Chapter I: Front Matter

_The Famous_ JUDY BOLTON _Mystery Stories_
By MARGARET SUTTON

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
THE DISCOVERY AT THE DRAGON’S MOUTH
THE WHISPERED WATCHWORD
THE SECRET QUEST
THE PUZZLE IN THE POND

_A Judy Bolton Mystery_

THE PUZZLE
IN THE POND

By
_Margaret Sutton_

Grosset & Dunlap
PUBLISHERS NEW YORK

© GROSSET & DUNLAP, INC. 1963
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

_To the Students_
Past, Present _and_ Future
_In My Creative Writing Classes_

Contents

CHAPTER PAGE
I A Stolen Typewriter 1
II Help for Holly 9
III A Rude Shopkeeper 15
IV A Mysterious Truck 23
V Another Green Car 31
VI The Woods Road 37
VII At the Beaver Dam 43
VIII An Impossible Discovery 50
IX More Puzzles 58
X “My Name Is Danny” 66
XI A Born Crusader 72
XII At the Library 79
XIII What the Pictures Revealed 86
XIV Together 93
XV A Band of Gold 100
XVI Danny’s Confession 107
XVII Fire! 114
XVIII Questions and Answers 121
XIX Homes for the Homeless 125
XX Was It All a Mistake? 132
XXI The Key to a Mystery 138
XXII Promised 144
XXIII Identified 150
XXIV Discovered 157
XXV An Everlasting Thing 164

The Puzzle in the Pond