The Haunted Hanging Tree by David Krumboltz

Author:David Krumboltz
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers
Published: 2019-06-27T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 27: Asking for Help

“We don’t even know where Sheriff Dell was when he got shot, do we?” Mary asked.

She and I sat sprawled in the living room of Uncle Armando’s old converted firehouse.

I pulled my baseball cap off and scratched my head. “Let me think… wait, I remember. The professor said the shootout took place at a cave. All we have to do is find it.”

“If we can. There’s probably a ton of caves around here, plus it was over eighty or so years ago,” said Mary. “But, maybe Carlos or Uncle Armando knows where the cave is.”

“We’ll ask when they come home,” I said.

A few minutes later, Carlos sauntered into the room, an envelope in his hand.

“Scooter, did you see this letter that came for you?” asked Carlos.

“No, who is it from?”

“It doesn’t say.” Carlos reached out. “Here.”

I looked at the letter and studied the ordinary white envelope with my name and Carlos’s address printed in block letters. The postmark read Angel’s Camp, California, a town not far from New Dry Gulch. No return address.

“Strange,” I said as I slid my finger under the envelope flap and removed the letter.

“Who is it from? What does it say?” asked Mary.

"It’s like some sort of riddle. You know, from magazines or advertisements or something. Look!

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