The Secret of Mirror Bay by Carolyn G. Keene

Author:Carolyn G. Keene [Keene, Carolyn G.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin USA, Inc.
Published: 2011-11-22T17:58:45+00:00

CHAPTER XI

Valentine Clue

“WHAT’S the matter?” Aunt Eloise cried out when she reached the porch.

Miss Armitage pointed to a fast-disappearing motorboat. “That driver nearly killed Bess!”

She explained that Bess had just surfaced when the boat raced past. Either the girl in the boat had not seen Bess or had deliberately tried to hit her!

“Where is Bess now?” Miss Drew asked anxiously.

“Bess saw the boat heading for her and dived. There she is!” Miss Armitage added as Bess once more appeared on the surface.

This time she did not dive again but swam toward the dock and pulled herself up. Miss Armitage and Aunt Eloise rushed down to her.

“Are you all right?” they both inquired as she took off her mask.

“Yes,” Bess replied rather weakly. “But that boat sure gave me a scare.”

Nancy and George came up a few seconds later and were told what had happened. Nancy asked Miss Armitage to describe the boat and the driver.

“The boat was the Water Witch and it was a nice-looking speedboat,” the woman replied.

“Witch is a good name for it,” George remarked.

Miss Armitage studied Nancy and then said, “The girl in the boat looked a lot like you, only she had a hard face.”

Bess, George, and the Drews glanced knowingly at one another. Finally Nancy said, “We keep hearing about that girl. Actually she’s wanted by the police. You heard about the vacation hoax, didn’t you?”

Miss Armitage nodded. Nancy went on, “She’s the one responsible for cheating all those people. We were told she has a man partner who probably lives in New York City.”

Miss Armitage asked, “What is she doing up here? If the police are looking for her, it seems to me she’s pretty brazen to be out on the lake and to come so close to the person who resembles her. It’s my guess, Nancy, that she was trying to hurt you but almost hit Bess instead.”

The girls decided not to do any more scuba diving until after the boys arrived. “We’ll continue working on your mystery tomorrow,” Nancy assured the woman as she drank the coffee Aunt Eloise had brought out.

A short time later the caller got up to leave. After she had gone, the others again discussed the boat episode. Nancy declared she was going to find out the name of the person who had piloted it.

Bess interrupted. “Let’s go see the sights this afternoon. It’s a lot safer than working on a mystery.”

Aunt Eloise begged off, saying she had been to all the museums the summer before. “One you’ll love is the Toy Museum. It’s on the west side of the lake and a good distance from town.”

The girls thought it sounded interesting, and as soon as lunch was over, decided to drive there. They went to Cooperstown, then took Route 80 toward Springfield Center. At last they came to the old farmhouse and barn which were now used as a toy museum.

Nancy parked and the girls went inside the house. They paid their admission, then a tall, slender, affable man introduced himself as the owner and said he would take them on a tour of the place.

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