him to stay here at the college all summer and work with him. But Larry
thinks he shouldn't do that. He wants to be with his father in the
summer. So what do you think? Dr. Steere says he will come to the little
white house in Conley and work with Larry. They will fix up the little
house and put on a new room. Dr. Steere says he will call it "Cook's
Experiments." Isn't that wonderful? He thinks some day Larry will be
famous.
I have to tell you that Larry wears his white lab coat all the time. He
almost never wears his jacket.
The boys like him and think he is smart.
Love to everybody,
HENRY
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"What wonderful news," said Jessie. "Aren't we glad we made friends with
Larry Cook?"
"I am very much pleased with you," said Grandfather. "You young people
changed a cross young bear into a fine young man."
"I think Benny did that mostly," said Jessie.
"Well, I don't," said Benny. "I think we all did it together-and you,
Grandfather, and Captain Snow and Watch."
"Don't forget Mr. Hall," said Jessie.
"We'll never forget Mr. Hall," said Violet.
"No, sir!" said Benny. "Mr. Hall knows absolutely everything!"
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One warm night four children
stood in front of a bakery,
No one knew them, No one knew
where they had come from,
Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny used to live alone in a
boxcar. Now they have a home with their grandfather
and are spending the summer in a lighthouse on the New
England coast.
Jessie sees a mysterious woman walking on the grounds
of the lighthouse late at night. Watch, Jessie's dog, wakes
up growling almost every evening-at midnight. And
Henry finds a puzzling note in the sand....
Many more strange things will happen before the Boxcar
Children can solve The Lighthouse Mystery.
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