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PENNY’S TRAILING BODY, ACTING AS A BRAKE, SLOWED DOWN THE SLED.
“Behind the Green Door” ([See Page 124])
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE [1 TROUBLE FOR MR. PARKER] 1 [2 A RIVAL REPORTER] 12 [3 TRAVELING COMPANIONS] 21 [4 PINE TOP MOUNTAIN] 30 [5 OVER THE BARBED WIRE] 38 [6 PENNY TRESPASSES] 47 [7 THE GREEN DOOR] 55 [8 A CODED MESSAGE] 63 [9 A CALL FOR HELP] 72 [10 LOCKED IN THE CABIN] 79 [11 A NEWSPAPER MYSTERY] 89 [12 THE GREEN CARD] 97 [13 AN UNKIND TRICK] 105 [14 A BROKEN ROD] 115 [15 IN THE TOOL HOUSE] 123 [16 A PUZZLING SOLUTION] 129 [17 STRANGE SOUNDS] 138 [18 QUESTIONS AND CLUES] 146 [19 PETER JASKO SERVES NOTICE] 152 [20 VISITORS] 162 [21 OLD PETER’S DISAPPEARANCE] 173 [22 THE SECRET STAIRS] 182 [23 RESCUE] 189 [24 HENRI’S SALON] 197 [25 SCOOP!] 206
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1
TROUBLE FOR MR. PARKER
“Watch me coming down the mountain, Mrs. Weems! This one is a honey! An open christiana turn with no brakes dragging!”
Penny Parker, clad in a new black and red snowsuit, twisted her agile young body sideways, causing the small rug upon which she stood to skip across the polished floor of the living room. She wriggled her slim hips again, and it slipped in the opposite direction toward Mrs. Weems who was watching from the kitchen doorway.
“Coming down the mountain, my eye!” exclaimed the housekeeper, laughing despite herself. “You’ll be coming down on your head if you don’t stop those antics. I declare, you’ve acted like a crazy person ever since your father rashly agreed to take you to Pine Top for the skiing.”
“I have to break in my new suit and limber up my muscles somehow,” said Penny defensively. “One can’t practice outdoors when there’s no snow. Now watch this one, Mrs. Weems. It’s called a telemark.”