CHAPTER PAGE 1 TROUBLE FOR MR. PARKER _1_ 2 A RIVAL REPORTER _12_ 3 TRAVELING COMPANIONS _21_ 4 PINE TOP MOUNTAIN _30_ 5 OVER THE BARBED WIRE _38_ 6 PENNY TRESPASSES _47_ 7 THE GREEN DOOR _55_ 8 A CODED MESSAGE _63_ 9 A CALL FOR HELP _72_ 10 LOCKED IN THE CABIN _79_ 11 A NEWSPAPER MYSTERY _89_ 12 THE GREEN CARD _97_ 13 AN UNKIND TRICK _105_ 14 A BROKEN ROD _115_ 15 IN THE TOOL HOUSE _123_ 16 A PUZZLING SOLUTION _129_ 17 STRANGE SOUNDS _138_ 18 QUESTIONS AND CLUES _146_ 19 PETER JASKO SERVES NOTICE _152_ 20 VISITORS _162_ 21 OLD PETER'S DISAPPEARANCE _173_ 22 THE SECRET STAIRS _182_ 23 RESCUE _189_ 24 HENRI'S SALON _197_ 25 SCOOP! _206_ CHAPTER 1 _TROUBLE FOR MR. PARKER_ "Watch me coming down the mountain, Mrs. Weems! This one is a honey! An open christiana turn with no brakes dragging!" Penny Parker, clad in a new black and red snowsuit, twisted her agile young body sideways, causing the small rug upon which she stood to skip across the polished floor of the living room. She wriggled her slim hips again, and it slipped in the opposite direction toward Mrs. Weems who was watching from the kitchen doorway. "Coming down the mountain, my eye!" exclaimed the housekeeper, laughing despite herself. "You'll be coming down on your head if you don't stop those antics. I declare, you've acted like a crazy person ever since your father rashly agreed to take you to Pine Top for the skiing." "I have to break in my new suit and limber up my muscles somehow," said Penny defensively. "One can't practice outdoors when there's no snow. Now watch this one, Mrs. Weems. It's called a telemark."