The Mystery of the Tiger's Eye

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

Chapter 1. A Very Unusual House

Chapter 2. The Figure on the Stairs

Chapter 3. The Magician Returns

Chapter 4. The Surprise in the Bread Basket

Chapter 5. It Can't Be!

Chapter 6. The Backward Rooms

Chapter 7. Houdini's Gift

Chapter 8. Flying Cards

Chapter 9. Out of Time!

Chapter 10. Benny Figures It Out

T
en-year-old violet Alden gazed out the window of Grandfather's new minivan. The gray-green water of the Chesapeake Bay sparkled in the autumn sun.

“Everything looks golden here,” Violet remarked. She was an artist and always noticed the scenery.

“The sun is low in the fall,” said her fourteen-year-old brother, Henry. “Also, Maryland is a lot farther south than Connecticut.”

Next to him, Jessie Alden nodded. “It was cold when we left Greenfield. I hope we packed the right clothes.”

Even though she was only twelve, Jessie liked to take care of her brothers and sister.

“Grandfather, tell us about your friend again,” Benny said. At six, he was the youngest of the four children.

“Edward Singleton and I were college roommates,” James Alden replied. “Edward used to take me to fairs and carnivals. He loved to ride the rides and play games.”

“So do I,” said Benny. He was going to like Grandfather's friend.

“We've been in touch over the years,” said Grandfather. “When we finished school, he moved to Maryland and started collecting things from carnivals and state fairs. It became his life's work.”

“What kinds of things?” Jessie inquired. Collecting sounded like a strange job to her.

“He'll show us when we get to Cliffwalk Manor,” said Grandfather. “I hear he has a most unusual house. Maybe a little
too
unusual.”

Violet turned away from the window. “What do you mean?”

“When Edward called me, he was very upset,” said Grandfather. “He asked me to come to Heron's Bay because of some strange happenings in his house.”

“Sounds like a mystery,” Violet said eagerly.

Benny bounced in his seat. “Oh, boy! A new mystery!”

Grandfather smiled. “People must know that you kids are pretty good detectives.”

“We
have
cracked lots of cases,” Henry agreed.

“I think we solve cases because there are four of us,” Jessie added. “Four heads are better than one.”

“I only have one head,” Benny chimed in.

Everyone laughed.

Jessie ruffled Benny's hair. “That's an expression. It means we figure out things together.”

The Alden children had always stuck together. When their parents died, the children had moved into an abandoned boxcar. Eventually their grandfather found them and they went to live in his big house in Greenfield. Now they traveled all over the country and had adventures.

The minivan began climbing a steep road.

“Cliffwalk Manor is up here,” said Grandfather.

When they drove into a clearing at the top of the bluff, they all gasped.

Cliffwalk Manor was an enormous mansion of brown stone, granite, and wood. Two round towers flanked a huge stained-glass window over the front door. The house seemed gloomy, even in the sun.

The kids tumbled out onto the gravel driveway.

A white-haired gentleman came down the steps to greet them. He had blue eyes and a short white beard.

“James!” he exclaimed. “Thank you for coming.”

Grandfather clasped his friend's hand. “Edward, it's been too long. These are my grandchildren, Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny.”

“Welcome to Cliffwalk Manor,” said Mr. Singleton. “Your grandfather has told me a great deal about you. Please come inside.”

They walked into an echoing entryway. Light from the stained-glass window made colorful patterns on the marble floor. A large carved cabinet covered the opposite wall.

“What a big house,” Violet commented.

“Cliffwalk Manor has been in my family for generations,” Edward said proudly. “My grandfather, Captain Singleton, had a small fleet of oyster boats. He built this place around the turn of the century.”

They went into the dining room.

Benny's eyes lit up. “Wow! A real merry-go-round horse sticking up in the middle of the table!”

Edward laughed. “The chariot seats around the table are from the same merry-go-round.”

Benny couldn't wait to sit in a red-and-green-painted dragon chariot. “I hope we eat soon!”