The Famous JUDY BOLTON Mystery Stories

By MARGARET SUTTON

In Order of Publication


THE VANISHING SHADOW

THE HAUNTED ATTIC

THE INVISIBLE CHIMES

SEVEN STRANGE CLUES

THE GHOST PARADE

THE YELLOW PHANTOM

THE MYSTIC BALL

THE VOICE IN THE SUITCASE

THE MYSTERIOUS HALF CAT

THE RIDDLE OF THE DOUBLE RING

THE UNFINISHED HOUSE

THE MIDNIGHT VISITOR

THE NAME ON THE BRACELET

THE CLUE IN THE PATCHWORK QUILT

THE MARK ON THE MIRROR

THE SECRET OF THE BARRED WINDOW

THE RAINBOW RIDDLE

THE LIVING PORTRAIT

THE SECRET OF THE MUSICAL TREE

THE WARNING ON THE WINDOW

THE CLUE OF THE STONE LANTERN

THE SPIRIT OF FOG ISLAND

THE BLACK CAT’S CLUE

THE FORBIDDEN CHEST

THE HAUNTED ROAD

THE CLUE IN THE RUINED CASTLE

THE TRAIL OF THE GREEN DOLL

THE HAUNTED FOUNTAIN


She was again at the mercy of the foaming spray


A Judy Bolton Mystery

THE HAUNTED

FOUNTAIN

By

Margaret Sutton

Grosset & Dunlap

PUBLISHERS NEW YORK


© GROSSET & DUNLAP, INC. 1957

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Haunted Fountain


TO SALLY

Who Helped Us Explore

A Real Haunted Fountain

Like the One in This Story


Contents

CHAPTERPAGE
I[An Unsolved Mystery]1
II[If Wishes Came True]9
III[A Strange Encounter]17
IV[Unwelcome Visitors]25
V[Forbidden Ground]32
VI[A Diamond Clue]39
VII[A Moaning Cry]46
VIII[Judy Is Warned]53
IX[Horace Cooperates]62
X[Blackberry Leads the Way]69
XI[Under the Fountain]78
XII[A Mysterious Prisoner]86
XIII[A Desperate Situation]93
XIV[A Forced Entrance]99
XV[A Broken Water Pipe]107
XVI[A Frantic Appeal]115
XVII[A Daring Attempt]122
XVIII[The Haunted Tower]129
XIX[Falco]136
XX[A Passing Shadow]144
XXI[Tragic News]151
XXII[Afterwards]159
XXIII[Lorraine’s Confession]166
XXIV[The Secret of the Fountain]173

ILLUSTRATIONS

[She was again at the mercy of the foaming spray]
[“Oh dear! I wasn’t quick enough.”]26
[“It looks—like a diamond!” gasped Judy]44
[“Hey! What are you doing here?”]81
[He lay there motionless]110
[“This will teach you not to go poking around where you’re not wanted!”]142