Girls' Crystal #1103

This anthology issue contains two main stories. "Molly's Christmas of Surprises" follows Joy and Linda Mayer in Venice, Italy, where they work with their Aunt Martha to prove that Italian guardian Signor Grimaldo swindled their friend Norina and her brother out of their inheritance by locating evidence hidden in a clock tower. "Sally and Dave—The Gay Adventurers" by Elise Probyn chronicles two young people working as servants in an Italian school kitchen who become embroiled in various mishaps, including rescuing a boy named Lubbock from trouble and later encountering a mysterious situation involving canoes and a man named Sumasai at Kardoka Beach.