Mystery of Crocodile Island - Carolyn Keene [0]
Title Page
Copyright Page
CHAPTER I - A Risky Adventure
CHAPTER II - New Names
CHAPTER III - Escape
CHAPTER IV - Crocodile Farm
CHAPTER V - A Threat
CHAPTER VI - The Impostor
CHAPTER VII - Sea Detectives
CHAPTER VIII - Indian Tricks
CHAPTER IX - Hurricane Legend
CHAPTER X - The Runaway’s Clues
CHAPTER XI - An Identification
CHAPTER XII - Child in Danger
CHAPTER XIII - Doubloons!
CHAPTER XIV - Periscope Pursuit
CHAPTER XV - Jungle Attack
CHAPTER XVI - Exciting Phone Call
CHAPTER XVII - Deadly Golf Ball
CHAPTER XVIII - Snakes
CHAPTER XIX - Triple Sleuthing
CHAPTER XX - Submarine Prisoners
MYSTERY OF CROCODILE ISLAND
In a response to a friend’s call for help, Nancy’s father, a lawyer, asks her to travel to mysterious Crocodile Island with her friends Bess and George to study the reptiles and try to uncover a group of suspected poachers.
Upon their arrival in Florida, the girls are kidnapped but cleverly escape to pursue their detective work. Dangers mount as they cope with reptiles, enemy boats, and exciting chases after the men who are responsible for a sinister racket that involves many unsuspecting victims. In the end, Nancy makes a bold move to untangle the mass of clues. She and Ned become imprisoned in the enemy’s submarine and are held for ransom!
How Nancy and Ned are saved and the tables turned on the owners of Crocodile Island are left for the reader to discover.
Nancy realized that the child would be bashed against the jagged breakwater!
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CHAPTER I
A Risky Adventure
NANCY Drew and her friend Bess Marvin were seated in the Drew living room, eagerly awaiting the arrival of Nancy’s father.
“I wish your dad would hurry and get here,” Bess said impatiently. “Nancy, have you any idea what the trip he wants us to take is all about?”
The attractive eighteen-year-old strawberry blond shook her head. “I know the place, but not the mystery we’re to solve.”
“Where is the place?” Bess asked
“Florida. Dad didn’t tell me what part, though.”
Bess giggled. “Any part will be all right with me, as long as there’s warm weather and swimming.”
Nancy smiled. “Probably all of us will be glad to swim. At this time of year it can get pretty hot down there.”
A ring at the front door interrupted her. Nancy hurried to answer it. The visitor was Bess’s cousin George Fayne. George was a vivacious dark-haired girl with a winning smile and a great appetite for adventure. She and Bess had helped Nancy with many mysteries.
“Hi, George!” Nancy greeted her friend. “Come in.”
When the two walked into the living room, Bess pointed to a shoe box George carried. “What’s in there?” she inquired.
George’s eyes twinkled. She took off the lid, which had several small holes punched in it. “You can see,” she said, “but don’t touch.”
In the box lay a twelve inch baby crocodile. Since it did not move, the girls assumed it was asleep. George held up the box and tapped the underside. At once the crocodile began to wiggle! It opened its jaws wide and swished its tail.
Bess screamed. “Put the lid on and get that thing out of here!” she demanded.
George laughed. “It’s not real! Nancy, your dad asked me to stop at the River Heights Trick Shop and buy a rubber crocodile. He didn’t explain why.”
She replaced the lid and set the box on the table. “The clerk in the store said if you tickle the trick crocodile, it will wiggle. It’s meant to scare people, but it can’t possibly hurt you.”
“Get that thing out of here!” Bess demanded.
Bess looked doubtful, and George went on, “If this reptile were real, the