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)
By
Joan Clark
★
The
Goldsmith Publishing Company
CHICAGO
COPYRIGHT 1936, BY
THE GOLDSMITH PUBLISHING COMPANY
MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
“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