The Mystery of Misty Canyon by Carolyn Keene

Author:Carolyn Keene
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Aladdin

8

Clue in the Chronicle

Shocked, Nancy said, “I don’t know how your things got into my room!”

Bess and George ran up and heard the end of the conversation.

“Nancy wouldn’t steal anything!” George said indignantly. “It’s obvious she’s been framed! Nancy’s bag has her name on it!”

Mrs. Mason rummaged in her purse, checking the contents, then relaxed a little. “Everything’s still here, but I won’t forget this,” she said as her husband counted the bills in his wallet.

“We’ll get to the bottom of it,” Tammy promised, but her voice shook a little.

As the husband and wife walked stiff-backed toward the house, Tammy confided, “Nothing like this has ever happened at the ranch before. I don’t understand it.”

“I do,” Bess said. “Nancy must be getting too close to the truth about what happened to Renegade!”

Peggy touched Nancy’s arm. “I didn’t want to point a finger at you,” she said anxiously. “I know you didn’t take anything.”

Nancy gave the housekeeper a kind smile. “It’s okay. We’ll figure this out.”

“I hope so,” Tammy whispered.

Peggy glanced at her watch and gasped, “Look at the time! I’ve got to start getting things ready for the barbecue tonight!”

“Do you need some help?” Bess offered, glancing at George. “My cousin and I are a fabulous team in the kitchen.”

George started to protest. “Well, I’m not the greatest—”

“I could use all the help I can get. And I know all about your skills in the kitchen from your mother,” Peggy said to George.

“I’ll be right with you,” Nancy promised as George and Bess followed Peggy to the house.

Tammy said, “I’m sorry about Mrs. Mason.”

Nancy sighed. “Don’t worry—I’ve been accused of worse. Besides, this just helps to prove my theory. Someone’s trying to stop my investigation—whoever it is must be getting nervous. Do you have any idea who might have helped Renegade escape?”

“You really don’t think he just took off?”

“Do you?”

Tammy shrugged. “I did. But he’s been gone so long without a trace.”

Nancy’s mind was working quickly. “It seems to me that either Renegade escaped on his own and someone found him and took advantage of the fact that he was missing. Or someone actually let him out.”

“Someone, meaning Mike Mathews?” Tammy asked, chewing on her lower lip.

“Maybe. Or someone who doesn’t want you to ride in the Independence Day Rodeo,” Nancy said. “I think that Renegade’s disappearance and Twister’s change in temperament are related.”

“But how?”

“I don’t know yet. But without Renegade as a breeding stallion and without Twister to ride in the rodeo, you won’t be able to pay back that loan.”

“I know.” Tammy sighed.

Nancy leaned her back against the top rail of the fence. “I heard Vern Landon tell Rob Majors that he’d get this ranch from you one way or another.”

“You think he’s behind it?”

Nancy shrugged. “I’d like to find out more about him.”

Tammy made a face. “The less I know of him, the better. He gives me the creeps.” She shivered. “I would never sell this ranch to him.” She stared at the cloudless sky. “Tonight, at

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