The Mystery of Arnold Hall

By HELEN M. PERSONS
Author of “Finding the Lost Treasure,” etc.
THE SAALFIELD PUBLISHING COMPANY Akron, Ohio New York
Copyright, MCMXXXIV The Saalfield Publishing Company Printed in the United States of America
“Will you go, Patricia?” called Mrs. Randall from the living room, one cool evening late in August, as the doorbell rang imperatively. “I’m starting a fire in the grate.”
From the dining room across the hall, where she had been putting away the last of the supper dishes, hurried a tall slender girl, whose short wavy yellow hair and big brown eyes were set off to perfection by a green jersey dress. Expecting to see one of the neighbors when the door was opened, she was startled into an involuntary gasp as a messenger thrust forward a special delivery letter, inquiring curtly—“Miss Patricia Randall?”
“Y—es.”
“Sign here.”
Patricia signed his book, closed the door, and walked slowly into the living room staring down at the unexpected missive in her hand.
“What is it, Pat?” inquired her mother, glancing up from the hearth rug where she knelt trying to coax a blaze from a bed of charcoal and paper.
“A special delivery letter—for me.”
“For you?” repeated Mrs. Randall in surprise. “From whom?”