Chapter I: Front Matter

THE MYSTERY

OF THE

MISSING EYEBROWS

By STEPHEN RUDD

The Newspaper Boys’ Series

Illustrated

_Published by the_
R. H. GORE PUBLISHING CO.

_Copyright, 1921_
R. H. GORE PUBLISHING COMPANY
_All rights reserved_

RENFRO HORN STORIES

TO FOLLOW SHORTLY

By

THE SAME AUTHOR

THE LUCK OF A RAINY NIGHT
THE RISE OF ROUTE 19
THE WHITE BAG’S SECRET
THE CLUE OF THE TWISTED PAPER
THE LONG LOW WHISTLE
THE MYSTERY OF THE BLUE MILK
THE LEAK AT COOGAN’S CHIMNEY
THE GROWL OF THE LOST DOG
THE COURAGE OF RENFRO HORN
THE FALL OF THE EAST SIDE BULLY
THE SCOOP OF THE CUB REPORTER

R. H. GORE PUBLISHING CO.,
TERRE HAUTE, IND.

A WORD TO ALL NEWSPAPER BOYS

This volume, the “MYSTERY OF THE MISSING EYEBROWS,” is the first of twelve books written about newspaper boys by an old newspaper boy, and the picture of Renfro Horn is the likeness of a flesh and blood newspaper carrier, the real Renfro Horn, who inspired these twelve books, that the newspaper boys of these United States might understand the responsibility they bear to the world.

The newspaper that you take each night to your subscriber’s door plays a great part in the life of each subscriber. Thru rain and snow and cold you go, and if you are a good carrier, as all newspaper boys should be, you will overcome all problems to have your paper there at the exact time each day, as early as you can get there, regardless of weather, unmindful of play, striving all the time to be first to deliver papers in your territory.

And if you are to succeed later in life, you will constantly strive to make route gains for your newspaper. A new subscriber each week, a gain of only one new subscription each week, if you do it regularly, will mean that you are a good carrier, as good as Renfro Horn and Renfro is one of the best, for he carried papers on a route for the writer of this book who is a circulation manager.

When your subscribers quit, make them give you a good reason. And collect your bills. When folks do not pay, tell them about the six or seven times you come to their door each week, and ask them if they can do you just the one favor, and remind them you bring the biggest value in the world for the money, the news of the whole world, plus your good service.

Newspaper boys are becoming the great men of the world. We have one of them as president of these United States. Others are in high places. The newspaper training is valuable, as much so as school, but you must look about you and make mental notes and you must be a go-getter like Renfro Horn. And here he is. Read about this newest and greatest Boy hero, who is just a carrier of newspapers like yourself. And when you know him as well as we do, you will like him quite as well, and you will want to follow his many adventures in the other books to come.

By The Author

Stephen Rudd
]

The R. H. Gore Publishing Co.,
General Offices, Myers Building,
Terre Haute, Ind.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE

I. THE MYSTERIOUS HOUSE 7

II. RENFRO WANTS A NEWSPAPER ROUTE 18

III. A STRANGE MAN AT A WINDOW 27

IV. A NEW DOG AT THE OLD HOUSE 38

V. THE STRANGER COMES AGAIN 47

VI. HELEN WIER IS KIDNAPED 57

VII. RENFRO TAKES THE EYEBROWS 67

VIII. RENFRO GETS A SHOCK 76

IX. TRACKS AT THE CABIN 86

X. THE LIGHT ON THE INDIAN GRAVES 97

XI. RENFRO BECOMES A MENTOR 107

XII. THE SCRATCHES ON THE WINDOW 117

XIII. A TRIP TO THE CABIN 127

XIV. THE MAN IN THE HAUNTED HOUSE 137

XV. A DEAL IN TURKEYS 147

XVI. BOY SCOUTS TO THE RESCUE 156

XVII. RENFRO FINDS THE MYSTERY MAN 165

XVIII. THREE MEN IN THE PLOT 173

XIX. RENFRO IS KIDNAPED 182

XX. HIDDEN IN THE CAVE 191

XXI. HELEN WIER IS FOUND 199

XXII. THE LIGHTS ARE REVEALED 206

XXIII. HELEN TALKS TO RENFRO 215

XXIV. LANG TAMMY HELPS RENFRO ESCAPE 224

XXV. THE GLOBE GETS A SCOOP 233

THE MYSTERY OF THE MISSING EYEBROWS.