title: A Present for Grandfather (Boxcar Children Early Reader #2) (The Adventures of Benny & Watch)
author:  Gertrude Chandler Warner 
description: Benny Alden has only one dollar to spend on Grandfather's birthday present.
zlib_text: **The Deserted Library Mystery**
  
  GERTRUDE CHANDLER WARNER  
  Illustrated by Charles Tang
  
  ALBERT WHITMAN & Company, Chicago
  
   _ **Contents**_
  
  CHAPTER
  
  1 Grandfather’s News
  
  2 The Old Library
  
  3 The Squirrel That Wasn’t There
  
  4 The Missing Food
  
  5 Miguel, the Runaway
  
  6 The Gray Glove
  
  7 The Strange Little Tune
  
  8 The Locked Door
  
  9 The Upside-down Mess
  
  10 The Last Missing Piece
  
  11 The Prowler
  
  12 What Did Benny See?
  
  13 Face to Face with the Stranger
  
  About the Author
  
   **CHAPTER 1**
  
   _ **Grandfather’s News**_
  
  Grandfather Alden sat in a lawn chair and poured a glass of lemonade. It was a
  hot August day with the sky a bright blue. When Violet went by, he said,
  “Violet, dear, call the others, will you?”
  
  “Yes, Grandfather,” she answered. Ten-year-old Violet was a lovely girl who
  was shy and sweet.
  
  In a few minutes all four of the grandchildren sat on the grass before Mr.
  Alden. Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny loved their grandfather. They
  remembered when their parents had died an