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A Stolen Purse






Carolyn Keene

Nancy Drew Mystery Stories: Twenty-Four

The Clue in the Old Album

Copyright © 1977 by Simon & Schuster, Inc.

Published by Grosset & Dunlap, Inc.

This is revised text, 1977

 

Nancy Drew witnesses a purse snatching and runs after the thief. She rescues the purse, but not its contents, then is asked by the owner, a doll collector, to do some detective work.

“The source of light will heal all ills, but a curse will follow him who takes it from the gypsies.”

This is one of the clues Nancy is given to find an old album, a lost doll, and a missing gypsy violinist. The young sleuth never gives up her search, though she is poisoned by a French-swordsman doll, run off the road in her car by an enemy, and sent many warnings to give up the case.

Fans will enjoy Nancy’s clever ways of finding all she seeks, and bringing happiness to a misunderstood child and her lonely grandmother.

 

CHAPTER I

A Stolen Purse

 

THUNDEROUS applause echoed through the crowded concert hall of the River Heights Art Museum.

“Oh, Dad, isn’t the violinist marvelous? ” Nancy Drew whispered to her father. “The gypsy music he just played—”

A hush came over the audience as Alfred Blackwell tucked his violin under his chin. When he began the melody, Nancy was startled by a stifled sob from a white-haired woman who sat across the aisle. She was listening with rapt attention and tears rolled down her cheeks.

Nancy also saw something else. A dark-haired man on the aisle seat next to the woman reached for a jeweled purse that lay unguarded in her lap. Slyly he dropped it into his pocket, got up, and started quickly for the lobby.

“Dad, that man’s a thief! ” Nancy whispered. “I’m going after him! ”

Before Mr. Drew could recover from his surprise, Nancy had scrambled past him and hurried up the aisle after the thief. He pushed past an usher and fled into the lobby. Nancy reached it a moment later, but the thief was out of sight.

Doorways opened into corridors in three directions and led to various exhibition rooms. Nancy chose the nearest one. The only person in sight was a watchman.

“Did a man in evening clothes come this way just now? ” she asked.

“No one’s been through here in the past twenty minutes, miss.”

“He stole a jeweled purse! Please help me catch him! ”

“You bet I will! ”

The guard hurried into the second corridor and Nancy took the third. As she rounded a turn, she saw the thief far ahead. He had stopped to examine the purse.

“Drop that! ” Nancy cried out, running toward him.






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