Mystery of the Queen's Jewels by Gertrude Chandler Warner

The Boxcar Children Mysteries
    T HE B OXCAR C HILDREN
    S URPRISE I SLAND
    T HE Y ELLOW H OUSE M YSTERY
    M YSTERY R ANCH
    M IKE ’ S M YSTERY
    B LUE B AY M YSTERY
    T HE W OODSHED M YSTERY
    T HE L IGHTHOUSE M YSTERY
    M OUNTAIN T OP M YSTERY
    S CHOOLHOUSE M YSTERY
    C ABOOSE M YSTERY
    H OUSEBOAT M YSTERY
    S NOWBOUND M YSTERY
    T REE H OUSE M YSTERY
    B ICYCLE M YSTERY
    M YSTERY IN THE S AND
    M YSTERY B EHIND THE W ALL
    B US S TATION M YSTERY
    B ENNY U NCOVERS A M YSTERY
    T HE H AUNTED C ABIN M YSTERY
    T HE D ESERTED L IBRARY M YSTERY
    T HE A NIMAL S HELTER M YSTERY
    T HE O LD M OTEL M YSTERY
    T HE M YSTERY OF THE H IDDEN P AINTING
    T HE A MUSEMENT P ARK M YSTERY
    T HE M YSTERY OF THE M IXED -U P Z OO
    T HE C AMP -O UT M YSTERY
    T HE M YSTERY G IRL
    T HE M YSTERY C RUISE
    T HE D ISAPPEARING F RIEND M YSTERY
    T HE M YSTERY OF THE S INGING G HOST
    M YSTERY IN THE S NOW
    T HE P IZZA M YSTERY
    T HE M YSTERY H ORSE
    T HE M YSTERY AT THE D OG S HOW
    T HE C ASTLE M YSTERY
    T HE M YSTERY OF THE L OST V ILLAGE
    T HE M YSTERY ON THE I CE
    T HE M YSTERY OF THE P URPLE P OOL
    T HE G HOST S HIP M YSTERY
    T HE M YSTERY IN W ASHINGTON , DC
    T HE C ANOE T RIP M YSTERY
    T HE M YSTERY OF THE H IDDEN B EACH
    T HE M YSTERY OF THE M ISSING C AT
    T HE M YSTERY AT S NOWFLAKE I NN
    T HE M YSTERY ON S TAGE
    T HE D INOSAUR M YSTERY
    T HE M YSTERY OF THE S TOLEN M USIC
    T HE M YSTERY AT THE B ALL P ARK
    T HE C HOCOLATE S UNDAE M YSTERY
    T HE M YSTERY OF THE H OT A IR B ALLOON
    T HE M YSTERY B OOKSTORE
    T HE P ILGRIM V ILLAGE M YSTERY
    T HE M YSTERY OF THE S TOLEN B OXCAR
    M YSTERY IN THE C AVE
    T HE M YSTERY ON THE T RAIN
    T HE M YSTERY AT THE F AIR
    T HE M YSTERY OF THE L OST M INE
    T HE G UIDE D OG M YSTERY
    T HE H URRICANE M YSTERY
    T HE P ET S HOP M YSTERY
    T HE M YSTERY OF THE S ECRET M ESSAGE
    T HE F IREHOUSE M YSTERY
    T HE M YSTERY IN S AN F RANCISCO
    T HE N IAGARA F ALLS M YSTERY
    T HE M YSTERY AT THE A LAMO
    T HE O UTER S PACE M YSTERY
    T HE S OCCER M YSTERY
    T HE M YSTERY IN THE O LD A TTIC
    T HE G ROWLING B EAR M YSTERY
    T HE M YSTERY OF THE L AKE M ONSTER
    T HE M YSTERY AT P EACOCK H ALL
    T HE W INDY C ITY M YSTERY

The Mystery of the Queen’s Jewels
Created by Gertrude Chandler Warner
Illustrated by Charles Tang
ALBERT WHITMAN & Company, Chicago

CHAPTER 1
An Exciting Phone Call
    â€œI ’ll get it!” twelve-year-old Jessie Alden called, running for the telephone. She and her brother, six-year-old Benny, had been playing checkers in the living room of their grandfather’s large house. Jessie reached the phone on the hall table just as it rang for the third time. “Hello?” she said, picking it up. “Yes, this is the home of James Alden. I’m his granddaughter.” She paused, listening to what the person on the other end was saying. “Really? How exciting!” Jessie said after a moment.

    Benny had followed his sister into the hall. He wondered who was on the telephone, and what he or she had said that was so exciting. He liked solving mysteries, even small ones like this.
    â€œI didn’t even know he was going away,” Jessie said into the phone.
    â€œWho’s going away?” Benny said to himself.
    â€œTo London!” Jessie was saying. “I’ll tell him as soon as he gets home. Thank you. Good-bye.” She hung up the phone.
    â€œWho was that? What’s so exciting? Who’s going away?” Benny asked.
    â€œSlow down,” Jessie said, smiling at her little brother. “That was Grandfather’s travel agent. She said that his airplane tickets to London are ready.”
    â€œAirplane tickets!” Benny cried with excitement. “But where’s London?”
    â€œIt’s across the ocean, in a country called England,” Jessie said.
    â€œDid I hear you say Grandfather was going away?” asked their ten-year-old sister, Violet, who had just come downstairs.
    â€œYes, to London!” Benny said. “It’s across the ocean, in