The Secret Pact

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, 1941, BY CUPPLES AND LEON CO.
The Secret Pact
PRINTED IN U. S. A.
A blanket of fog, thick and damp, swirled about the decks of the excursion steamer, Goodtime , cautiously plying its course down the river. At intervals, above the steady throb of the ship’s engines, a fog horn sounded its mournful warning to small craft.
“I hope we don’t collide with another boat before we make the dock,” remarked Louise Sidell who stood at the railing with her chum, Penelope Parker.