The Cameo Necklace (American Girl Mysteries (Quality)) by Evelyn Coleman

Author:Evelyn Coleman [Coleman, Evelyn]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Juvenile Fiction
Publisher: American Girl Publishing
Published: 2012-03-09T05:00:00+00:00

Cécile found Monsieur John in one of the warehouses near the Floating Palace, working with the elephant.

She quickly realized that no one could have enjoyed a visit to the circus more than Grand-père. He and Monsieur John hit it off at once. Monsieur John would tell a circus story, and then Grand-père would tell a story from his sailing days.

Cécile thought maybe she could find the blonde circus performer without Monsieur John’s help. She excused herself and left the warehouse. She surveyed the wharf in front of the huge floating showboat. She saw crews of men piling barrels onto wagons, others stacking bales of hay, and still others standing in small groups, talking.

Then she noticed two policemen looking inside and around barrels only feet from where she stood. Cécile stopped in her tracks. What were they doing?

“I think they’re still here somewhere,” one policeman yelled to the other. “Keep looking!”

Cécile heard a rustling sound behind her. She turned and found herself staring at the backs of two dark-haired children, huddled behind a stack of burlap sacks piled in a corner. She recognized their tattered cloaks and the indigo-striped baskets they held by their sides.

Cécile knew that if the policemen got any closer, they would see the children. Backed into the corner, they had nowhere to run. What should she do? This might be her only chance to find out if the children had the necklace. But if she stopped to talk to them, the police would surely catch them. She remembered them standing in front of the elephant, saving her.

She glanced one last time at the children. Cécile made a decision.

She began walking toward the two policemen, thinking about her next move. How could she stop them from catching the children? She spotted a large metal bolt lying on the ground. She waited for the moment when the policemen looked into another set of barrels before throwing the bolt with all her power over the heads of both policemen into a corner of the warehouse wall behind them. She held her breath as the policemen quickly turned toward the sound they had heard and took off running.

Cécile waited, not daring to take a breath until both policemen had gone out of sight.

Cécile returned to the corner where the children had been hiding, but they were no longer there. She fought back tears, knowing that she might have lost her only chance to talk to them. But she couldn’t have just stood by and let them be caught, not even if it meant that she would never get Tante Tay’s necklace back. The words of the old woman floated into her mind: Hunters always want to kill lions…Lions only want to eat.

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