The Team and the Ghost by S G Read

Author:S G Read [Read, S G]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Stanley George Publishing
Published: 2015-03-29T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

With the morning came the phone call to the police about the body in the coffin. The fact that it was in a coffin made it non urgent but they still waited over there for the police to arrive and investigate.

Sergeant Portland arrived soon after ten to see what it was all about with a member of the forensic team. They looked at the coffin where it lay all muddy but still sealed.

‘We think there is a gun in it.’ Simon declared.

‘A gun you say?’ The sergeant replied.

The coffin was hosed off and made ready to open then the forensic expert used a hand held X ray machine to look inside.

‘They may be right.’ The forensic expert declared but the sergeant took a step back.

‘Hang on a minute I recognise this coffin, it is the one old Chilston used to have on display in front of his funeral parlour!’ He declared.

The forensic expert took a step back to get the full picture. ‘You are right it is. It went missing one night and we assumed it was drunks!’ He exclaimed. ‘If I remember they were digging a drainage ditch over to this pond at the time so I assume they carried it down here, put it in the drainage ditch then filled it in so that no one found it!’

‘But it has a body in it!’ Ben declared.

‘No it has a medical skeleton made out of plastic in it with a sword and a replica six gun.’ Sergeant Portland replied. ‘Bad luck lads but you were right last time we have arrested a woman for the hit and run.’

‘When will they bury the dead woman?’ Stuart asked.

‘When it is cleared by the coroner and I have no idea when that will be; probably after the trial!’ The sergeant answered.

The boys returned to the garden through the gap in the two fences and then on to the football pitch. They were surprised to see Jenny get ready to play. They picked teams with Stuart as one captain and Stevey as the other. Stuart had first pick and picked Jenny. Whether it was because he felt sorry for her and did not want to see her picked last no one knew but the others picked for his team had a scowl on their face until just after kick off when Jenny took the ball round JC and passed it to Stuart who ran up the wing with it. After that the fact that she was a girl was forgotten and they played with equal teams for once and with David refereeing.

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