Chapter I: Front Matter

[Frontispiece: _On all sides there were deserted adobe houses in varying degrees of ruin._]

THE PHANTOM
TOWN MYSTERY

By CAROL NORTON

Author _of_

“The Phantom Yacht,” “Bobs, A Girl Detective,”
“The Seven Sleuths’ Club,” “The Phantom
Town,” Etc.

THE SAALFIELD PUBLISHING COMPANY
Akron, Ohio New York

Copyright MCMXXXIII
The Saalfield Publishing Company
_Printed in the United States of America_

CONTENTS

I Lucky Loon 7
II The Ghost Town 15
III The Missing Friends 24
IV “Desperate Dick” 32
V Poor Little Bodil 40
VI The Evil-eye Turquoise 48
VII Middle of the Night 56
VIII Singing Cowboys 64
IX A Vagabond Family 72
X A Lonely Mountain Road 80
XI The Skeleton Stage Coach 88
XII A Narrow Escape 95
XIII A Sand Storm 103
XIV “A.’S and N. E.’S.” 111
XV In the Barn Loft 119
XVI Searching For Clues 127
XVII A Wooden Doll 135
XVIII A Strange Hostess 143
XIX A Gun Shot 151
XX Introducing an Air Scout 160
XXI A Possible Clue 168
XXII An Interesting Arrival 176
XXIII A Silver Plane 184
XXIV A Long Night Watch 192
XXV A Cry for Help 200
XXVI Is It a Clue? 208
XXVII It Was a Clue 215
XXVIII A New Complication 222
XXIX An Old Letter 230
XXX Secret Entrance to the Rock House 238
XXXI A Wonderful Secret Told 246

THE PHANTOM TOWN
MYSTERY