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| Eells, Myra |
| Physical description |
- A small bird-like woman in her late 60s with a wild nest of white hair on her head. The bones of her hands were small and delicate. Her voice was quiet and precise [The Treasure of Alpheus Winterborn, 13].
- Behind gold-rimmed glasses her eyes shone bright and inquisitive [The Dark Secret of Weatherend, 5].
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| Birth date |
- Said to be 68 at the beginning of The Dark Secret of Weatherend, which begins in 1954, making her year of birth circa 1886.
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| Family |
- Has a younger brother, Emerson.
- Has a cousin in the construction business [The Lamp from the Warlock's Tomb, 116].
- A cousin named Hattie who lives in Bemidgi [The Mansion in the Mist, 39]
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| Profession |
- Head librarian at the Hoosac Public Library [The Treasure of Alpheus Winterborn, 7].
- She was given a long term contract by Mrs. Less, the previous head librarian, that stated Myra could not be fired for any reason [The Dark Secret of Weatherend, 180].
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| Residence |
- 611 Pine Street, Hoosac, Minnesota.
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| Likes |
- Enjoy the company of Anthony Monday whom she is great friends with.
- Enjoys playing chess [The Treasure of Alpheus Winterborn, 7, 127].
- Likes auctions [The Treasure of Alpheus Winterborn, 49].
- Is an expert on ice cream stands, knowing about all the good ones for miles around [The Treasure of Alpheus Winterborn, 50].
- An avid Scrabble player and plays for blood [The Dark Secret of Weatherend, 42].
- Enjoys a cup of Lapsang Souchong tea [The Treasure of Alpheus Winterborn, 15].
- Drinks coffee [The Dark Secret of Weatherend, 170].
- Crazy about oil lamps [The Lamp from the Warlock's Tomb, 4].
- Like her brother, she loves to eat [The Mansion in the Mist, 128].
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| Dislikes |
- She knows she's clumsy but hates being reminded of the fact [The Lamp from the Warlock's Tomb, 82].
- Hates working on reorganizing the card catalog at the library and will always try and find other things to do instead [The Lamp from the Warlock's Tomb, 103].
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| Talents |
- She was singles tennis champion of her class at Bryn Mawr in 1906 [The Dark Secret of Weatherend, 91].
- Can read Anglo-Saxon and has a basic understanding of it [The Lamp from the Warlock's Tomb, 91].
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| Hobbies |
- Knits [The Mansion in the Mist, 11].
- Reads long novels by Charles Dickens [The Mansion in the Mist, 11].
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| Strenghts |
- "She could be klutzy, she could be vague, she could seem helpless and dithery, but when she really wanted to do something, she was like a runaway locomotive" [The Dark Secret of Weatherend, 12].
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| Weaknesses |
- A little on the clumsy side, frequently spilling or knocking things off of tables [The Dark Secret of Weatherend, 6]. Examples of which include: nocks a hot plate halfway off its table when she tries to turn it on, knocks the teakettle off the corner of her desk and drops it in the sink a couple of times, knocks over sugar bowl in her office [The Treasure of Alpheus Winterborn, 13-4].
- The type of person who couldn't open a can of beans without cutting her hand to ribbons [The Lamp from the Warlock's Tomb, 13].
- Gullible [The Lamp from the Warlock's Tomb, 51].
- A worrier and always imagines the worst possible thing is going to happen [The Lamp from the Warlock's Tomb, 121].
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| Temperament |
- Doesn't mind getting lost [The Mansion in the Mist, 98].
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| Religion |
- Catholic [The Dark Secret of Weatherend, 123].
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| Transportation |
- Myra drives a battered Dodge, with over 204,000 miles [The Dark Secret of Weatherend, 9]. She wrecks the car on her way to Duluth [125-7] and Emerson replaces it with a Cadillac [181].
- For reasons not explained, Myra is driving the Dodge again in The Lamp from the Warlock's Tomb [77].
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| Other useful information |
- Possesses a large vocabulary of curse words [The Treasure of Alpheus Winterborn, 13].
- Has been to Japan [The Dark Secret of Weatherend, 65].
- Her purse contains plastic number puzzles [The Dark Secret of Weatherend, 161].
- Can be a fussy shopper [The Mansion in the Mist, 13].
- She has a celluloid rattle that she punched-in when she was one year old and puts it on her Christmas tree every year to remind her of her destructive nature [The Mansion in the Mist, 170].
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