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The Mystery on Cobbett's Island

The Mystery on Cobbett's Island

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Autoren: Julie Campbell
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“Here’s one that looks strong enough to wear,” said Honey, carefully unfolding a moss-green skirt. “I wonder if there’s a top to go with it.”
    “Here it is, under this shawl,” cried Trixie excitedly. “Try it on, Honey. The color is simply wonderful for you!”
    Honey hurriedly stepped into the full skirt, which came to her ankles. The top fitted perfectly, too. She twirled around the attic, making the skirt billow out about her.
    “Oh, it’s just perfect, Honey,” said Di. “I hope Trix and I have as good luck. Come on, let’s keep looking.”
    They reached the bottom of the trunk, however, with-out finding anything that seemed in good enough condition to wear, so they quickly moved on to the next °ne, which, to their great disappointment, held nothing but old books and papers.
    “They’re probably fascinating, but they’re not what we’re after right now. Well, here goes the third one,” said Trixie as she started to lift the cover. “Keep your fingers crossed.”
    Luck was with them, for this trunk, like the first, was filled with dresses. “There must have been an awful lot of women in this family,” Di said as she lifted out a lovely ashes-of-roses dress. “This may fit, but the waist looks pretty snug. I’ll have to hold my breath and not eat any cookies, or I’ll burst a seam!”
    “You burst a seam! What about me?” cried Trixie. “I know I couldn’t get into any of these. I’m sure I’ve gained five pounds since I came down here.”
    “Don’t be silly,” answered Honey. “Your figure’s perfect, and your waist is inches smaller than it was last summer.”
    Di, who had been rummaging through the trunk as the other two were talking, pulled out a challis dress that was just the color of a ripe pumpkin.
    “How perfectly darling!” cried Honey. “Trix, this just has to fit you. Hurry and try it on.”
    Trixie lost no time getting into the bright little dress. This one, unlike the others, buttoned down the back, so she asked Honey to help her.
    “Come on over to the window so I can see what Fm doing,” Honey said. “These little loops are so tiny, Fm having trouble.” She led Trixie over to one of the attic windows that looked over the backyard. While Honey struggled with the buttons, Trixie glanced outside. She suddenly started to yell but caught herself and clapped one hand over her mouth. With the other she pointed in the direction of the toolshed.
    Di hurried over just in time to see what had upset Trixie. Ail three saw someone running into the woods, and that someone was wearing a black jacket!
    “I’ll bet it’s one of those two in the yellow boat!” Trixie cried. “Come on. Let’s get him!”
    They started to run out but realized all too soon that they were hopelessly encumbered by their long skirts. “It’s no use,” Trixie moaned. “He’ll be miles away by the time we even get downstairs with these things on, and the boys are too far away to hear us, even if we did whistle for them. Besides,” she added, “we’d never hear the last of it if we had to ask them for help at this point.”
    “What in the world do you suppose he was doing around here?” asked Di, still peering out of the window.
    “I can’t imagine, but I have a sneaking suspicion he’s been here before, and it could be he’s one of the two who spent the night in the loft,” Trixie answered.
    “What do you suppose happened to the other one?” Honey asked. “Of course, there could have been two running into the woods, and we just saw one of them.”
    “Help me out of this thing,” Trixie cried, trying to wriggle out of her dress. “You know, if I hadn’t had that brilliant idea about dressing up, we might have been able to catch him or at least trail him. I always did say skirts were an awful nuisance.”
    “Oh, don’t blame yourself, Trixie,” Honey consoled her. “He probably thinks no one saw him, so he may come back. After all, we don’t know he was up to anything.”
    “Maybe you’re right,” Trixie conceded, “and I suppose we ought to tell the boys so they’11 be on the lookout, too, but let’s not say anything about it to Peter’s mother. As Honey says, we don’t know he was doing anything wrong, and it might upset her, with the party on her mind and Mr. Kimball away and ail.”
    After they had dressed in their own clothes, the girls carefully repacked the things they were not going to 1 use and closed the trunks. As they were about to go ;

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