The Mystery of the Emeralds by Kenny Kathryn

Author:Kenny, Kathryn [Kenny, Kathryn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Suspense
ISBN: 0375830545
Publisher: Knopf
Published: 1965-01-01T07:00:00+00:00

When she got back to the mausoleum Jim and Neil were still fighting savagely. Neil freed himself just long enough to level a blow at Jim’s head, but Jim saw it coming and ducked in time to avoid it. Then, seeing Neil off-balance, Jim dealt him a thumping wallop on the shoulder that sent him spinning around and down. Too late, Trixie tried to get the urn on the bench. As Neil sprawled over the seat, the beautiful vase shattered.

“Now, get going!” Jim barked as Neil pulled himself slowly to his feet and sidled past them. Without a backward glance the boy ran through the cemetery, jumped the fence, and made off in the direction of Rosewood Hall. At the same time Trixie saw the Bob-Whites racing toward her. Seeing Neil, they were about to follow him, but Trixie signaled for them to come to her.

Turning her attention to Jim, she asked, “Are you all right?”

“I seem to be all in one piece,” he said, shaking his head and bending his legs. “Nothing hurts, but I’m sure winded!”

“What’s the idea, Trix?” Brian asked. “That was Neil, wasn’t it? We could easily have caught him.”

“I know you could,” Trixie answered, slipping into her loafers, “but I think he may be more valuable to us if we let him go this time. It’s Jenkins we have to worry about more than Neil.”

“How do you figure that?” Honey asked. “It seems to me Neil’s the one who has been acting suspiciously.”

“I know. I know,” Trixie said, an edge of impatience in her voice. “It looks as though he were up to no good, I’ll admit, but for the time being I’m giving him the benefit of the doubt.”

“But why?” Mart asked. “I don’t think you’re being your usual logical self, dear sister.”

“It’s not a matter of logic,” Trixie said, too engrossed in the analysis of her own feelings to resent Mart’s criticism. “It’s more a feeling I have about Neil.” She paused, trying to find words to express herself. “I don’t like him and yet—”

“You’ve obviously got ambivalent feelings about him,” Mart interrupted, and he nodded his head very knowingly.

“What kind of feelings?” Di asked. “Are you pulling another of your gags, Mart? Come on, be serious.”

“I’m perfectly serious,” Mart answered with a straight face. “Ambivalent feelings are when you feel two ways about something or someone at the same time. Am I right, Trix?”

“For once, dear brother, you’ve hit the nail on the head,” Trixie said. “Let’s start back to the house and I’ll tell you what I mean.”

As they started up the path toward the garden, Trixie continued, “I think Neil has a gentle side to his nature, and that’s why he took such good care of Miss Julie. On the other hand, he probably heard about the emeralds and figured he’d try to get to Rosewood Hall and take a chance on finding them.”

“Miss Julie may have told him the same thing she told us,” Honey said. “Remember the day

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