Mystery of the Eagle Feather by Elspeth Campbell Murphy

Author:Elspeth Campbell Murphy
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Mystery, Childrens
ISBN: 9781556614132
Publisher: Bethany House Publishers
Published: 1995-10-15T00:00:00+00:00

Out for a Stroll

"I see a little girl who needs a nap," said Timothy's mother as Priscilla rubbed her eyes. "Maybe I should put her in her stroller and walk her around. Maybe she'll drop off to sleep."

"We'll do it," Timothy volunteered.

He gave a long, slow stretch, which meant: Follow my lead.

"Sure," said Titus. "I feel like walking around some more, anyway."

"Sounds like fun," said Sarah-Jane.

"Oh, would you?" said Timothy's mother, obviously pleased. "That will give me some more time to visit with Bill and Judy."

The topic was now Water in the Basement. Who could resist that}

Fortunately, Priscilla was not in one of her me-do-it moods, where she insisted on pushing the stroller herself.

That would have ruined The Plan.

As it was, she got into her stroller without a fuss.

And when the guy at the next table got up to leave, he never suspected a thing.

The Mystery of the Eagle Feather

He didn't even notice that he was being followed at a safe distance.

Followed by three nice kids, who just happened to be out for a stroll with a baby.

The Mystery of the Eagle Feather

think he's the thief? Grandfather said the police had gotten quite a few complaints about things being missing. And if that guy is the thief, where do you suppose he put all the stuff? He doesn't have it with him."

"You're right about that," said Timothy. "I'm beginning to think this is a wild goose chase."

No sooner had he said that than a truck went rumbling along the dirt road, stirring up a lot of dust. They closed their eyes, coughing and spluttering. When they looked again, the suspect had disappeared among the cars and tepees.

"As I was saying," sighed Timothy. "A wild goose chase. I don't know—should we tell the police we saw a suspicious-looking character? When you come right down to it, the only thing suspicious about him was that he wasn't wearing a dance number."

Anthony shrugged. "It wouldn't hurt, I guess. I don't know if they have much else to go on. If you like, I'll go talk to them now and catch up with you later."

"Sounds good," said Timothy. "We'll walk Priscilla around a little more. I want to see

Tepees

those tepees up close, anyway."

"Tepee! Tepee!" said a little voice from the stroller.

"Well, look who's not taking a nap like she's supposed to. Come on, Sib. Let's go look at some real tepees. And then you have to go to sleep."

Sib was Timothy's pet name for his sister. It was short for sibling, a word that meant a person's brother or sister. Timothy thought Sib also sounded like it could be short for Pris-cilla.

"TEPEES!"

"OK. OK."

"You know—" said Titus slowly as they walked among the tepees. "If a person wanted to hide a bunch of Indian stuff, a tepee would be a pretty good place to do it."

Sarah-Jane agreed. "Because the stuff would just look like it belonged there."

Timothy said, "And both times we saw the guy, he was headed toward the tepees. So maybe he is using a tepee for a hiding place.

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