Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History The mystery of the missing eyebrowsThe Project Gutenberg eBook of The mystery of the missing eyebrows This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org. If you are not located in the United States, you will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this eBook. Title: The mystery of the missing eyebrows Author: Stephen Rudd Release date: September 22, 2025 [eBook #76914] Language: English Original publication: Terre Haute, Indiana: R. H. Gore Publishing Co., 1921 Other information and formats: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76914 Credits: Carla Foust, David Edwards and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (Images courtesy of the Digital Library@Villanova University.) *** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE MYSTERY OF THE MISSING EYEBROWS *** [Illustration: Renfro's hand trembled so that he could hardly pull the knife from his trousers pocket. It was followed by a note book from which he tore two sheets of paper. Quickly he opened one blade, the thinnest of the three in his knife, warmed it with several breaths, then slipped it under one of the frozen eyebrows on the window pane.] THE MYSTERY OF THE MISSING EYEBROWS By STEPHEN RUDD The Newspaper Boys' Series Illustrated _Published by the_ R. H. GORE PUBLISHING CO. _Copyright, 1921_ R. H. GORE PUBLISHING COMPANY _All rights reserved_ RENFRO HORN STORIES TO FOLLOW SHORTLY By THE SAME AUTHOR THE LUCK OF A RAINY NIGHT THE RISE OF ROUTE 19 THE WHITE BAG'S SECRET THE CLUE OF THE TWISTED PAPER THE LONG LOW WHISTLE THE MYSTERY OF THE BLUE MILK THE LEAK AT COOGAN'S CHIMNEY THE GROWL OF THE LOST DOG THE COURAGE OF RENFRO HORN THE FALL OF THE EAST SIDE BULLY THE SCOOP OF THE CUB REPORTER R. H. GORE PUBLISHING CO., TERRE HAUTE, IND. A WORD TO ALL NEWSPAPER BOYS This volume, the "MYSTERY OF THE MISSING EYEBROWS," is the first of twelve books written about newspaper boys by an old newspaper boy, and the picture of Renfro Horn is the likeness of a flesh and blood newspaper carrier, the real Renfro Horn, who inspired these twelve books, that the newspaper boys of these United States might understand the responsibility they bear to the world. The newspaper that you take each night to your subscriber's door plays a great part in the life of each subscriber. Thru rain and snow and cold you go, and if you are a good carrier, as all newspaper boys should be, you will overcome all problems to have your paper there at the exact time each day, as early as you can get there, regardless of weather, unmindful of play, striving all the time to be first to deliver papers in your territory. And if you are to succeed later in life, you will constantly strive to make route gains for your newspaper. A new subscriber each week, a gain of only one new subscription each week, if you do it regularly, will mean that you are a good carrier, as good as Renfro Horn and Renfro is one of the best, for he carried papers on a route for the writer of this book who is a circulation manager. When your subscribers quit, make them give you a good reason. And collect your bills. When folks do not pay, tell them about the six or seven times you come to their door each week, and ask them if they can do you just the one favor, and remind them you bring the biggest value in the world for the money, the news of the whole world, plus your good service. Newspaper boys are becoming the great men of the world. We have one of them as president of these United States. Others are in high places. The newspaper training is valuable, as much so as school, but you must look about you and make mental notes and you must be a go-getter like Renfro Horn. And here he is. Read about this newest and greatest Boy hero, who is just a carrier of newspapers like yourself. And when you know him as well as we do, you will like him quite as well, and you will want to follow his many adventures in the other books to come. By The Author [Illustration: Stephen Rudd ] The R. H. Gore Publishing Co., General Offices, Myers Building, Terre Haute, Ind. CONTENTS. CHAPTER PAGE I. THE MYSTERIOUS HOUSE 7 II. RENFRO WANTS A NEWSPAPER ROUTE 18 III. A STRANGE MAN AT A WINDOW 27 IV. A NEW DOG AT THE OLD HOUSE 38 V. THE STRANGER COMES AGAIN 47 VI. HELEN WIER IS KIDNAPED 57 VII. RENFRO TAKES THE EYEBROWS 67 VIII. RENFRO GETS A SHOCK 76 IX. TRACKS AT THE CABIN 86 X. THE LIGHT ON THE INDIAN GRAVES 97 XI. RENFRO BECOMES A MENTOR 107 XII. THE SCRATCHES ON THE WINDOW 117 XIII. A TRIP TO THE CABIN 127 XIV. THE MAN IN THE HAUNTED HOUSE 137 XV. A DEAL IN TURKEYS 147 XVI. BOY SCOUTS TO THE RESCUE 156 XVII. RENFRO FINDS THE MYSTERY MAN 165 XVIII. THREE MEN IN THE PLOT 173 XIX. RENFRO IS KIDNAPED 182 XX. HIDDEN IN THE CAVE 191 XXI. HELEN WIER IS FOUND 199 XXII. THE LIGHTS ARE REVEALED 206 XXIII. HELEN TALKS TO RENFRO 215 XXIV. LANG TAMMY HELPS RENFRO ESCAPE 224 XXV. THE GLOBE GETS A SCOOP 233 THE MYSTERY OF THE MISSING EYEBROWS. CHAPTER I. THE MYSTERIOUS HOUSE. Renfro Horn was quite sure that Captain Pete would never have spoken had he not dropped the rabbit. But the sound of its frozen body striking the hard crust on the top of the snow made the old man turn around to discover the reason for the sound. And at the same time he saw the rabbit he saw Renfro. "Oh," he snarled, "Spyin' on me ag'in--sneakin' on an old man's own grounds." The jerking of his shoulders broke the string which held the other rabbits to his shoulder. A rattle like falling twigs. They were all on the top of the snow. With a rush the old man was down on all fours trying to roll them together. Renfro stepped up to help him. And then he saw the three quails and stopped. One minute he stared at them: the next he stooped and fumbled with the tops of his shoes. When he looked down at the ground again the quails were gone, and the rabbits in a close heap. Renfro knew what was under the pile, but he pretended not to have seen them. He remembered the notices the game marshal had had posted about quail hunting the week before. Imprisonment and fine for the first offense. Captain Pete had one of these notices on his own big front gate. "Pretty good luck?" Renfro twisted at the top button on his mackinaw. "Fourteen rabbits I should guess." "Twenty-two," Captain Pete was proud of his good fortune. "And all shot in my own fields. You can go on, buddy. I'll tote them down to my shack myself." "Down to the shack?" Renfro asked the question. Captain Pete answered it. "Yes, I'm a stayin' down there this winter. An old man like me can't chop wood enough to keep the big house warm. I didn't even try to. Moved down to the shack in September." With a last look at the pile of f |