Fenwick, and her old nurse Rosa Lee—and sets out. On arrival near the village of Clayton, they witness a ragged boy pleading for help before a turbaned man drags him into the woods and vanishes, deepening the sense of danger. Reaching the secluded, run-down house in the glen, they unlock it and find livable but dusty rooms, a forlorn kitchen, and an old library with signs of recent use. Inside, they hear eerie, pattering footsteps and feel a cold, musty draught as a storm gathers, resolving to search the place thoroughly the next day. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Barton, May Hollis |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Townsend, Ernest N. (Ernest Nathaniel), 1893-1945 |
| LoC No. | 28016178 |
| Title | Two girls and a mystery : or, The old house in the glen |
| Original Publication | New York: Cupples & Leon Company, 1928. |
| Series Title | The Barton books for girls ; 8 |
| Credits | Susan E., David E. Brown, Chris Corrigan, Rod Crawford, Mary Fahnestock-Thomas, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres |
| Subject | Kidnapping -- Juvenile fiction |
| Subject | Young women -- Juvenile fiction |
| Subject | Mystery and detective stories |
| Subject | Poverty -- Juvenile fiction |
| Subject | Wills -- Juvenile fiction |
| Subject | Haunted houses -- Juvenile fiction |
| Subject | Scarsdale (N.Y.) -- Juvenile fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 77221 |
| Release Date | Nov 11, 2025 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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