# The Secret of the Old Mill — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Secret of the Old Mill by Franklin W. Dixon.

- [A Five Dollar Bill](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_the_old_mill_se/chapters/i-a-five-dollar-bill.md): Frank and Joe Hardy go to the Bayport train station expecting to meet their father, Fenton Hardy, but he does not arrive. A stranger asks them to change a five-dollar bill, and they oblige. Later, they attempt to use the
- [Counterfeit Money](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_the_old_mill_se/chapters/ii-counterfeit-money.md): The Hardy boys are humiliated after being tricked with a counterfeit five-dollar bill by a stranger at the train station. They discuss their gullibility and report the incident to Mr. Moss, who had warned them about coun
- [The Hardy Boys at School](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_the_old_mill_se/chapters/iii-the-hardy-boys-at-school.md): Frank and Joe Hardy face good-natured teasing at school after news of their counterfeit bill incident spreads. Their friend Chet Morton mocks them with a fake hundred-dollar bill, and the boys discuss their plans to buy 
- [Another Victim](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_the_old_mill_se/chapters/iv-another-victim.md): Frank notices Callie Shaw is upset and learns that her cousin Pollie Shaw was victimized by a counterfeit fifty-dollar bill passed by a stranger at her beauty parlor. Frank connects this to his own earlier experience wit
- [V: Curing the Joker](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_the_old_mill_se/chapters/v-curing-the-joker.md): After a week of intense schoolwork and exams, Frank, Joe, and their friends plan a Saturday hike to escape. Chet plays a prank on Jerry by giving him a pepper-filled apple, leading to a comedic chase with the janitor Mac

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- [The Old Mill](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_the_old_mill_se/chapters/vi-the-old-mill.md)
- [In the Mill Race](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_the_old_mill_se/chapters/vii-in-the-mill-race.md)
- [VIII: Joe's Courage](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_the_old_mill_se/chapters/viii-joe-s-courage.md)
- [The Rescue](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_the_old_mill_se/chapters/ix-the-rescue.md)
- [The New Boat](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_the_old_mill_se/chapters/x-the-new-boat.md)
- [A Man in a Hurry](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_the_old_mill_se/chapters/xi-a-man-in-a-hurry.md)
- [XII: Seasick](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_the_old_mill_se/chapters/xii-seasick.md)
- [Paul Blum](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_the_old_mill_se/chapters/xiii-paul-blum.md)
- [XIV: Con Riley Guards a Package](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_the_old_mill_se/chapters/xiv-con-riley-guards-a-package.md)
- [The Chase](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_the_old_mill_se/chapters/xv-the-chase.md)
- [A Plan of Action](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_the_old_mill_se/chapters/xvi-a-plan-of-action.md)
- [XVII: What Lester Said](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_the_old_mill_se/chapters/xvii-what-lester-said.md)
- [XVIII: Suspicions](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_the_old_mill_se/chapters/xviii-suspicions.md)
- [XIX: The Rug Buyer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_the_old_mill_se/chapters/xix-the-rug-buyer.md)
- [XX: A Note of Warning](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_the_old_mill_se/chapters/xx-a-note-of-warning.md)
- [At the Mill](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_the_old_mill_se/chapters/xxi-at-the-mill.md)
- [Through the Roof](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_the_old_mill_se/chapters/xxii-through-the-roof.md)
- [The Alarm](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_the_old_mill_se/chapters/xxiii-the-alarm.md)
- [Trapped](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_the_old_mill_se/chapters/xxiv-trapped.md)
- [The Reckoning](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_of_the_old_mill_se/chapters/xxv-the-reckoning.md)

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