Part 29 (1/2)
”What can I say?” he dee on theenough to read it--backward--froot out and ran into troopers
All right You found the secret of the ghost, and that I have a Geiger counter So what? Practical jokes aren't illegal, and anyone can own a surveyshares in a nonexistent mine with intent to defraud is quite a differentevidence for a few days, including so the field had been salted And we've picked up Collins and Hilleboe”
The Frostola ood while it lasted I suspected things were getting risky when those two kids charged into the mist, but I hoped maybe the cold spray had cooled them down a little When it didn't, I tried to scare the the out in short order”
”We were,” Rick agreed ”Only while the rescuers were digging in, ere busy finding the upper tunnel After that, it was easy”
”I saw the rescue,” the Frostola man said ”You came out the saured you hadn't gone beyond the pile of rocks between the tunnels”
A trooper sergeant pointed to the police car waiting on the dirt road
”Coet you booked Don't worry about your scooter It will be taken care of”
”Eat all the ice creauests I won't be needing it”
”Not for soet back to the picnic”
”We're with you,” Rick said ”Lead the way” He chuckled suddenly ”It was a pretty good effect, wasn't it? The lab did a good job, and the Frostola man didn't see that a new chunk had been spliced in”
”A very good effect,” Scotty agreed ”Only stand by for misery and woe
Barby and Jan won't like this! After all, we destroyed a historic roain when the boys returned They located the fairls' faces, but it was too dark
Barby's voice said sternly, ”Is that you, Rick Brant?”
He admitted it, rather meekly ”Uh-uh”
”Rick Brant! You knew all the timeI mean, while Jan and I were ”
Barby's voice was treht she was in tears He hoped not; she shouldn't take legends so seriously
Agent Taylor joined the group and chuckled ”You should have seen that Frostola uess that final commercial shocked him silly”
”He wasn't the only one,” Barby said swiftly, and to Rick's ahter
This wasn't the reaction Rick had expected ”But the romance,” he said doubtfully ”I mean, you should be brokenhearted ”
”I'll never understand girls,” Scotty said darkly