Owl’s Flight

From The Cemetery Club. Darcy and Flora have gone to see Emma James, a person who might be able to decipher the old map Ben sent to Flora. The two sleuths hear a little more about owls than they bargained for.

Shaking her head, Emma said, “I’m sorry. I really can’t tell you much about it. It’s a map made by somebody who knew nothing at all about land boundaries and it is very old. I can only guess that the map is supposed to mark the spot for something important. These land descriptions at the top probably were added long after the map was drawn. This,” she said, tapping the plastic cover, “may represent a tree and this odd symbol, although part of it has crumbled away, I believe is the word’owl’ in the Cherokee syllabary.”

My mother gasped and I felt my scalp prickle. 

Emma smiled. “Yes, owl, wa-hu-hi. I’m sure you know that some people are superstitious about owls. They are thought to presage major events.”

Actually, this was not what I wanted to hear. Already, I had more experience with owls than I ever wanted to have.

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