The Happy Hollisters and the Punch And Judy Mystery
The Happy Hollisters and the Punch and Judy Mystery BY JERRY WEST Illustrated by Helen S Hamilton THE SVENSON GROUP INC on behalf of The Hollister Family Properties Trust
Dedication The Happy Hollisters and the Punch and Judy Mystery is Volume 27 in a 33-book series The books are being reissued in honor of my grandfather Andrew Edward Svenson who began The Happy Hollisters series in 1953 using the pseudonym Jerry West The characters in the Hollister family were b ased in part on his family my grandmot her father uncle and aunts and I am grateful to them for inspiring these books and for their support of this labor of love Marian S Svenson Elaine Hollister Andrew E Svenson Jr Pete Laura Svenson Schnell Pam Eric R Svenson Sr Ricky Jane Svenson Kossmann Holly Eileen Svenson de Zayas and Ingrid Svenson Herdman Sue Many thanks also to Janet Riley Callie Svenson and Libby Svenson for production and marketing assistance Andrew E Svenson III The Svenson Group Inc on behalf of The Hollister Family Properties Trust You’re all wonderful detectives
CHAPTER 1 Whack Whack COME one come all cried Pete Hollister The great Punch and Judy show is about to start Pete twelve and oldest of the five Hollisters stood in the middle of the lawn beside a red booth It was a foot higher than his blond crew-cut head and the puppet stage was covered with a black shade A handful of c hildren fidgeted in front of the booth Dark-haired Sue Hollister four jumped up and down and tugged at the hand of her sister Holly who was six She in turn wrinkled her nose tossed her pigtails and called out Ricky stop galloping around Her r ed-haired freckle faced brother a year older did not answer but slapped himself like a horse once more somersaulted on the grass and landed at Holly’s feet This made Ann Hunter laugh while her younger brother Jeff grinned an d little Donna Martin looked on shyly Pete spoke to a tall boy with straight tousled hair Are all the pennies collected Dave Dave Mead nodded and jiggled the coins in a tin can He was twelve too and Pete’s best friend He
