Marie Conway Oemler

Marie Conway Oemler
Marie Conway Oemler was an American writer known for her popular novels in the early 20th century. She is best remembered for her books "Slippy McGee" (1917) and "A Woman Named Smith" (1919), which were both well-received for their blend of mystery and romance. Oemler's writing often featured Southern settings and strong female characters, reflecting her own Southern heritage. Her works remain an engaging reflection of early 20th-century American literature, balancing light-heartedness with elements of intrigue.

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CHAPTER I THE SCARLETT WITCH DEPARTS If it had been humanly possible for Great-Aunt Sophronisba Scarlett to lug her place in Hyndsville, South Carolina, along with her into the next world, plump it squarely in the middle of the Elysian Fields, plaster it over with "No Trespassing" signs, and then settle herself down to a blissful eternity of serving writs upon the angels for flying over her... more...

CHAPTER I APPLEBORO "Now there was my cousin Eliza," Miss Sally Ruth Dexter once said to me, "who was forced to make her home for thirty years in Vienna! She married an attaché of the Austrian legation, you know; met him while she was visiting in Washington, and she was such a pretty girl and he was such a charming man that they fell in love with each other and got married. Afterward his... more...

CHAPTER I THE RED ADMIRAL The tiny brown house cuddling like a wren's nest on the edge of the longest and deepest of the tide-water coves that cut through Riverton had but four rooms in all,—the kitchen tacked to the back porch, after the fashion of South Carolina kitchens, the shed room in which Peter slept, the dining-room which was the general living-room as well, and his mother's room,... more...