CHAPTER PAGE I “Tourists Welcome” 1 II The Talking Tree 9 III A Puzzling Robbery 17 IV A Startling Experiment 23 V An Urgent Request 30 VI An Empty Pocketbook 38 VII More Puzzles 46 VIII The Wonders of Magic 52 IX A Strange Mistake 60 X Another Voice? 66 XI At the Caretaker’s Cottage 73 XII The Game of Secrets 79 XIII Too Many Clues 89 XIV The Missing Jade 96 XV Secrets of the East 103 XVI The Missing Children 108 XVII More Secrets 118 XVIII Sita Speaks 125 XIX More Revelations 133 XX The Statue Commands 143 XXI Under the Vault 152 XXII Blackberry’s Discovery 160 XXIII Stage Magic 167 XXIV Real Magic 171 The Trail of the Green Doll CHAPTER I “Tourists Welcome” “It looks nice, doesn’t it, Judy?” Honey was surveying with pride the sign she had just finished lettering. “TOURISTS WELCOME,” it said. That was all. But the sign was in the shape of an arrow. It pointed toward the private road that crossed Dry Brook and continued on through the beech grove and up a little hill to the house Judy had inherited from her grandparents. It was a simple farmhouse with a wide front porch. Never, until this moment, had it been known as a tourist home. “It looks beautiful,” Judy agreed. “I wonder who our first tourist will be. This is going to be exciting. Wait till Peter hears—” “Haven’t you told him?” Peter’s sister questioned in surprise. “How could I?” Judy laughed. “He wasn’t here when I thought of it. I was walking through all those spare rooms we have, and the house seemed sort of empty. Then you came, and I thought of asking you to letter the sign. It ought to attract someone. There aren’t any other tourist places along this road.”