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“It’s a ladder, Lou! A ladder made of silk!”
“Clue of the Silken Ladder” ([See Page 11])
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE [1 DOUBLE TROUBLE] 1 [2 A ROPE OF SILK] 12 [3 SOCIETY ROUTINE] 23 [4 A TURN OF FORTUNE] 32 [5 THE MAN IN GRAY] 42 [6 AN APARTMENT BURGLARY] 49 [7 MARK OF THE IRON HOOK] 59 [8 PSYCHIC SIGNS] 67 [9 MRS. WEEMS’ INHERITANCE] 75 [10 OUIJA BOARD WISDOM] 85 [11 THE CELESTIAL TEMPLE] 94 [12 A MESSAGE FOR MRS. WEEMS] 102 [13 COUSIN DAVID’S GHOST] 111 [14 WET PAINT] 118 [15 HIDDEN MONEY] 125 [16 OVER THE WINDOW LEDGE] 135 [17 KANO’S CURIO SHOP] 142 [18 THE BELL TOWER] 151 [19 PENNY INVESTIGATES] 157 [20 INSIDE THE CABINET] 163 [21 STARTLING INFORMATION] 168 [22 SCALING THE WALL] 174 [23 A PRISONER IN THE BELFRY] 181 [24 THE WOODEN BOX] 188 [25 EXTRA!] 200
CHAPTER
1
DOUBLE TROUBLE
“Now I ask you, Lou, what have I done to deserve such a fate?”
Jerking a yellow card from beneath the windshield of the shiny new maroon-colored sedan, Penny Parker turned flashing blue eyes upon her companion, Louise Sidell.
“Well, Penny,” responded her chum dryly, “in Riverview persons who park their cars beside fire hydrants usually expect to get parking tickets.”
“But we were only inside the drugstore five minutes. Wouldn’t you think a policeman could find something else to do?”