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Case of the Surprise Visitor |  |
Max Decker
The clock in the courthouse ahead of Max showed six o'clock. As
it began chiming, he noticed a tall man with a briefcase walking
towards him. The man turned around, looked at the clock, and then
quickened his steps. He took an envelope and dropped it in a mailbox
as he continued on. Max moved faster, too. Miss Fritz had invited
him for dinner. He didn't want to be late.
"I'm glad you could come," Harborville's oldest music teacher
said. "I've made a lovely salad for us." She gestured Max to a
chair. "Good thing I prepared ahead. A surprise visitor just left."
"Who visited?" Max asked.
"A teacher from Harborville's School for the Deaf. He was
totally deaf himself, poor man, but he could read lips perfectly. He
had the loveliest penmanship when he wanted to tell me something."
"Why was he here?"
"Well, evidently the school is low on funds. I was glad to help
out. I had just cashed my social security check so I was able to
give him five hundred dollars."
"Did he just leave? Was he a tall man with a brief case?"
"Yes."
"We'd better phone the police. I think that man was a phony. I
know for sure he wasn't totally deaf."
How did Max figure it out?
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The Case of the Surprise Visitor by Carol Farley
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