Behind
the Green
Door

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

CHAPTER
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.”

“You’ll reduce that rug to shreds before you’re through,” sighed the housekeeper. “Can’t you think of anything else to do?”

“Yes,” agreed Penny cheerfully, “but it wouldn’t be