Violet Black & the Curse of Camp Coldwater by Kevin Folliard
Author:Kevin Folliard [Folliard, Kevin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kevin M. Folliard
Published: 2013-12-09T00:00:00+00:00
Kelly shook her head. âI still donât believe in ghosts.â
âYou donât have to,â Violet said. âI hope neither one of you ever sees one again, to be honest. But letâs not count on that.â
The path wound westward, revealing the northern half of Lake Coldwater. A great blue heron swooped down and perched on the sandy shore. The surface of the lake shimmered in the sunlight, and the music of the loons echoed in the distance. Violet wished they had come for the scenery instead of the investigation.
âOkay.â Kelly took a good look around. âColdwaterâs a narrow lake. So if we keep going this way weâre going to start rounding the other side.â She faced the clearing to the north. âIf there is a cemetery, itâs going to be close by. I will help you look for fifteen minutes, but thatâs it.â
âSounds good,â Violet said. She took the map out of her pocket and unfolded it for everyone to see. âWeâre looking in this general area. Gary jotted â12â down here. Not sure what that means. Twelve paces north? Twelve feet? Twelve graves?â
âBetter not be twelve miles,â Kelly muttered.
âIt wonât be,â Violet said. âDonât wander too far. Look for unusually shaped stones in or on the ground. Okay. Letâs split up, gang.â
Hector and Kelly stared blankly.
âSorry.â Violet shrugged. âI always wanted to say that.â
Kelly rolled her eyes and headed into the brush.
The field north of the lake teemed with tall dry grass and wildflowers. Violet brushed foliage away with her feet as she searched for markers. If there was an old cemetery, it was probably overgrown. This might take longer than Kellyâs fifteen minutes, she thought.
âIf I get a tick, Iâm holding you accountable, Black!â Kelly called out.
âYouâre the best, Kelly!â she returned.
Violet scoured a thirty-square-foot area. She was afraid their fifteen minutes was just about up, when Hector called from the northeast, âHey, Violet?â
âYeah?â
âWhat kind of last name is Hellberg? Swedish, Danish, or Norwegian?â
Violet raced over to him and emerged in a wide section of short, green grass. Sure enough, in the middle of the clearing, Hector had discovered a well-kept area with flowers and five stone markers. Etched in each stone were names: Marta Hellberg, Christian Hellberg, Elisabeth Hellberg, Gonnar Hellberg. Bright blue flowers surrounded the most prominent marker, which read: âIn Memory of Helen Hellberg. Loving Mother and Wife to Harald. 1892-1927.â
âJackpot,â Violet whispered.
Kelly joined them. She knelt for close inspection and shook her head in disbelief. âWife to Harald.â
âWife to Harry,â Hector said.
âItâs a family cemetery,â Violet said. âThatâs why you couldnât find it online, Hec. Whatâs even more amazing is that itâs been recently tended.â She pointed to the crackly tall grass that circled the clearing. âAll that brush has been kept back. These flowers have been watered in the summer heat. Someone maintains this.â
âDo you think it was Gary?â Hector asked.
âWell, we know he knows about this, at least,â Violet said.
âOkay,â Kelly said. âSo there really was a Harald who lived by Lake Coldwater a long time ago, and his family is dead.
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