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Her feet went out from under her and she was dragged over the ice.
“Ghost Beyond the Gate” ([See Page 195])
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE [1 LOST ON A HILLTOP] 1 [2 AT THE LISTENING POST] 11 [3 AN UNPLEASANT DRIVER] 20 [4 STOLEN TIRES] 26 [5 AN IMPORTANT INTERVIEW] 35 [6 FRONT PAGE NEWS] 43 [7 QUESTIONS WITHOUT ANSWERS] 52 [8 A FEW CHANGES] 58 [9 AN OPEN SAFE] 68 [10 TALE OF A GHOST] 75 [11 BY A CEMETERY WALL] 85 [12 FLIGHT] 91 [13 A BLACK MARKET] 100 [14 A FAMILIAR FIGURE] 107 [15 GHOST IN THE GARDEN] 117 [16 A DOOR IN A BOX] 125 [17 ADVENTURE BY MOONLIGHT] 134 [18 THROUGH THE CELLAR WINDOW] 142 [19 A BAFFLING SEARCH] 151 [20 ACCUSATIONS] 157 [21 MRS. BOTTS’ REVELATION] 166 [22 A PARK BENCH] 173 [23 FORGOTTEN EVENTS] 180 [24 TRICKERY] 190 [25 FINAL EDITION] 203
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1
LOST ON A HILLTOP
The little iceboat, with two laughing, shouting girls clinging to it, sped over the frozen surface of Big Bear River.
“Penny, we’re going too fast!” screamed Louise Sidell, ducking to protect her face from the biting wind.
“Only about forty an hour!” shrieked her companion gleefully.
At the tiller of the Icicle, Penelope Parker, in fur-lined parka, sheepskin coat and goggles, looked for all the world like a jolly Eskimo. Always delighting in a new sport, she had built the iceboat herself—spars from a wood lot, the sail from an old tent.