title: The Haunted Cabin Mystery (The Boxcar Children Mysteries)
author:  Gertrude Chandler Warner 
description: The Aldens visit Cap Lambert near Hannibal, Missouri.
zlib_text: **The Haunted Cabin Mystery**
  
  GERTRUDE CHANDLER WARNER  
  Illustrated by Charles Tang
  
  ALBERT WHITMAN & Company, Chicago
  
   _ **Contents**_
  
  CHAPTER
  
  1 The Telegram
  
  2 The Double Celebration
  
  3 Cap and Doodle
  
  4 Weird Noises, Strange Lights
  
  5 Will-o’-the-Wisp
  
  6 Scrambled Eggs
  
  7 The Cat Bird
  
  8 The Carpenter
  
  9 Storm Clouds
  
  10 Henry’s Plan
  
  11 The Hayloft
  
  12 The Real Treasure
  
  13 The Final Surprise
  
  About the Author
  
   **CHAPTER 1**
  
   _ **The Telegram**_
  
  Outside in the woods, a cool breeze stirred. Inside the boxcar, the four Alden
  children were hot from their hard work. Finally twelve-year-old Jessie stood
  up.
  
  “Now that is what I call clean,” she said, smiling at her two brothers and her
  ten-year-old sister, Violet.
  
  “And neat,” her older brother, Henry, said. “I’m glad you thought of this,” he
  added, turning to Violet as she gave the pillows a final pat.
  
  “It’ll be fun to come home from an adventure and find our wonderful boxcar so
  shiny and nice,” Benny said. “Look, even Watch i