The Clue in the Crumbling Wall

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"Hurry, Nancy!" Hannah Gruen called anxiously. The Drews' housekeeper held the front door open as jagged lightning cut the sky.

            Nancy raced madly toward the door, her red-dish-blond hair flying in the wind. "Made it!" she gasped, laughing, as great drops of rain pelted the driveway.

            The attractive, eighteen-year-old girl stepped into the hall and stopped in surprise. Behind Hannah stood a slender young policewoman in a blue uniform.

            "This is Lieutenant Masters, dear," said Hannah. "She arrived just before your car turned into the driveway."

            "I can't stay long. Nancy," the officer said, "so I'll come right to the point. Will you help solve a mystery?" The woman's dark eyes gazed into Nancy's steadily. "I'm sure you can do it."

            Nancy was amazed, but merely said, "I'd like to hear about it. Won't you come in and sit down?" She led the officer into the living room.

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