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The Clock
Strikes Thirteen
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, 1942, BY CUPPLES AND LEON CO.
The Clock Strikes Thirteen
PRINTED IN U. S. A.
PENNY HUDDLED AGAINST THE WALL WATCHING FEARFULLY.
“The Clock Strikes Thirteen” (See Page 191)
CONTENTS
- CHAPTER PAGE
- 1 SANDWICHES FOR TWO 1
- 2 NIGHT RIDERS 11
- 3 A BLACK HOOD 20
- 4 A NEW CARETAKER 28
- 5 OLD SETH 38
- 6 TALL CORN 48
- 7 MR. BLAKE’S DONATION 55
- 8 PUBLICITY BY PENNY 63
- 9 JERRY’S PARTY 71
- 10 IN THE MELON PATCH 78
- 11 PENNY’S CLUE 89
- 12 ADELLE’S DISAPPEARANCE 97
- 13 AN EXTRA STROKE 106
- 14 THROUGH THE WINDOW 115
- 15 TRACING BEN BOWMAN 123
- 16 A FAMILIAR NAME 130
- 17 FALSE RECORDS 137
- 18 ADELLE’S ACCUSATION 147
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