Ned said "Nancy Drew is the best girl detective in the whole world!" "Don't you believe him," Nancy said quickly. "I have solved some mysteries, I'll admit, and I enjoy it, but I'm sure there are many other girls who could do the same.

Nancy, you're a whiz, as I've often told you," her friend declared.

I'll wire the International Federation of American Homing Pigeon Fanciers and give them the number stamped on the bird's leg ring.

Chuckling to herself, Nancy said aloud, "Romance and detective work won't mix tonight!

Not many girls would have used their wits the way you did," the officer observed.

I just know that any time I undertake a case, I'm apt to run into some kind of a trap.

Nancy, an attractive titian blond, grinned up at her friend.