The House of Dies DrearThe house held secrets, Thomas knew, even before he first saw it looming gray and massive on its ledge of rock. It had a century-old legend - two fugitive slaves had been killed by bounty hunters after leaving its passageways, and Dies Drear himself, the abolitionist who has made the house into a station on the Underground Railroad, had been murdered there. The ghosts of the three were said to walk its rooms... |
Contents
Section 1 | 1 |
Section 2 | 13 |
Section 3 | 25 |
Section 4 | 40 |
Section 5 | 53 |
Section 6 | 64 |
Section 7 | 73 |
Section 8 | 82 |
Section 11 | 111 |
Section 12 | 129 |
Section 13 | 143 |
Section 14 | 152 |
Section 15 | 177 |
Section 16 | 188 |
Section 17 | 200 |
Section 18 | 217 |
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