Blythe Girls Books
Margy inherits a bizarre assortment of items, including a can of flour, from Aunt Margy Blythe. Margy is instructed to use the four to bake biscuits and breads. Once the flour is completely gone, Margy will receive further information regarding her inheritance.
OUR DUST JACKET IS IN WELL USED CONDITION WITH DINGS, NICKS AND RIPS. THE BOOK IS IN BETTER CONDITION, WITH AGE RELATED TANNING INSIDE COVERS AND ON PAGES. BOARDS HAVE SOME SCUFFING AND DISCOLORATION. INSIDE COVERS AND PAGES HAVE AGE RELATED TANNING, AND THERE IS A MUSTY ODOR. THERE COULD BE AN OCCASIONAL MARK OR NOTATION WITHIN BOOK.
Helen meets a strange girl, Jean Ridgeway, in Bronx Park. Jean induces Helen to bring her home to the Blythes' apartment. Jean recounts an amazing story of how her uncle poisoned her in order to steal her money. Jean has fled from her uncle and urges the Blythes to let her stay. The story takes a strange twist when the Blythes discover that Jean's story exactly matches the plot of a popular novel, even as to the meeting of an artist in a park. How can this be? Jean's story is the greatest mystery the sisters have ever encountered, and its solution is equally startling.
Helen, Margy, and Rose travel to Crag House for their vacation only to discover a rundown and dirty lodging with swarthy guests and indigestible food. The owners refuse to allow the sisters to leave, but fortunately, Joe Morris arrives and rescues the girls from their prison. The sisters relocate to Peach Farm and finally begin their vacation. However, Rose is overcome with worry about Joe's safety in his current job and is unable to enjoy her vacation. Rose's worst fears come true, and the Blythe girls experience several harrowing experiences before the end of their vacation.
Helen, Margy, and Rose settle back into their daily life in the city, but not without more problems. Rex Pepper continues to attempt to steal Miss Pepper's fortune, and Helen may have lost her only source of income after Mr. Bullard is swindled in a stock scam. Margy discovers that Rex Pepper is part of the ring of stock swindlers and enthusiastically agrees to go undercover in order to gather evidence against Rex Pepper and his cronies. Margy journeys to the Royce Clever-Carlton estate in disguise and plunges into a dangerous situation that nearly backfires on her. Ultimately, Margy is triumphant, but not until after she suffers through several dangerous experiences.
Rose befriends an old man who lingers near the millinery department counter for an entire day. Mr. Conroy has come to the city to seek his missing daughter, Irene, who ran away from home recently. Mr. Conroy has also had the misfortune of losing his bag and all of his money. Rose impulsively takes the old man home and summons several friends to help her search for Irene. It is Rose herself who locates Irene, but Irene is reluctant to let Rose help her. Irene is suspected of theft and has foolishly run away. Rose convinces Irene of her sincerity and keeps track of Irene's whereabouts. Irene's troubles worsen, but with the help of Dale, Rose helps bring the true thief to justice, thereby exonerating Irene, and reunites father and daughter.
Where is Helen? Margy and Rose arrive home to find the apartment empty, with no sign of Helen. As the hours pass into days, the frantic girls desperately seek answers. The last time anybody saw Helen, she was headed to Mr. Bullard's art shop at his request. Curiously, the art shop was robbed of an extremely valuable painting at about the time that Helen would have arrived. The girls feel that there must be a connection, and so Margy and Rose interview Mr. Bullard as well as the owners of the stolen painting. Finally, the girls obtain the clues they need, but it is a race against time to locate Helen before she is lost forever.
Helen receives an order for six paintings of winter scenes. Margy receives permission from Miss Pepper for the girls to spend a vacation at Elk Lodge so that Helen can complete her paintings. The girls are thrust into a mystery as soon as they arrive. Someone has been staying at the lodge without permission! The intruder returns to steal most of the girls' food provisions and cuts the phone lines so that they are isolated from the outside world. The situation turns desperate after a deadly blizzard begins, leaving the girls snowbound. It is only with great courage that the girls find a means of survival and unclench themselves from the grip of certain death.
Rose receives notice that she is to be laid off from the millinery department at Lossar-Martin's. However, fate intervenes nicely on Rose's behalf! Mr. Martin himself witnesses Rose's flair for fashion as she helps a young girl select a suitable dress and hires Rose as a salesperson in the junior dress department. Rose's elation is short-lived. The other girls make it nearly impossible for Rose to make a sale, and Rose fears that she will be terminated at any time. Finally, the manager of the department fires her for insubordination. But, sometimes real life can be stranger than fiction and Rose finds herself reinstated and in a most enviable position—sometimes dreams do come true!