Chapter I: Front Matter

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PENNY NICHOLS
MYSTERY STORIES

Penny Nichols Finds a Clue (1936)
Penny Nichols and the Mystery of the Lost Key (1936)
Penny Nichols and the Black Imp (1936)
Penny Nichols and the Knob Hill Mystery (1939)

_by_
"Joan Clark"
(Mildred A. Wirt, 1905-2002)

Penny Nichols
and the
Mystery of the
Lost Key

_By_
Joan Clark

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The
Goldsmith Publishing Company

CHICAGO

COPYRIGHT 1936, BY
THE GOLDSMITH PUBLISHING COMPANY

MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

_CONTENTS_

CHAPTER PAGE
I. A Valuable Letter 11
II. A Mysterious Key 25
III. An Arrogant Guest 38
IV. A Face at the Window 51
V. The Lost Key 67
VI. Midnight Visitors 76
VII. "Ghost" Music 93
VIII. The Ivory Collection 102
IX. A Scrap of Paper 115
X. The Wall Safe 131
XI. A Night Adventure 140
XII. A Suspicious Act 150
XIII. The Secret Stairs 164
XIV. A Diamond Ring 175
XV. Penny's Evidence 186
XVI. Mrs. Leeds' Strategy 199
XVII. The Man in the Boat 209
XVIII. A Daring Theft 220
XIX. The Tables Turn 225
XX. A Break for Freedom 239