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  _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

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  _A Judy Bolton Mystery_

  THE PHANTOM FRIEND

  By _Margaret Sutton_

  Grosset & Dunlap PUBLISHERS NEW YORK

  © GROSSET & DUNLAP, INC. 1959 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

  _To_ Alice Thorne _Understanding Editor and Real Friend_

  Contents

  CHAPTER PAGE I The Empty Chair 1 II Clarissa Valentine 8 III Tour Thirteen 15 IV Strange Questions 22 V Impossible Answers 30 VI An Unfortunate Gift 37 VII A Hidden Danger 43 VIII The Witch’s Curse 51 IX Into the Mist 59 X The Wrong Direction 66 XI On the Train 73 XII A Night of Terror 80 XIII Before Daylight 88 XIV Serious Trouble 94 XV The Wrong Girl 101 XVI The Name on the Calendar 107 XVII A Wanted Thief 113 XVIII Thieves of the Mind 118 XIX Uncovering the Facts 125 XX Identified 130 XXI Explained 136 XXII Real Phantoms 143 XXIII A Curious Letter 149 XXIV Trapped! 155 XXV Real Friends 161 XXVI Talking Pillows 169

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