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100	1		_aRudd, Stephen
245	1	4	_aThe mystery of the missing eyebrows
264		1	_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2025
300			_a1 online resource : _bmultiple file formats
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aThe newspaper boy's series
500			_aRelease date is 2025-09-22
508			_aCarla Foust, David Edwards and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (Images courtesy of the Digital Library@Villanova University.)
520			_a"The mystery of the missing eyebrows" by Stephen Rudd is a juvenile detective novel written in the early 20th century. The story follows Renfro Horn, an alert newspaper carrier whose curiosity about eerie lights at a dilapidated country house, a grim old hunter, and a prowler at a judge’s window soon tangles with the kidnaping of Judge Wier’s daughter. A strange, telling clue—frozen fragments of a man’s eyebrows stuck to a windowpane—propels Renfro’s amateur investigation. Aimed at young readers, it blends small‑town intrigue, Boy Scout camaraderie, and the hustle of route work into a brisk, clue‑driven adventure. The opening of the novel introduces Renfro’s world: he spots illegal game on Captain Pete Hall, notices mysterious lights in the old Hall mansion, and hears a rumor-laced past about Pete’s outlaw brother. To justify frequent trips past the house, Renfro buys a notoriously bad paper route and is christened “Hooch” by the route manager, meeting an odd Scotsman with an airedale named Lang Tammy and witnessing a squat stranger peeping into Judge Wier’s window. When Helen Wier is abducted without a sound, the police brush off Renfro’s report, but he secures a concrete clue—two frozen eyebrow patches peeled from the frosted pane—and secretly stashes them with the help of Mary, the loyal housemaid. Seeking more leads, he visits the Hall place at night, notes evasive answers from Captain Pete, and later joins Boy Scouts on an overnight at Twin Cedar Cabin near the Hall land, where large boot and dog tracks (and possibly smaller prints) suggest recent intruders and eerie lights flicker over reputed Indian graves. In the final moments of this opening, a mishap destroys the footprint evidence, leaving Renfro with only his eyebrow clue and growing suspicions to pursue. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534			_pOriginally published: _cTerre Haute, Indiana: R. H. Gore Publishing Co., 1921
653			_aDetective and mystery stories
653			_aNewspaper carriers -- Juvenile fiction
830		0	_aThe newspaper boy's series
856	4		_uhttps://digital.library.villanova.edu/Item/vudl:320891#?xywh=-3129%2C5%2C8541%2C3147
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76914
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