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_Title:_ The Secret of the Old Mill
_Date of first publication:_ 1927
_Author:_ Franklin W. Dixon
_Date first posted:_ Mar. 2, 2023
_Date last updated:_ Mar. 2, 2023
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[Illustration: _The Secret of the Old Mill_

PANTING, THE BOYS HALTED BENEATH THE WILLOW TREE.]

Hardy Boys Mystery Stories

THE SECRET
OF THE
OLD MILL

BY
FRANKLIN W. DIXON

[Illustration]

NEW YORK
GROSSET & DUNLAP
Publishers

Printed in the United States of America

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I A Five Dollar Bill. . . . . . 1
II Counterfeit Money. . . . . . 9
III The Hardy Boys at School. . . . . 18
IV Another Victim. . . . . . . 25
V Curing the Joker. . . . . . 33
VI The Old Mill. . . . . . . 42
VII In the Mill Race. . . . . . 49
VIII Joe’s Courage. . . . . . . 55
IX The Rescue. . . . . . . 63
X The New Boat. . . . . . . 71
XI A Man in a Hurry. . . . . . 80
XII Seasick. . . . . . . . 89
XIII Paul Blum. . . . . . . . 97
XIV Con Riley Guards a Package. . . . 105
XV The Chase. . . . . . . . 116
XVI A Plan of Action. . . . . . 126
XVII What Lester Said. . . . . . 135
XVIII Suspicions. . . . . . . 144
XIX The Rug Buyer. . . . . . . 152
XX A Note of Warning. . . . . . 162
XXI At the Mill. . . . . . . 172
XXII Through the Roof. . . . . . 181
XXIII The Alarm. . . . . . . . 189
XXIV Trapped. . . . . . . . 197
XXV The Reckoning. . . . . . . 207