Missing at Marshlands / Arden Blake Mystery Series #3

e in t

s Arden and she, still in the boat at the little doc

" Arden facetiously suggested. "We m

!" Terry called.

use. "I was writing a letter. Come on u

m the dock to the house, and Sim, who could not wait

thing exciting happened. I can tell

he lovers' quarrel," Terry jok

declared Arden. "More l

"no crime in this. Go ahea

s hops when we got

as, too,"

hoped he'd never see h

he boat, and then she calmed down and tried

.' Wasn't that sweet?"

get in the gay car-imagine that! Melissa's been hanging around here all the time you wer

"She's a peculiar girl. Hope she isn't in

her mystery," Terry announced, nodding her head wisely. "Maybe the

"I did so want to be lazy this summ

r my part I'm in this mystery up to my ears already

finish a sentence about the mysterious Olga and the departure of Melissa

ned, but she possessed a great deal of natural curiosity. Despite Mrs. Landry's efforts to shift

s occupants settled down for the night. Sim an

awake for a long time listening to the lap of the waves on the s

a barely perceptible squeak, as if a window were being pushed up very gently. She started, then sat upright. Yes, there i

" she called

runted Sim

to get in!" Terry

stantly. "Where, T

-h! Listen!" Terry put a w

rls were as quiet as statues in the eeri

you hear it? Just a ti

ing room. Had we better call your m

ry not to lock doors, and windows were usually left wide open. But Mrs. Landry, being city-bred, could never get out of the habit of locking

ere, Terry?" asked Arden. "Don't you think it

should have thought of that before. I'll turn on

h a little snap the lights flashed on. Then silently the alar

n, and the girls in Sim's ro

they're gone?"

nything; do you

hissed, and she

ar and unbroken, could not possibly hide a marauder. Terry was hoping

ered to the girls

omeone, who, they did not know, in the bright moonlight. The figure was od

en asked c

n swiftly and was almost instantly los

erry remarked. "And there's no use

the morning," Arden suggested. "Isn't it s

they ever came down here," Terry remarked.

er," Sim reminded them. "We may as well go back to

e must try to get some sleep," Terry sa

?" invited Arden to T

ered a little ruefully. "But since you sugges

ht be better than one for