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قراءة كتاب Voice from the Cave
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Voice
from the Cave
By
MILDRED A. WIRT
Author of
MILDRED A. WIRT MYSTERY STORIES
TRAILER STORIES FOR GIRLS
Illustrated
CUPPLES AND LEON COMPANY
Publishers
NEW YORK
PENNY PARKER
MYSTERY STORIES
Large 12 mo. Cloth Illustrated
TALE OF THE WITCH DOLL
THE VANISHING HOUSEBOAT
DANGER AT THE DRAWBRIDGE
BEHIND THE GREEN DOOR
CLUE OF THE SILKEN LADDER
THE SECRET PACT
THE CLOCK STRIKES THIRTEEN
THE WISHING WELL
SABOTEURS ON THE RIVER
GHOST BEYOND THE GATE
HOOFBEATS ON THE TURNPIKE
VOICE FROM THE CAVE
GUILT OF THE BRASS THIEVES
SIGNAL IN THE DARK
WHISPERING WALLS
SWAMP ISLAND
THE CRY AT MIDNIGHT
COPYRIGHT, 1944, BY CUPPLES AND LEON CO.
Voice from the Cave
PRINTED IN U. S. A.
CONTENTS
- CHAPTER PAGE
- 1 AN UNINVITED GUEST 1
- 2 STORMY WEATHER 10
- 3 A JADE GREEN CHARM 19
- 4 NO CAMPING ALLOWED 27
- 5 OVER THE AIR 37
- 6 BREAKFAST BLUES 42
- 7 THE BEARDED STRANGER 49
- 8 KEEPER OF THE LIGHT 57
- 9 A SURPRISE FROM THE SKY 66
- 10 HELP FROM MR. EMORY 74
- 11 A MAN OF MYSTERY 83
- 12 CAUGHT BY THE TIDE 93
- 13 A HIDDEN PACKAGE 98
- 14 VOICE FROM THE CAVE 106
- 15 AFTERGLOW 114
- 16 SUSPICION 122
- 17 VISITORS NOT PERMITTED 130
- 18 INSIDE THE LIGHTHOUSE 139
- 19 A LOCKED DOOR 146
- 20 NYMPHS OF THE SEA 154
- 21 THE CARDBOARD BOX 161
- 22 UNFINISHED BUSINESS 170
- 23 NIGHT ADVENTURE 178
- 24 OUT OF THE SEA 187
- 25 A SCOOP FOR UNCLE SAM 198
CHAPTER
1
AN UNINVITED GUEST
“Mrs. Weems, what can be delaying Dad? He promised faithfully to be home by three o’clock and it’s nearly five now. Unless we start soon we’ll never get to Sunset Beach tonight.”
Penny Parker, in blue slacks and a slightly mussed polo shirt, gazed disconsolately at the over-loaded automobile standing on the gravel driveway of the Parker home. Aided by Mrs. Weems, the family housekeeper, she had spent hours packing the sedan with luggage and camping equipment. Though the task long had been finished, Mr. Parker failed to arrive.
“Your father is a very busy man,” Mrs. Weems responded to the girl’s question. “No doubt he’s been held up at the office.”
“Then why doesn’t he telephone? It’s driving me crazy to wait and wonder.”
Penny’s freckled little face twisted into a grimace of worry. For weeks she and her father, editor-owner of the Riverview Star, had planned a vacation camping trip to the nearby seashore resort, Sunset Beach. Twice the excursion had been postponed. Penny, who knew well her father’s habit of changing his mind, was fearful that even now something would cause another vexing delay.
“I’m going to call the