While the Clock Ticked
Encyclopedia
While The Clock Ticked is Volume 11 in the original The Hardy Boys
Mystery Stories published by Grosset & Dunlap
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This book was written for the Stratemeyer Syndicate
by Leslie McFarlane
in 1932. Between 1959 and 1973 the first 38 volumes of this series were systematically revised as part of a project directed by Harriet Adams, Edward Stratemeyer's daughter. The original version of this book was rewritten in 1962 by James Buechler resulting in two different stories with the same title.
After this, another stormy sleuth of the mansion reveals a man resembling Dalrymple enter the house. Suddenly, a light goes on in the house followed by a man's scream. This later proved to be an elderly man named Hurd Applegate, a friend of the Hardy boys. he tells them of the theft of his valuable jade collection.
Further sleuthing reveals that the thefts are performed in well known speedboats such as the Hardy's Sleuth.
Shortly after, Dalrymple disappears and the Hardy's, fearing for his life, go to the Purdy place to look for him.
Then the Hardy are held up by a man named Arthur Jensen looking similar to Dalrymple living in his house secretly in hiding. Jensen was a thief who stole small but valuable things from ships, etc. Frank and Joe are bound and gagged along with an inventor named Amos Wandy with a time bomb set to go off at 3 am. When about one minute remains a window panel breaks and Chet Morton
emerges and unbinds Frank, Joe and Wandy. They then defuse the bomb just seconds before it was supposed to go off. Then Jensen is later caught on the Purdy mansion grounds and the valuables are retrieved. Another discovery proves that the death threats to Ray Dalyrmple are lowered down through the chimney in the jaws of one of Amos Wandy's invention, which goes by wheel to the middle of the hidden room, then drops the note and is raised up by wire.
Then Ray throws a party and gives Mr. Wandy permission to stay in the hidden room and invent whenever he wants.
. While walking on the shore road they are almost hit by a big touring car with the curtains down, they then meet a motorcycle cop who was chasing the car which supposedly carried river thieves.
The next day Mr. Dalrymple returned, having decided to let the Hardy boys take the case. He explains that he recently purchased the Purdy house and had been using a secret safe room there to find solitude, however he had received death threats delivered to the secret room while it was securely locked. The Hardy boys explore the Purdy house that night and see a man who looks like Mr. Dalrymple enter the house before they hear screams coming from the house and meet Hurd Applegate, who the boys met while solving The Tower Treasure
mystery, running from the house.
Mr. Applegate is too excited to explain what he was doing there, so the Hardy boys have to go back and explore the home another day. Upon further exploration they find an unused wing of the home which has recently had locks added to the doors. The police are called who find the locked rooms filled with stolen goods, stolen by the river thieves. While the police thought this resolved the case, the Hardy boys kept an eye on the Purdy house and found a stranger coming to the house, who then runs away after another scream is heard.
While investigating the house again the Hardy boys are taken hostage by a crazy old man named Amos and another man who looks almost exactly like Mr. Dalrymple. Surprisingly they are rescued by Mr. Applegate and a bomb, which was attached to the ticking grandfather clock, is safely disarmed. Mr. Dalrymple arrives with the police and Amos falls to his death while trying to escape. The Hardy boys examine the device he was using and solve the mystery of how he managed to deliver the death threats to the secret room, as well they locate stamps which Mr. Dalrymple's doppleganger had stolen from Mr. Applegate.
The Hardy Boys
The Hardy Boys, Frank and Joe Hardy, are fictional teenage brothers and amateur detectives who appear in various mystery series for children and teens....
Mystery Stories published by Grosset & Dunlap
Grosset & Dunlap
Grosset & Dunlap is a United States book publisher founded in 1898.The company was purchased by G. P. Putnam's Sons in 1982 and today is part of the British publishing conglomerate, Pearson PLC through its American subsidiary Penguin Group....
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This book was written for the Stratemeyer Syndicate
Stratemeyer Syndicate
The Stratemeyer Syndicate was the producer of a number of mystery series for children, including Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys, the various Tom Swift series, the Bobbsey Twins, the Rover Boys, and others.- History :...
by Leslie McFarlane
Leslie McFarlane
Leslie McFarlane was a Canadian journalist, novelist, screenwriter and filmmaker. McFarlane is most famous for ghostwriting many of the early books in the very successful Hardy Boys series using the pseudonym Franklin W. Dixon.- Early life :The son of a school principal, McFarlane was raised in...
in 1932. Between 1959 and 1973 the first 38 volumes of this series were systematically revised as part of a project directed by Harriet Adams, Edward Stratemeyer's daughter. The original version of this book was rewritten in 1962 by James Buechler resulting in two different stories with the same title.
