Swamp
Island
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, 1947, BY CUPPLES AND LEON CO.
Swamp Island
PRINTED IN U. S. A.
The boar had turned and was coming for her again.
“Swamp Island” (See Page 127)
CONTENTS
- CHAPTER PAGE
- 1 THE BEARDED STRANGER 1
- 2 ALERTING ALL CARS 7
- 3 UNFINISHED BUSINESS 16
- 4 A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT 25
- 5 THE RED STAIN 33
- 6 AMBULANCE CALL 42
- 7 AN EMPTY BED 50
- 8 IN SEARCH OF JERRY 58
- 9 THE WIDOW JONES 64
- 10 INSIDE THE WOODSHED 73
- 11 AN ABANDONED CAR 81
- 12 A JOB FOR PENNY 91
- 13 INTO THE SWAMP 100
- 14 A CODE MESSAGE 107
- 15 BEYOND THE BOARDWALK 113
- 16 TREED BY A BOAR 121
- 17 RESCUE 128
- 18 WANTED—A GUIDE 136
- 19 PENNY’S PLAN 146
- 20 TRAILING HOD HAWKINS 153
- 21 THE TUNNEL OF LEAVES 160
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