TY  - BOOK
AU  - Barton,May Hollis
AU  - Townsend,Ernest N.
TI  - Two girls and a mystery
T2  - The Barton books for girls ; 8
AV  - PZ 
PY  - 2025///
CY  - Salt Lake City, UT
PB  - Project Gutenberg
KW  - Kidnapping -- Juvenile fiction
KW  - Young women -- Juvenile fiction
KW  - Mystery and detective stories
KW  - Poverty -- Juvenile fiction
KW  - Wills -- Juvenile fiction
KW  - Haunted houses -- Juvenile fiction
KW  - Scarsdale (N.Y.) -- Juvenile fiction
N1  - Release date is 2025-11-11; Susan E., David E. Brown, Chris Corrigan, Rod Crawford, Mary Fahnestock-Thomas, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive); Originally published; New York: Cupples & Leon Company, 1928
N2  - "Two girls and a mystery" by May Hollis Barton is a juvenile mystery novel written in the early 20th century. When cheerful Barbara “Bab” Winters inherits a dilapidated house from her eccentric Uncle Jeremiah, a cryptic codicil, a “lucky” ring, and tales of strange lights and footsteps draw her—and her daring friend Gerry—into a treasure-tinged quest. Joined by Gordon, Charlie, the quiet chaperon Mrs. Fenwick, and devoted cook Rosa Lee, Bab’s hunt blends spirited fun with eerie hints and a possibly related local kidnaping.

The opening of the story finds Bab overhearing her grandparents’ money troubles and vowing to help, only to receive a lawyer’s letter: her great-uncle Jeremiah Dare has left her $500, an old house in a wooded glen, and a puzzling hint that its “treasure” will reveal itself to the courageous. A near-crash ride with Gordon and cousin Charlie coincides with a glimpse of a terrified girl in another car; soon newspapers report the abduction of a Barbara Winthrop who looks strikingly like Bab. Despite a lawyer’s warning about ghostly lights and pattering sounds, the group travels to the village of Clayton; on the way to the house they see a ragged boy beg for help before a dark, turbaned man seizes him and vanishes. At the gloomy, neglected house they begin exploring; thunder gathers, and in the library the girls hear unmistakable tiny, running footsteps and feel a cold, musty draft—an unsettling first brush with the mystery. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
UR  - https://archive.org/details/TwoGirlsAndAMystery/barton-m-two-1928-BK000549-0001-LowRes/
UR  - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77221
ER  -