Chapter I: Front Matter

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=THE MYSTERY OF THE IRON BOX=

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KEN HOLT _Mystery Stories_

THE SECRET OF SKELETON ISLAND
THE RIDDLE OF THE STONE ELEPHANT
THE BLACK THUMB MYSTERY
THE CLUE OF THE MARKED CLAW
THE CLUE OF THE COILED COBRA
THE SECRET OF HANGMAN’S INN
THE MYSTERY OF THE IRON BOX
THE CLUE OF THE PHANTOM CAR
THE MYSTERY OF THE GALLOPING HORSE
THE MYSTERY OF THE GREEN FLAME
THE MYSTERY OF THE GRINNING TIGER
THE MYSTERY OF THE VANISHING MAGICIAN
THE MYSTERY OF THE SHATTERED GLASS
THE MYSTERY OF THE INVISIBLE ENEMY
THE MYSTERY OF GALLOWS CLIFF

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A Ken Holt Mystery

THE MYSTERY OF THE IRON BOX

by

BRUCE CAMPBELL

Grosset & Dunlap Publishers New York

Copyright, 1952, by Bruce Campbell

All Rights Reserved

Printed in the United States of America

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CONTENTS

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CHAPTER PAGE
I A COLD DRAFT 1
II A FIRE 15
III A SCRAP OF FILM 27
IV BOOBY TRAP 39
V THE MISSING OUNCES 50
VI UNEXPECTED CALLER 60
VII AN EXPLODED THEORY 75
VIII A PACKAGE CHANGES HANDS 84
IX ONE MORE LINK 94
X NOTHING TO SNEEZE AT 109
XI A SCHEME FOR ATTACK 121
XII CORNERED 132
XIII A DESPERATE PLAN 143
XIV HEADING FOR DEEP WATERS 157
XV CATAPULT 166
XVI WITH THE HELP OF FIRE 174
XVII ROBBED BY THE WAVES 183
XVIII THE IRON BOX AGAIN 193
XIX OUT OF THE SKY 202
XX FRONT-PAGE NEWS 209

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