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
THE DISCOVERY AT THE DRAGON’S MOUTH

_A Judy Bolton Mystery_

THE TRAIL OF THE
GREEN DOLL

By
_Margaret Sutton_

Grosset & Dunlap
PUBLISHERS NEW YORK

© GROSSET & DUNLAP 1956
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

_To My Granddaughter Tina
On Her Tenth Birthday
With the Gift of the Green Doll_

Contents

CHAPTER PAGE
I “Tourists Welcome” 1
II The Talking Tree 9
III A Puzzling Robbery 17
IV A Startling Experiment 23
V An Urgent Request 30
VI An Empty Pocketbook 38
VII More Puzzles 46
VIII The Wonders of Magic 52
IX A Strange Mistake 60
X Another Voice? 66
XI At the Caretaker’s Cottage 73
XII The Game of Secrets 79
XIII Too Many Clues 89
XIV The Missing Jade 96
XV Secrets of the East 103
XVI The Missing Children 108
XVII More Secrets 118
XVIII Sita Speaks 125
XIX More Revelations 133
XX The Statue Commands 143
XXI Under the Vault 152
XXII Blackberry’s Discovery 160
XXIII Stage Magic 167
XXIV Real Magic 171

The Trail of the Green Doll