Betty Gordon on No-Trail Island
Subtitle: or, Uncovering a Queer Secret
By: by Alice B. Emerson [pseudonym].
Series: Betty Gordon #14
Publisher: Cupples & Leon Co.
Published: 1931
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 207
Subjects: Gordon, Betty (Fictitious character) -- Juvenile fiction.
Genres: Juvenile fiction
Description: Uncle Dick's old friend, Harvey Britton, has passed away.  Harvey owned land on No-Trail Island in Florida, but his widow has been unable to find her husband's papers.  Harvey never recorded the deed to the land, so there is no proof that he ever owned it.  Another man has now come forward claiming to own the island.  Uncle Dick travels down to Florida with Betty and Bob to see whether he can help Mrs. Britton find her husband's papers so that she can claim the land.

Upon their arrival, the visitors make themselves comfortable on Mrs. Britton's large houseboat.  The Gordons begin to worry that perhaps Mrs. Britton has no claim to the land after they hear several people comment that the elderly woman is not quite sane.  There is no record that her husband ever owned the land, and someone else has now recorded a deed to the island.

Mrs. Britton's enemies conspire to make life difficult for her and her guests by making threats and cutting off their electricity.  Betty searches for the unrecorded deed but fears that Uncle Dick may decide to return home before the valuable paper can be found.
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