The Mystery of the Missing Heiress by Campbell Julie

Author:Campbell, Julie [Campbell, Julie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2013-10-24T16:00:00+00:00

When Trixie went to bed and the house quieted down, she couldn’t sleep. There were so many things to think about, all of them seemingly unrelated, starting with the ride the Bob-Whites took through the woods, their talk with the men working at the marsh, and the furtive actions of the man they saw there; then the letter in answer to Trixie’s letter to The Hague, the strange trip to the Bronx, what happened to their car there, and that smelly pipe—Trixie shivered as the odor came back to her. Then there was Janie’s accident on Glen Road and her loss of memory; and Juliana’s contradictory behavior, one time pleasant and attractive, and another time so strange and aloof—even cross.

“Instead of one mystery, Honey and I have several to solve,” Trixie thought.

Time passed. Still Trixie tossed from side to side.

“I’ll go down and get some milk,” she said to herself and slipped into her robe and slippers.

In the kitchen a faint light burned. Janie was sitting there, her head resting on her arm.

“I didn’t hear you,” she told Trixie, startled. “I just couldn’t sleep. I tried and tried and tried. So many things were rushing through my mind.

Mostly when I can't sleep it’s because I’m frightened, not knowing who I am and trying to grope my way back.”

Trixie put some milk into a pan to warm, then sat down next to Janie. Tm so sorry.”

“Don’t be. This time I can’t sleep because I’m so excited and happy. Just think, Trixie, I know now that I have a sister, and I’m going to see her tomorrow.”

Trixie filled their glasses with hot milk.

“This ought to help us both go to sleep. I couldn’t even close my eyes, for the same reason. I kept thinking how I’d feel if I were you.”

Reddy, always alert to any sound, padded downstairs. He found a place on the floor between the two girls.

Janie smiled at the puzzlement in his brown eyes, which turned first to her and then to Trixie. She reached down to stroke his head lovingly.

“I feel as if I must have a dog of my own, somewhere,” she said drowsily.

The clock on the shelf ticked contentedly. Outside, an owl hooted, and in the distance a dog barked. Reddy pricked up his ears.

Trixie opened the kitchen door and let him out. Then she said to Janie, “You’ll find out about your own dog tomorrow—and probably a lot of other things.”

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