The Homerun Mystery 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 TRIP 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
    T HE B LACK P EARL M YSTERY
    T HE C EREAL B OX M YSTERY
    T HE P ANTHER M YSTERY
    T HE M YSTERY OF THE Q UEEN ’ S J EWELS
    T HE S TOLEN S WORD M YSTERY
    T HE B ASKETBALL M YSTERY
    T HE M OVIE S TAR M YSTERY
    T HE M YSTERY OF THE P IRATE ’ S M AP
    T HE G HOST T OWN M YSTERY
    T HE M YSTERY OF THE B LACK R AVEN
    T HE M YSTERY IN THE M ALL
    T HE M YSTERY IN N EW Y ORK
    T HE G YMNASTICS M YSTERY
    T HE P OISON F ROG M YSTERY
    T HE M YSTERY OF THE E MPTY S AFE
    T HE H OME R UN M YSTERY

THE HOME RUN MYSTERY
    created by
    GERTRUDE CHANDLER WARNER
    Illustrated by Charles Tang
    ALBERT WHITMAN & Company
    Morton Grove, Illinois

CHAPTER 1
    A Broken-Down Baseball Park
    â€œI wonder why they call this place the Half Moon Inn,” said six-year-old Benny Alden. “I don’t see any moons. Only that picture of a boat.”
    Benny and his big brother, Henry, were unpacking in their room in the country hotel.
    â€œThat boat is a famous ship, the Half Moon ,” Henry replied. He was fourteen and knew a lot. “In the early 1600s, Henry Hudson and his crew sailed the Half Moon up that river outside.”
    â€œThe Hudson River!” Benny said.
    A knock sounded on their door. Their sisters, Jessie and Violet, came inside.
    â€œAren’t you guys done yet?” teased Jessie Alden. At twelve, she was the most organized. “We’ve been unpacked for ages.”
    â€œWe’ve only been here thirty minutes,” Henry pointed out.
    â€œNo wonder I’m hungry!” exclaimed Benny. “We haven’t eaten since —”
    â€œLunch,” ten-year-old Violet said with a giggle. “Plus you asked Grandfather to stop at that roadside stand for strawberries.”
    As if on cue, James Alden stopped by the open door. “I see the girls won the unpacking contest,” he said with a laugh.