Chapter I: Front Matter

_The Famous_ JUDY BOLTON _Mystery Stories_
By MARGARET SUTTON
_In Order of Publication_

THE VANISHING SHADOW
THE HAUNTED ATTIC
THE INVISIBLE CHIMES
SEVEN STRANGE CLUES
THE GHOST PARADE
THE YELLOW PHANTOM
THE MYSTIC BALL
THE VOICE IN THE SUITCASE
THE MYSTERIOUS HALF CAT
THE RIDDLE OF THE DOUBLE RING
THE UNFINISHED HOUSE
THE MIDNIGHT VISITOR
THE NAME ON THE BRACELET
THE CLUE IN THE PATCHWORK QUILT
THE MARK ON THE MIRROR
THE SECRET OF THE BARRED WINDOW
THE RAINBOW RIDDLE
THE LIVING PORTRAIT
THE SECRET OF THE MUSICAL TREE
THE WARNING ON THE WINDOW
THE CLUE OF THE STONE LANTERN
THE SPIRIT OF FOG ISLAND
THE BLACK CAT’S CLUE
THE FORBIDDEN CHEST
THE HAUNTED ROAD
THE CLUE IN THE RUINED CASTLE
THE TRAIL OF THE GREEN DOLL
THE HAUNTED FOUNTAIN
THE CLUE OF THE BROKEN WING
THE PHANTOM FRIEND

_A Judy Bolton Mystery_

THE PHANTOM
FRIEND

By
_Margaret Sutton_

Grosset & Dunlap
PUBLISHERS NEW YORK

© GROSSET & DUNLAP, INC. 1959
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

_To_
Alice Thorne
_Understanding Editor
and Real Friend_

Contents

CHAPTER PAGE
I The Empty Chair 1
II Clarissa Valentine 8
III Tour Thirteen 15
IV Strange Questions 22
V Impossible Answers 30
VI An Unfortunate Gift 37
VII A Hidden Danger 43
VIII The Witch’s Curse 51
IX Into the Mist 59
X The Wrong Direction 66
XI On the Train 73
XII A Night of Terror 80
XIII Before Daylight 88
XIV Serious Trouble 94
XV The Wrong Girl 101
XVI The Name on the Calendar 107
XVII A Wanted Thief 113
XVIII Thieves of the Mind 118
XIX Uncovering the Facts 125
XX Identified 130
XXI Explained 136
XXII Real Phantoms 143
XXIII A Curious Letter 149
XXIV Trapped! 155
XXV Real Friends 161
XXVI Talking Pillows 169

The Phantom Friend