Two girls and a mystery : $b or, The old house in the glen
| Language | en |
|---|---|
| First published | 2025-11-11 |
| Rights | Public domain in the USA. |
| Gutenberg ID | #77221 |
Description
"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.)