On the very
day that
Poppy Ott
told Jerry
Todd the
strange
story of the
vanished
black
parrot,
amazing
things
happened in
Cap'n
Tinkertop's
bird store.
"Blo-o-od !
Gu-gu-give
me a bucket
of blo-o-od?"
The ghostly
stuttering
voice
frightened
the boys in
the dead of
night --
then they
found the
hidden
parrot,
whose weird
"voo-doo"
secret led
back to
Haitian
jungles. A
lonely
cemetery, a
yawning
grave, a
vanished
townsman, a
weird voice
from another
world -- the
mystery of
these
associated
things,
combined
with the boy
"detectives"
hilarious
fun, make a
fascinating
story, as
full of
belt-bursting
giggles and
shivers as
the famous
"Jerry Todd"
books by the
same author.
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2. Poppy
Ott's
Seven League
Stilts
Poppy Ott
proved to
his doubting
chum, Jerry
Todd, that
he was cut
out for a
business man
by inventing
an unusual
pair of
stilts and
selling 144
pairs in one
day. Needing
a factory,
the young
manufacturers
(on the road
to certain
wealth!)
moved into
an abandoned
carriage
plant ...
and thus met
the strange
old man who
talked with
"dead
people" and
lived with a
mysterious
jeering
parrot in a
lonely brick
house,
guarded in
its dark
secrets by a
park of
"black-fingered"
whispering
pine trees.
Ghostly raps
and
footfalls in
the dead of
night. A
vanished
will. And in
the end a
mysterious
toppled
tombstone.
You'll
giggle and
shiver with
Poppy in
this
hilarious
and
bewildering
fun-mystery
story.
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3. Poppy Ott
& the
Galloping
Snail
Hitch-hiking,
imagine
yourself at
night, like
these
sky-larking
chums, Poppy
Ott and
Jerry Todd,
in a lonely
house --
ghostly
footfalls,
creaking
windows, and
a queer
smell, the
weird story
of which, as
told
talkatively
by a funny
old lady,
will run
shivers
close to
your heels.
Detective
stuff then
-- and fun!
In old Ivory
Dome's crazy
car, the
GALLOPING
SNAIL, the
boys meet
Goliath,
that foolish
giant. And
the grief
they had on
the road! A
strange
will, a
vanished
heiress, a
smart fat
kid, a
crooked
lawyer, a
spotted
gander --
all parts of
an amazing
mystery
story, one
of Leo
Edwards'
best.
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4. Poppy
Ott's
Pedigreed
Pickles
Poppy Ott's
proposed
"Pickle
Parlor," and
his notion
that people
would freely
patronize
the new
store if
better than
average
pickles were
offered,
didn't
enthuse
Jerry Todd.
But the neat
little store
is finally
made ready,
the first
batch of
pickles is
made, and
then, with
Jerry won
over, and
everything
pointing to
success, the
town is
thrown into
a furor of
excitement,
with
suffering
pickle
eaters
rushing
madly here
and there,
holding
their
stomachs, in
search of
hot-water
bottles.
Those awful
pickles!
Wearing out
a full set
of mail
order auto
tires making
hurry-up
calls, Doc
Leland
earned
enough
life-saving
medals to
sink a
battleship.
A mysterious
cat killer;
a gold
cucumber;
pirates;
creeping
shadows;
hidden
treasure. In
all, fun
galore. And
shivers,
too!
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5. Poppy Ott
& the
Freckled
Goldfish
Doc Leland
told Poppy
Ott and
Jerry Todd
there was
such a
disease as
sleeping
sickness.
But the
puzzled
"Jupiter"
detectives,
working on
the "Hidden
House"
mystery,
could hardly
believe that
the Chinese
dwarf in the
locked room
actually was
sleeping.
So Jerry
watches at
the keyhole,
where his
view is
weirdly cut
off by a
vapory form,
gliding
between the
door and
bed.
Was it a
ghost?
Or the
mysterious "daggery-eyed"
swamp man?
Then on the
heels of
Professor
Pip's
flight,
following
the
disastrous
test of the
freckle
"cure" on
poor Red
Meyers,
comes the
amazing
discovery of
the many
freckled
goldfish,
which opens
the way to
one of
Poppy's most
laughable
selling
schemes.
Leo Edwards
promised
boys this
book of a
"million
laughs."
And here it
is!
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6. Poppy Ott
& the
Tittering
Totem
Another one
of Leo
Edwards'
rollicking
"Juvenile
Jupiter
Detective"
tales
featuring,
not only
Poppy Ott
and Jerry
Todd, story
characters
of interest
to boys
where ever
books are
read, but
Red Meyers,
C.T.P.
(Chief
Tomato
Pitcher),
and, in a
lesser way,
Scoop
Ellery, Peg
Shaw and the
complete
Stricker
gang. Any
book
recounting
the exploits
of Red
Meyers would
necessarily
be funny;
and here, as
a totem-pole
carver, we
have him at
his best (or
worst!). How
bewildering,
too, is the
mystery of
the eerie
totem pole,
planted
peculiarly
in front of
the
scientist's
Hidden
House. What
causes the
weird
tittering?
