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  _The Famous_ JUDY BOLTON _Mystery Stories_

  By MARGARET SUTTON

  _In Order of Publication_

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  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

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  _A Judy Bolton Mystery_

  THE HAUNTED

  FOUNTAIN

  By

  _Margaret Sutton_

  Grosset & Dunlap

  PUBLISHERS NEW YORK

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  © GROSSET & DUNLAP, INC. 1957

  ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

  PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

  _The Haunted Fountain_

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  TO SALLY _Who Helped Us Explore A Real Haunted Fountain Like the One in This Story_

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  Contents

  CHAPTER PAGE

  I An Unsolved Mystery 1 II If Wishes Came True 9 III A Strange Encounter 17 IV Unwelcome Visitors 25 V Forbidden Ground 32 VI A Diamond Clue 39 VII A Moaning Cry 46 VIII Judy Is Warned 53 IX Horace Cooperates 62 X Blackberry Leads the Way 69 XI Under the Fountain 78 XII A Mysterious Prisoner 86 XIII A Desperate Situation 93 XIV A Forced Entrance 99 XV A Broken Water Pipe 107 XVI A Frantic Appeal 115 XVII A Daring Attempt 122 XVIII The Haunted Tower 129 XIX Falco 136 XX A Passing Shadow 144 XXI Tragic News 151 XXII Afterwards 159 XXIII Lorraine’s Confession 166 XXIV The Secret of the Fountain 173

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  ILLUSTRATIONS

  She was again at the mercy of the foaming spray

  “Oh dear! I wasn’t quick enough.” 26

  “It looks—like a diamond!” gasped Judy 44

  “Hey! What are you doing here?” 81

  He lay there motionless 110

  “This will teach you not to go poking 142 around where you’re not wanted!”

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  The Haunted Fountain

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