[Illustration: THE CELLAR YIELDED NOTHING IN THEIR SEARCH BUT MOULDY RUBBISH AND ANCIENT COBWEBS. Frontispiece (Page 111)] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ _A SKIPPY DARE MYSTERY STORY_ PRISONERS IN DEVIL'S BOG BY HUGH LLOYD Author of The Hal Keen Mystery Stories ILLUSTRATED BY SEYMOUR FOGEL GROSSET & DUNLAP PUBLISHERS NEW YORK ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Copyright, 1934, by GROSSET & DUNLAP, Inc. All Rights Reserved Printed in the United States of America ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONTENTS I ON THE TRAIL II CRASHING IN III A BARGAIN IV JOHN DOE V A FRIENDLY FACE VI A SUSPICION VII THE HOUSE FORGOTTEN VIII TIMMY IX TRAPPED X THE WAY OF DEVLIN XI OVERHEARD XII THE STORM XIII THE EVERGREEN TREE XIV TALK AMONG FRIENDS XV HIS JOB XVI A NOTE XVII A CHANGE OF PLANS XVIII THE SEARCH XIX HOPE IN THE ATTIC XX TIMMY? XXI DO DREAMS COME TRUE? XXII DEVLIN'S RETURN XXIII NICKIE REASONS XXIV WAITING XXV A PASSING FACE XXVI GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY XXVII ACCUSATIONS XXVIII THE MICE WILL PLAY XXIX A SLIP XXX DEVIL'S BOG XXXI DOOMED XXXII ANOTHER DAY ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PRISONERS IN DEVIL'S BOG CHAPTER I ON THE TRAIL