GuideDogMystery

THE GUIDE DOG MYSTERY GERTRUDE CHANDLER WARNER Illustrated by Charles Tang ALBERT WHITMAN & Company, Chicago Contents CHAPTER 1 A Special Kind of Dog 2 A Big Black Car 3 Someone Hiding in the Woods 4 Barking Dogs 5 The Mysterious Visitor Returns 6 A Crumpled Note 7 A Late Night for Benny 8 “Someone’s Following Us!” 9 Ginger’s Been Kidnapped! 10 Lots of Surprises About the Author CHAPTER 1 A Special Kind of Dog “I wish we had a mystery to solve,” Benny Alden said, kicking a stone that lay in the road. Benny was six years old and liked to do exciting things, like tracking down clues and finding suspects. Benny’s sister Jessie, who was twelve, was more patient. “I’m sure something mysterious will come along.” “Something always does,” added their fourteen-year-old brother, Henry. The Aldens had reached the grocery store in downtown Greenfield. Their grandfather’s housekeeper, Mrs. McGregor, had asked them to pick up some things for dinner. The others waited while ten-year-old Violet, wearing her favorite lavender sweater, tied their dog’s leash to a parking meter. “We’ll just be a minute, Watch,” she told him. The dog la......