PENNY NICHOLS
MYSTERY STORIES

Penny Nichols Finds a Clue (1936)
Penny Nichols and the Mystery of the Lost Key (1936)
Penny Nichols and the Black Imp (1936)
Penny Nichols and the Knob Hill Mystery (1939)

by
“Joan Clark”
(Mildred A. Wirt, 1905-2002)

Penny Nichols
and the
Mystery of the
Lost Key

By
Joan Clark

The
Goldsmith Publishing Company

CHICAGO

COPYRIGHT 1936, BY
THE GOLDSMITH PUBLISHING COMPANY

MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. A Valuable Letter 11
II. A Mysterious Key 25
III. An Arrogant Guest 38
IV. A Face at the Window 51
V. The Lost Key 67
VI. Midnight Visitors 76
VII. “Ghost” Music 93
VIII. The Ivory Collection 102
IX. A Scrap of Paper 115
X. The Wall Safe 131
XI. A Night Adventure 140
XII. A Suspicious Act 150
XIII. The Secret Stairs 164
XIV. A Diamond Ring 175
XV. Penny’s Evidence 186
XVI. Mrs. Leeds’ Strategy 199
XVII. The Man in the Boat 209
XVIII. A Daring Theft 220
XIX. The Tables Turn 225
XX. A Break for Freedom 239
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CHAPTER I
A Valuable Letter

“Hurry, Susan! We have only ten minutesbefore the store closes!”

Penelope Nichols, the slender girlin blue, urged her companion into the revolvingdoors at the entrance of the Bresham DepartmentStore. A vigorous push sent the barriersspinning at such a rate that other shoppersturned to stare at the two girls.

“You nearly took off my heels that time,Penny,” Susan Altman protested with a laugh asthey emerged into the crowded store.

“Sorry, but we’ve no time to waste if I get thatpair of white earrings. The clerks are startingto put things away already.”

Threading their way through the outgoingstream of

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