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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 THE DISCOVERY AT THE DRAGON’S MOUTH

  The flashlight sent a weird circle of light ahead of him]

  _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