Kathleen called her friend, Susan Whitman, at the paper and explained the idea to her. After a few minutes, she hung up the phone and looked up at Ashley and Josh. “She loves the idea,” said Kathleen brightly. “She’ll send a photographer out to take a picture of the carving and it will be in this Sunday’s paper.”
“Awesome,” said Josh. “Someone’s got to know who those initials belong to!”
“Yes,” said Ashley. “I’m sure we’ll be able to solve this mystery. Thanks for your help, Kathleen!”
“My pleasure, kids,” said Kathleen with a smile. “I can’t wait to see how this turns out!”
Ashley and Josh said goodbye to their friend and left the library to ride home.
“Ashes,” said Josh as he pedaled alongside her on Matthews Road. “How are we ever going to wait until Sunday? What are we going to do?”
“Um,” said Ashley. “Go to school and do homework? Besides, we may have to wait longer than Sunday to see if anyone knows anything.”
Josh groaned, “What do you mean by that?”
“I mean,” Ashley said. “People have to have time to read the paper and then call the paper to let them know that they recognize the picture.”
“Oh brother,” Josh groaned again.
They rode home and managed to get through the entire week of waiting.
Ashley Enright and the Message in the Tree (9 of 12)
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