Ghost Meets an Angel [Shannon Delaney Paranormal Mystery Series, Vol. 3] by Elizabeth Eagan-Cox

Author:Elizabeth Eagan-Cox
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: ebooksonthe.net
Published: 2010-05-11T14:34:44.519000+00:00

Chapter 21

"Betty, I do appreciate you doing this.” I shook her hand.

She smiled and said, “Well, when this old suitcase of stuff was brought to me and I opened it, I couldn't think what to do with it. That's when it dawned on me about your interest. I called Vera and she said I should let you see it first. Vera and her son are on the museum's board of directors. I knew they could make a quick decision about this."

"I'm grateful for that. Where are the items?"

"Back this way in my office.” I followed Betty down a wide corridor to the back offices of the museum. I listened as she explained, “The suitcase was discovered down in a storage room of the Sheriff's old office. They are on a kick to spruce up everything over there and way back in the day, the Sheriff often kept public records and loose ends of stuff in an old storage room, more of a courtesy than a necessity. Anyway, Deputy Dave Gomez found the old suitcase and after he determined it had nothing to do with legal records, he brought it to me.” Betty stopped in front of a gray heavy metal door. She took a key out of her skirt pocket and opened the door.

The overhead florescent lights were on; we walked into a large room that was strictly utilitarian in purpose. Drab beige walls, ceiling and worn carpeting in a storage room that had been converted into an office, and now furnished with an extra large gray metal desk that had a bank of drawers on each side. Three battered metal file cabinets were to the left of the desk against a wall, and nudged up against the cabinets was a huge old copying machine. On the far side of the room was an oak table, I guessed its size to be four by six feet. Five gooseneck table lamps were scattered here and there on the table's top. The open suitcase was in the middle of the table. Two metal office chairs were to the side, out of the way. Betty walked up to the suitcase and stood off center from it, allowing me full access.

"I've studied the leather exterior and I believe it dates to sometime between 1900 and 1920. The interior fits that time frame, too. Actually, for its age, it's in good condition. This was a quality piece for its time and place."

I looked inside. Obviously, Betty or someone else had gone through the paper materials, they were neatly arranged by size into three piles. In the inside of the lid was a belted interior pocket that appeared empty except for a small Raggedy Ann type of home-made doll that peeked out at us. “May I?” I asked not wanting to presume I could help myself.

"Yes, let's have a seat. I have a few minutes then I need to go out and open up. But you stay here as long as you like.” Betty got two chairs and we sat down.

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