The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Mystery of the Iron Box, by Samuel Epstein and Beryl Epstein



THE MYSTERY OF THE IRON BOX


KEN HOLT Mystery Stories

THE SECRET OF SKELETON ISLAND

THE RIDDLE OF THE STONE ELEPHANT

THE BLACK THUMB MYSTERY

THE CLUE OF THE MARKED CLAW

THE CLUE OF THE COILED COBRA

THE SECRET OF HANGMAN’S INN

THE MYSTERY OF THE IRON BOX

THE CLUE OF THE PHANTOM CAR

THE MYSTERY OF THE GALLOPING HORSE

THE MYSTERY OF THE GREEN FLAME

THE MYSTERY OF THE GRINNING TIGER

THE MYSTERY OF THE VANISHING MAGICIAN

THE MYSTERY OF THE SHATTERED GLASS

THE MYSTERY OF THE INVISIBLE ENEMY

THE MYSTERY OF GALLOWS CLIFF


Ken stifled a gasp. All over the table lay crisp counterfeit ten-dollar bills.


A KEN HOLT Mystery

THE MYSTERY OF

THE IRON BOX

By Bruce Campbell

GROSSET & DUNLAP Publishers

NEW YORK


COPYRIGHT, 1952, BY

BRUCE CAMPBELL

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA


CONTENTS


CHAPTERPAGE
I[A Cold Draft]1
II[A Fire]15
III[A Scrap of Film]27
IV[Booby Trap]39
V[The Missing Ounces]50
VI[Unexpected Caller]60
VII[An Exploded Theory]75
VIII[A Package Changes Hands]84
IX[One More Link]94
X[Nothing to Sneeze At]109
XI[A Scheme for Attack]121
XII[Cornered]132
XIII[A Desperate Plan]143
XIV[Heading for Deep Waters]157
XV[Catapult]166
XVI[With the Help of Fire]174
XVII[Robbed by the Waves]183
XVIII[The Iron Box Again]193
XIX[Out of the Sky]202
XX[Front-Page News]209

THE MYSTERY OF THE IRON BOX