The Arden Blake Mystery Series
BY CLEO F. GARIS
The Orchard Secret
Mystery of Jockey Hollow
Missing at Marshlands
COPYRIGHT, 1934, BY
A. L. Burt Company
The Orchard Secret
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE [I The Warning] 7 [II Fruit-Cake] 15 [III Black Danger] 25 [IV The Reward Circular] 38 [V Rescued] 52 [VI Apple Hazing] 62 [VII Terror in the Dark] 72 [VIII A Tea Dance] 82 [IX The Disappearance of Sim] 91 [X What to Do] 98 [XI Sim] 107 [XII Midnight Mishap] 115 [XIII Aftermath] 123 [XIV The Dean Decides] 129 [XV The Alarm Bell] 136 [XVI Arden’s Adventure] 143 [XVII In Danger] 154 [XVIII In Hiding] 162 [XIX Strange Talk] 170 [XX A Dire Threat] 177 [XXI A Bold Stroke] 182 [XXII Arden Admits It] 190 [XXIII The Injured Chaplain] 196 [XXIV The Dean Explains] 203 [XXV Arden Is Convinced] 212 [XXVI The Challenge] 223 [XXVII A Telegram] 231 [XXVIII A Disturbing Message] 241
CHAPTER I
The Warning
For a few uncertain moments no one had spoken. The old flivver bumped over a little hill, and the girls seemed suddenly to realize they were entering upon that much anticipated new experience—college life.