Why does the
millionaire
go there
nightly?
Countless
laughs here;
and those
spooky
shivers that
boys enjoy
in their
stories.
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7. Poppy Ott
& the
Prancing
Pancake
Sir Hinkle
Funnyduster!
Such was the
ridiculous
name given
by Tutter's
trusty
Juvenile
Jupiter
Detectives
to the queer
old turtle
owner who
wore cold
pancakes on
his bald
head.
An act,
Poppy Ott
and Jerry
Todd agreed,
that was a
mystery in
itself.
And there
was Davey
Jones, the
iron-jawed
turtle from
Boot Island.
Had he been
brought to
Pirates Bend
to lift the
treasure in
the old
mill?
But how
could a
turtle --
even a
pirate's
turtle 200
years old --
be the key
to the
treasure's
hiding
place?
Then came a
scream in
the dark.
Poor Red
Meyers
(separated
from Peg and
Scoop)
shivered his
back teeth
loose.
More
mystery.
A knockout.
In all, a
rollicking,
hillarious
fun mystery
tale,
embracing a
pancake duel
between Red
and Bid
Stricker,
such as only
Leo Edwards
can write.
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8. Poppy
Ott Hits the
Trail
Poppy Ott
had heard
that there
was an old
Indian lead
mine in the
Tutter
hills.
So, great
indeed was
his
excitement
when a big
bass that he
hooked
disappeared
into a
subterranean
cave under
Clark's
Falls.
Here was the
long-hidden
entrance to
the secret
mine!
In town,
Jerry Todd
got word
from Poppy
to come to
the falls
right away.
And there
Jerry's gang
had to
battle a
rival gang
for
possession
of the wild
canyon, over
which hung
one of the
strangest
mysteries
that the
Tutter
"Juvenile
Jupiter
Detectives"
ever solved.
Here is
exactly the
right story
for boys who
love the
open -- the
smell of
burning wood
and sizzling
bacon, the
eerie echoes
of the
forest and
the hazards
of
underground
exploration.
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9. Poppy Ott
& Co.,
Inferior
Decorators
It was
galling to
Poppy Ott
and Jerry
Todd to have
to give up
their
wallpaper
store to
young Bill
Stuart,
whose
wealthy
parents
later set
him up in
the home
decorating
business
there.
Bill's
unscrupulous
father had
set out to
crush old
Pappy
Paisley,
whose dingy
wallpaper
stock Poppy
and Jerry
were trying
to turn into
cash, to
save Pappy
and his wife
from the
poorhouse.
Bill had a
fine new
store, while
Poppy and
Jerry had to
sell their
old
wallpaper in
a barn. But
the darker
things
looked the
harder Poppy
and Jerry
worked, with
the Sweets
jeering as
the story of
Poppy's
first
bungling
attempt at
paper
hanging got
out. Then
came the
amazing
mystery of
the hidden
greenbacks
-- in all, a
story of
fine
purpose,
exciting,
appealing,
packed with
fun -- Poppy
Ott at his
best.
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10. Poppy
Ott The
Monkey's Paw
Here is
Poppy Ott in
a brand new
role -- that
of a boy
detective --
and to make
the story
all the more
thrilling,
Poppy tells
it himself.
It was an
amazing,
perilous web
Poppy found
himself in
at the Green
Monkey Inn.
here he
exchanged
rooms with a
superstitious
actor who
next morning
was found
dead!
Weird
questions
were asked
at the
inquest
which
followed ...
Had the
leering
monkey at
Poppy's
window aided
in the crime
as the claw
marks
suggested?
Who was the
peg-legged
prowler
heard that
night in the
inn
corridor?
This was the
mystery
Poppy set
out to
solve, aided
by Dory
Trot, a
detective's
son, and the
brave little
Chinese Fu
Wong Pu.
Mystery
lovers won't
want to miss
this
exciting one
-- the first
of the new
POPPY OTT
DETECTIVE
STORIES!
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11. Poppy
Ott The
Hidden Dwarf
When Poppy
Ott and Dory
Trot
undertook
the strange
case of the
Hidden
Dwarf, and
went off
with him to
a Boy Scout
camp, the
young
detectives
little
dreamed off
the
dumbfounding
events that
were to
happen
there.
First a
Scout was
mysteriously
clawed on
the dark
beach. Then
the camp
cook was
found there
-- "scared
to death"
was the
coroner's
verdict --
certainly
suggestive
of some
weird,
lurking
peril!
A strange
old snake
woman; a
piteously
mistreated
child; two
bewildered
young
detectives,
their
theories
changing
with each
successive
stupefying
event; a man
of remorse
-- and
through it
all nineteen
hilarious
fun-loving
Boy Scouts,
all brought
together in
a story that
drips
shivery
mystery one
minute and
rollicking
camping fun
the next.
