Beware the Pirate Ghost by Joan Lowery Nixon

Author:Joan Lowery Nixon [Nixon, Joan Lowery]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-4532-8279-3
Publisher: Open Road
Published: 2012-09-21T14:41:00+00:00

6

DEBBIE JEAN SCREAMED AND broke into a run, heading for the road that led down to the cove. Sean ran, too, but in the opposite direction, heading for the path up the cliff. All he wanted was his bike—the fastest way to get home!

It wasn’t until Sean had reached his bike that Brian and Sam were able to catch up with him.

“Sean, stop! Where are you going?” Brian asked.

“Home!” Sean said.

Brian grabbed Sean’s shoulders. “Leave the bike there.”

“And let the ghost get us?”

“The ghost isn’t going to get us … or anybody else.”

“Don’t make promises you can’t keep.” Sam’s voice shook.

Above them they heard the swish of bike tires and saw Debbie Jean speeding past.

Sean made another try at pulling out of Brian’s grip. “Let me go!” he said. “We’ve got to get out of here.”

“No. We’re going back,” Brian said.

“We can’t. You saw the ghost!”

“I think I like Sean’s idea best,” Sam said.

Brian shook his head. “I did take a good look at the ghost. That’s why we’re going back.”

Sean stopped tugging and turned to look at Brian. “What’s that supposed to mean?”

“It means that a private investigator has to pay attention to details. Didn’t you notice anything unusual about the pirate?”

Sean shivered as he remembered the pirate. “The dirty clothes he was wearing? The blood dripping from his sword?”

“His teeth,” Brian said. “Some of them were missing … just like the fisherman’s teeth. In fact, the very same teeth.”

“Wait a minute,” Sean said. “Are you telling us that the fisherman dressed up like a pirate?”

“Yes.”

“Why would he want to scare people and make them run away?”

“I don’t know,” Brian answered. “Maybe he’s still searching for pirate treasure he wants to keep for himself.”

Sam interrupted. “He told us there wasn’t any treasure. He said people had looked for years and hadn’t found any.”

Brian shrugged. “Maybe he wasn’t telling the truth. Or maybe he just wants to live alone in peace and quiet without a lot of people around. Whatever his reason, I’m sure of one thing: The pirate we saw is not a ghost.”

Sean thought a moment. “He was pretty scary. He would have scared Lester away, too.”

“Not if the fisherman had been asleep. Remember what I told you. If Lester came here to the caves, it was during the night.”

Sean shuddered. “That wasn’t Lester’s blood on the sword, was it?”

“It wasn’t anybody’s blood,” Brian said. “If we’d been closer we probably would have smelled ketchup.”

Sean wouldn’t give up. “But the pirate made a lot of noise. How come Lester didn’t hear him?”

“The pirate was standing at the entrance of the caves,” Brian said. “Lester would have had to run right into him.”

“He could have yelled for help.”

“The pirate or Lester?” Sam said.

“Look, Sean’s right. We haven’t heard a sound from Lester,” Brian said. “That worries me.”

Sean leaned against one of the boulders. “How are we going to go back to the caves without running into the pirate again?”

“Easy,” Brian answered. “The pirate thinks he’s scared us and we’ve run home.

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