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قراءة كتاب Clue of the Silken Ladder
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Clue of
the Silken
Ladder
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, 1941, BY CUPPLES AND LEON CO.
Clue of the Silken Ladder
PRINTED IN U. S. A.
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?”
“Oh, the ticket won’t cost you more than five or ten dollars,” teased Louise wickedly. “Your father should pay it.”
“He should but he won’t,” Penny answered gloomily. “Dad expects his one and only daughter to assume her own car expense. I ask you, what’s the good of having a weekly allowance when you never get to use it yourself?”
“You are in a mood today. Why, I think you’re lucky to have a grand new car.”
Louise’s glance caressed the highly polished chrome plate, the sleek, streamlined body which shone in the sunlight. The automobile had been presented to Penny by her father, Anthony