Carolyn Keene

The Nancy Drew Mystery Stories 6:

The Secret of Red Gate Farm

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER I: A Strange Fragrance

CHAPTER II: Mysterious Numbers

CHAPTER III: Work on a Code

CHAPTER IV: A Switch in Jobs

CHAPTER V: Money, Money!

CHAPTER VI: A Worrisome Journey

CHAPTER VII: Nature Cult

CHAPTER VIII: Hillside Ghosts

CHAPTER IX: Black Snake Colony Member

CHAPTER X: Plan of Attack

CHAPTER XI: A Midnight Message

CHAPTER XII: Secret Service Agents

CHAPTER XIII: A Hesitant Hitchhiker

CHAPTER XIV:Disturbing Gossip

CHAPTER XV: Masqueraders

CHAPTER XVI: Startling Commands

CHAPTER XVII: Tense Moments

CHAPTER XVIII: Prisoners

CHAPTER XIX: Destroyed Evidence

CHAPTER XX: A Final Hunch

CHAPTER IA Strange Fragrance

"That Oriental-looking clerk in the perfume shop certainly acted mysterious," Bess Marvin declared, as she and her two friends ended their shopping trip and hurried down the street to the railroad station.

"Yes," Nancy Drew answered thoughtfully. "I wonder why she didn't want you to buy that bottle of Blue Jade?"

"The price would have discouraged me," spoke up Bess's cousin, dark-haired George Fayne. Her boyish name fitted her slim build and straight- forward, breezy manner. "Twenty dollars an ounce!"

Blond, pretty Bess, who had a love for feminine luxuries, laughed. "I was extravagant, but I just couldn't resist such yummy perfume. After all, Dad gave me money to buy something frivolous, so I did!"

Nancy by this time was some distance ahead. "Hurry, girls, or we'll miss the next train to River Heights!" In her active life the attractive, titian-haired young sleuth had learned that being on time was important.

The three eighteen-year-old girls continued their frantic pace until the railroad station finally came into view.