The Mystery of the Missing Heiress

trap laid up there on that cliff. He got rid of the signs....”
    “And another attempt at murder last night, with your drug that almost killed the Belden dog. That was meant for the real heiress to the money, wasn’t it?”
    “Yeah, but that nosy kid, that amateur dick—”
    “She saved my life!” Janie cried and ran to put her arms around Trixie. “She and Honey—oh, and all the rest of them there on the cliff. It has been so terrible, so horrible....” Janie’s lovely eyes were clouded. Then they grew bright as stars. “But think of the friends I’ve made!”
    “They are the best in the world,” Hans said devoutly and added, laughing, “I know they can’t all possibly come to Holland for our wedding, Juliana. Maybe I can make arrangements through the Dutch consulate so that we can be married here in
    Sleepyside, then spend our honeymoon in those mountains where you were going... the Poconos?”
    “Oh, please have your wedding at Crabapple Farm!” Trixie shouted.
    “How about having it at Manor House?” Jim asked. “Janie is my cousin, you know.”
    “That’s right, at Manor House,” Trixie agreed. Janie clapped her hands, color flooding her lovely face. “Perfect! Trixie must be my maid of honor, and Honey and Diana must be my bridesmaids. We must invite Spider Webster and his brother and dear Mrs. Vanderpoel—”
    “I don’t know who they are,” Hans said, laughing. “I’ll learn. If they are friends of yours, Juliana, they will be friends of mine, too. Jim must be my best man, and Brian, Mart, and Dan ushers,” Hans added. “Bobby must carry the ring.”
    Trixie’s eyes shone. Who would have dreamed it would all turn out like this, after all the horrible things they had endured? Janie looked so pretty, and as for her handsome fiancé, Hans....
    “We’ll be so busy,” she said excitedly. “We’ll have such loads of things to do to get ready! Janie?”
    “Yes, Trixie?”
    “I’ve never in my whole life ever been anyone’s maid of honor! I’ve never even been a bridesmaid,” she added. “Jeepers, imagine! Me!”