The Ghost of Blackfeet Nation by Eva Pohler

Author:Eva Pohler [Pohler, Eva]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: thriller, ghosts, paranormal, supernatural, cozy mystery, ghost story, mysteries, nancy drew, women sleuths, amateur sleuths
Publisher: Eva Pohler
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten: The Lady of the River

Later that night, Ellen sat wrapped in blankets before a warm fire in the rectory at Holy Family Mission. She sat in a wingback chair across from Father Gonzales, who had changed into clean attire—a sweater and trousers—and was washing and drying her clothes in the laundry room down the hall. They each sipped hot cups of coffee to warm their bones while they waited to hear back from the authorities about the Sinopah and its passengers.

Ellen was worried sick. What if the boat had capsized and her friends had drowned?

“Are you sure you’re okay?” Father Gonzales asked her again. “Can’t I get you anything else? Perhaps something to eat?”

“I’m fine,” she said. “I’m just so thankful that one of your parishioners happened to be driving by. I don’t think I could have walked much further.”

“Me, too.” He took a sip of his coffee. “Speaking of parishioners…something has just occurred to me.”

“Oh? What is it?”

“Father O’Brien and I have often exchanged stories about people who claim to have seen a lady on the river.”

“A lady? What do they say about her?”

“Interestingly, and perhaps not coincidentally, they describe her as a young nun standing on the surface of the river.”

Ellen raised her brows. “Really? Oh, my gosh! Do you think they’re describing Sister Alma?”

“That’s what I’m wondering.”

“Has anyone reported anything else about her? Has she spoken to them?”

He rubbed his chin. “They say she beckons them but doesn’t speak. They seem to have seen her at the same place—where the river turns south. That’s what’s been most convincing to Father O’Brien and me. People describe the exact same spot.”

“Is it anywhere close to the spot where we fell in?”

“It’s further east, actually.”

“Oh.” Ellen was disappointed. If people had seen the lady at the exact spot where the rods pulled her under, then she would feel certain that Rabbit’s remains could be found there. “How many people have claimed to have seen her?”

“Oh, dozens over the years. Father O’Brien and I were hoping it was the blessed mother.”

“I suppose it could be.”

“Yes, but I wonder…”

“Yes?”

“Do you suppose it’s possible that the body of Rabbit might be lying below the river where those dousing rods pulled you and I overboard and that the body of Sister Alma might be found further east where people have claimed to have seen the lady?”

The corners of Ellen’s mouth stretched into a wide grin. “Yes, Father. I do think that’s possible.”

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