The Secret of the Haunted Mirror by M. V. Carey

Author:M. V. Carey
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Juvenile Fiction, Mysteries & Detective Stories
ISBN: 9780679811732
Publisher: Random House
Published: 1974-02-13T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

The Magician’s Cloak

EARLY THE NEXT MORNING Bob Andrews left Rocky Beach with his father.

He was bound for Los Angeles, where he planned to go through back issues of the Los Angeles Times and look for stories about the Republic of Ruffino, and also about Drakestar the magician and his house in the Hollywood Hills.

Jupe and Pete took a ride into Hollywood with Konrad, who had to deliver an old dining-room table to a customer of The Jones Salvage Yard.

“Santora’s still in the hospital,” announced Jupe, as Konrad drove up the freeway.

“I called hospitals in Beverly Hills last night until I located him. He’s at the Beverly Crest Medical Centre. Last night they weren’t giving out any information and he wasn’t taking calls. This morning I phoned again and they offered to put me through to his room, so he can’t be badly hurt.”

“I’m glad,” said Pete, “I don’t know whether he’s a good guy or a bad guy, but I don’t have to wonder about the man who hit him. I know he’s a stinker.”

“Juan Gómez,” said Jupe. “The dangerous man named Juan Gómez. I went through the telephone directory this morning and found several people named Gómez in the Silverlake area. However, if Gómez is staying with a cousin there, we have no assurance that the cousin is also named Gómez or that he has a telephone. But let’s not worry about him today.”

“What are we going to do today?” asked Pete.

Jupe took a notebook out of his pocket. “I showed the piece of cloth that I tore from the phantom’s robe to Aunt Mathilda,” he said. “She agrees that it isn’t an ordinary fabric. We’ll call at the costume shops in Hollywood. Our ghost had to get that garment he wore somewhere, and what would be a more logical place than a costume shop?”

Pete scowled at Jupe’s notebook. “I see you’ve made a list,” he said. “How many costume shops are there?”

“Quite a few,” admitted Jupe.

“My aching feet!” moaned Pete.

“Good detective work requires persistence,” said Jupiter Jones sternly.

The truck turned off the freeway, and in a few minutes Konrad stopped at the corner of Sunset Boulevard and Vine Street and the boys climbed out.

“You want me to pick you up later?” asked Konrad.

“No, we’ll take the bus,” said Jupiter. “We may be in Hollywood all day.”

“Your Aunt Mathilda will be cross,” warned Konrad. “She does not like it when you are away on Saturday.”

“But she usually forgives us,” said Jupe.

Konrad drove away and the boys began their search. The first costume shop on Jupiter’s list was on Vine Street. The Investigators went into a huge building, a place much like a warehouse. There was a small office area near the door where a jolly, balding man sat leafing through a copy of a trade magazine. Beyond the office the boys saw racks and racks of costumes of all sizes, colours, and descriptions.

The balding man looked up. “Yeah?” he said.

Jupiter took out the piece of fabric. “My aunt is trying to match this,” he said.

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