The Clock Strikes Thirteen

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By MILDRED A. WIRT
Author of MILDRED A. WIRT MYSTERY STORIES TRAILER STORIES FOR GIRLS
Illustrated
CUPPLES AND LEON COMPANY Publishers NEW YORK
PENNY PARKER MYSTERY STORIES
Large 12 mo. Cloth Illustrated
TALE OF THE WITCH DOLL THE VANISHING HOUSEBOAT DANGER AT THE DRAWBRIDGE BEHIND THE GREEN DOOR CLUE OF THE SILKEN LADDER THE SECRET PACT THE CLOCK STRIKES THIRTEEN THE WISHING WELL SABOTEURS ON THE RIVER GHOST BEYOND THE GATE HOOFBEATS ON THE TURNPIKE VOICE FROM THE CAVE GUILT OF THE BRASS THIEVES SIGNAL IN THE DARK WHISPERING WALLS SWAMP ISLAND THE CRY AT MIDNIGHT
COPYRIGHT, 1942, BY CUPPLES AND LEON CO.
The Clock Strikes Thirteen
PRINTED IN U. S. A.
Jauntily, Penny Parker walked through the dimly lighted newsroom of the Riverview Star , her rubber heels making no sound on the bare, freshly scrubbed floor. Desks were deserted, for the final night edition of the paper had gone to press half an hour earlier, and only the cleaning women were at work. One of the women arrested a long sweep of her mop just in time to avoid splashing the girl with water.