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Kayla Draney
Feb 19, 20243 min read
Chapter 9 of Laurel Vane; or, The Girls' Conspiracy by Mittie Frances Clark Point
CHAPTER IX In the private parlor of a neat hotel in a city not very far from New York, the true Beatrix Gordon was sitting one lovely...
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Kayla Draney
Feb 19, 20247 min read
Chapter 8 of Laurel Vane; or, The Girls' Conspiracy by Mittie Frances Clark Point
CHAPTER VIII St. Leon came home one afternoon and made his way straight to the library. The thickly carpeted floor gave back no echo to...
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Kayla Draney
Feb 19, 20245 min read
Chapter 7 of Laurel Vane; or, The Girls' Conspiracy by Mittie Frances Clark Point
CHAPTER VII Beatrix went swiftly to the pretty dressing room, where the maid was, busy sewing on a dinner dress of pink nuns' veiling for...
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Kayla Draney
Feb 19, 20244 min read
Chapter 6 of Laurel Vane; or, The Girls' Conspiracy by Mittie Frances Clark Point
CHAPTER VI Beatrix Gordon looked at the beautiful river with wide, dark eyes. The summer sunshine gilded the blue waves, the white sails...
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Kayla Draney
Feb 19, 20245 min read
Chapter 5 of Laurel Vane; or, The Girls' Conspiracy by Mittie Frances Clark Point
CHAPTER V St. Leon looked at the girl as she made her timid request. Her eyes drooped from his quickly, and the frightened look came into...
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Kayla Draney
Feb 19, 20244 min read
Chapter 4 of Laurel Vane; or, The Girls' Conspiracy by Mittie Frances Clark Point
CHAPTER IV The agitated lady and her haughty, handsome son both looked at the door with an irrepressible start. A sixteen-year-old girl...
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Kayla Draney
Feb 19, 20244 min read
Chapter 3 of Laurel Vane; or, The Girls' Conspiracy by Mittie Frances Clark Point
CHAPTER III One of the most magnificent of the many palace homes that adorn the glorious Hudson River belonged to St. Leon Le Roy. It was...
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Kayla Draney
Feb 19, 20247 min read
Chapter 2 of Laurel Vane; or, The Girls' Conspiracy by Mittie Frances Clark Point
CHAPTER II "Come in," said Laurel, faintly, in answer to the sharp rap at the door. The cheap, plain funeral was over, and the orphan sat...
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Kayla Draney
Jan 24, 20247 min read
Laurel Vane; or, The Girls' Conspiracy by Mittie Frances Clark Point
All the clocks of the great, thronged city clanged out the hour of midnight from their hoarse, brazen throats simultaneously, and as the ...
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