Plot summary (revised edition)
A banker named Ray Dalrymple of Lakeside gets death threats and shows up at the Hardy's house seeking Fenton Hardy's assistance. Frank & Joe offer to help, but at first he's reluctant. At last, he agrees. Soon after that, during a hike with their friends, the Hardy boys are nearly run over by a car, then investigate the Purdy place. After that, they rest and talk over their recent mis-adventures.After this, another stormy sleuth of the mansion reveals a man resembling Dalrymple enter the house. Suddenly, a light goes on in the house followed by a man's scream. This later proved to be an elderly man named Hurd Applegate, a friend of the Hardy boys. he tells them of the theft of his valuable jade collection.
Further sleuthing reveals that the thefts are performed in well known speedboats such as the Hardy's Sleuth.
Shortly after, Dalrymple disappears and the Hardy's, fearing for his life, go to the Purdy place to look for him.
Then the Hardy are held up by a man named Arthur Jensen looking similar to Dalrymple living in his house secretly in hiding. Jensen was a thief who stole small but valuable things from ships, etc. Frank and Joe are bound and gagged along with an inventor named Amos Wandy with a time bomb set to go off at 3 am. When about one minute remains a window panel breaks and Chet Morton
Chet Morton
Chet Morton is a fictional character in the The Hardy Boys book series by Franklin W. Dixon.-Fictional history:Chet grew up with Frank and Joe Hardy and has been one of their best friends since second grade. He usually says he doesn't want to have anything to do with the Hardy boys' mysteries,...
emerges and unbinds Frank, Joe and Wandy. They then defuse the bomb just seconds before it was supposed to go off. Then Jensen is later caught on the Purdy mansion grounds and the valuables are retrieved. Another discovery proves that the death threats to Ray Dalyrmple are lowered down through the chimney in the jaws of one of Amos Wandy's invention, which goes by wheel to the middle of the hidden room, then drops the note and is raised up by wire.
Then Ray throws a party and gives Mr. Wandy permission to stay in the hidden room and invent whenever he wants.
Plot summary (original edition)
When Raymond Dalrymple starts to receive death threats he seeks help from Fenton Hardy, however Mr. Hardy is out of town so Frank and Joe offer to help. Mr. Dalrymple did not want to give the Hardy boys the case, instead he simply told them to investigate the old Purdy house out on the Shore RoadThe Shore Road Mystery
The Shore Road Mystery is Volume 6 in the original The Hardy Boys Mystery Stories published by Grosset & Dunlap. The plot centers around attempts by the Hardy Boys to catch a ring of car thieves stealing cars from the Shore Road....
. While walking on the shore road they are almost hit by a big touring car with the curtains down, they then meet a motorcycle cop who was chasing the car which supposedly carried river thieves.
The next day Mr. Dalrymple returned, having decided to let the Hardy boys take the case. He explains that he recently purchased the Purdy house and had been using a secret safe room there to find solitude, however he had received death threats delivered to the secret room while it was securely locked. The Hardy boys explore the Purdy house that night and see a man who looks like Mr. Dalrymple enter the house before they hear screams coming from the house and meet Hurd Applegate, who the boys met while solving The Tower Treasure
The Tower Treasure
The Tower Treasure is the first volume in the original The Hardy Boys Mystery Stories published by Grosset & Dunlap. The book ranks 55th on Publishers Weekly's All-Time Bestselling Children's Book List for the United States, with 2,209,774 copies sold as of 2001...
mystery, running from the house.
Mr. Applegate is too excited to explain what he was doing there, so the Hardy boys have to go back and explore the home another day. Upon further exploration they find an unused wing of the home which has recently had locks added to the doors. The police are called who find the locked rooms filled with stolen goods, stolen by the river thieves. While the police thought this resolved the case, the Hardy boys kept an eye on the Purdy house and found a stranger coming to the house, who then runs away after another scream is heard.
While investigating the house again the Hardy boys are taken hostage by a crazy old man named Amos and another man who looks almost exactly like Mr. Dalrymple. Surprisingly they are rescued by Mr. Applegate and a bomb, which was attached to the ticking grandfather clock, is safely disarmed. Mr. Dalrymple arrives with the police and Amos falls to his death while trying to escape. The Hardy boys examine the device he was using and solve the mystery of how he managed to deliver the death threats to the secret room, as well they locate stamps which Mr. Dalrymple's doppleganger had stolen from Mr. Applegate.
Trivia
- The original-text edition was the last book to be released in the red binding before Grosset & Dunlap switched to a brown binding in mid-1932.