10/31/2022 0 Comments Jalopy game take key out of carTrask agrees to head it up in Harrison’s absence. The girls don’t say anything about the headless horseman. Her sister wasn’t ill, so it looks like someone was trying to lure her away from the house. Someone called telling her that her sister had taken ill, so Rose rushed to the hospital. Crandall about Harrison, and she tells them that she got a nasty phone call the night before. I want to live in Sleepyside every time the Bob-Whites end up at someone’s house unexpectedly, there are always fresh cookies waiting for them. Crandall is home, and she sees them and invites them in for cookies. Like he was wearing socks (would that really deaden the sound of hoof beats that much? Horses aren’t exactly lightweight.) Honey wants to leave (smart girl), but Trixie wants to investigate. A headless figure! The horse glides silently by, without even making the sound of hoof beats. They bike back to Sleepyside Hollow after dark, where they see a figure all in black riding a horse near the house. That night, Trixie and Honey venture back to the house because they’re afraid they left the cat locked in the cellar. He gave her a clue (“It’s elementary”), but she never could find it. Crandall was one who loved puzzles and games, and had also hidden his wife’s birthday present the same weekend. Harrison was a good friend of Jonathan Crandall’s, though. A lot of the townspeople thought he stole the vase, so his reputation became tarnished. Crandall had taken a priceless Ming vase home with him for safekeeping that same weekend, but he passed away and no one knew where he had put the vase. He was curator of the Sleepyside Museum until he died suddenly of a heart attack. Belden tells them about Rose Crandall’s husband, Jonathan. Di says what Harrison was doing is really none of their business (and she’s kind of right, really), but you know Trix isn’t going to let it go.Īt the Belden family dinner that night, the children tell their parents about the days events. Trixie’s suspicion causes friction between her and Diana which continues throughout the book. Which would indicate either that someone else was in the house with Harrison, or that Mrs. Trixie is, of course, suspicious, because the basement door was bolted. He says he fell down the stairs and hit his head, and the door locked behind him. Harrison says he came to the house to feed the cat when the owner, Mrs. He has a gash on his forehead and his cold and a little shaken up, but otherwise OK. They find Harrison’s bicycle propped against the front porch, and they find Harrison inside, locked in the cellar. It always amazed me that Trixie and Honey (well Trixie at least) have lived in this area for years, yet they’re always stumbling across houses that they didn’t know were there. They follow it to a little home set back in the forest. The Bob-Whites split up when they get to the woods, and Honey and Trix find a trail of bike tires. Regan says he saw Harrison last night, riding a bicycle along Glen Road. They immediately saddle the Wheeler horses and go looking for him. It’s the mystery of the missing butler, and of course Trixie and the Bob-Whites spring into action. Plus, Harrison is supposed to oversee the bazaar tomorrow. Diana feels responsible because her parents are away and she wants the household to run smoothly. He got a phone call the evening before and left suddenly, saying he would be back in an hour or so. Di explains that Harrison (the Lynches proper and uptight butler) is missing. The Bob-Whites are finally able to talk to her about it on the bus. Everyone is excited, but Trixie is worried because Diana is avoiding her. The Bob-Whites are planning a charity bazaar to benefit UNICEF. Despite the title, it’s not really a Halloween story. I didn’t get this recap up in time for Halloween by a long shot, but it will still work. When the flash is on, I get a big glare spot in the middle of the photo. I'm trying to take my own photos and not bootleg them whenever possible, but my camera refuses to take a good quality picture unless the flash is on. I also apologize for the crappy quality of the cover pictures. I started a new job, and then Christmas, so life got crazy for a bit (not that it still isn’t!)
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