Table of Contents

CHAPTER I: The Haunted House

CHAPTER II: The Mysterious Mishap

CHAPTER III: A Stolen Necklace

CHAPTER IV: Strange Music

CHAPTER V: A Puzzling Interview

CHAPTER VI: The Gorilla Face

CHAPTER VII: Frightening Eyes

CHAPTER VIII: A Startling Plunge

CHAPTER IX: A Worrisome Delay

CHAPTER X: The Midnight Watch

CHAPTER XI: An Elusive Ghost

CHAPTER XII: The Newspaper Clue

CHAPTER XIII: The Cash

CHAPTER XIV: An Urgent Message

CHAPTER XV: A New Suspect

CHAPTER XVI: Sold!

CHAPTER XVII: Through the Trap Door

CHAPTER XVIII: A Confession

CHAPTER XIX: The Hidden Staircase

CHAPTER XX: Nancy's Victory

CHAPTER IThe Haunted House

NANCY DREW began peeling off her garden gloves as she ran up the porch steps and into the hall to answer the ringing telephone. She picked it up and said, "Hello!"

"Hi, Nancy! This is Helen." Although Helen Corning was nearly three years older than Nancy, the two girls were close friends.

"Are you tied up on a case?" Helen asked.

"No. What's up? A mystery?"

"Yes—a haunted house."

Nancy sat down on the chair by the telephone. "Tell me more!" the eighteen-year-old detective begged excitedly.

"You've heard me speak of my Aunt Rosemary," Helen began. "Since becoming a widow, she has lived with her mother at Twin Elms, the old family mansion out in Cliffwood. Well, I went to see them yesterday. They said that many strange, mysterious things have been happening there recently. I told them how good you are at solving mysteries, and they'd like you to come out to Twin Elms and help them." Helen paused, out of breath.

      "It certainly sounds intriguing," Nancy replied, her eyes dancing.