Chapter 3
Stolen!
After they had freshened up and gotten on different clothes they made there way to the dining car. When they got there they saw mr. Greenway sitting at one of the tables. "Good evening girls!" he said. "Good evening sir!" " I would like to introduce you to someone" " This is Ms. Margaret Pearlstien." " Margaret this is Ms. Clara Wallace, Ms. Elizabeth Wallace and Ms. Mary Smith." " Pleased to meet you girls." Said the slightly plump chestnut haired woman of Ms. Pearlstien. She was wearing a blue dress with a matching hat and clutch and black gloves but what was most striking was the beautiful necklace that hung around her neck. It had the biggest pearls Clara had ever seen with two beautifully polished jade stones and in between a large ruby incased in gold."Pleased to meat you Ms. Pearlstien." " oh please call me ms. Margaret. Any friend of James' is a friend of mine!" I like ms. Margaret, She's nice Clara thought. " Would you like to sit with us?" said mr. Greenway. " We would very much like to sir." said Mary. The girls sat in the booth across the table from the couple.
They enjoyed a meal of steak and green beans with a biscuit. And while they were enjoying there dessert of strawberry shortcake they were laughing and taking and enjoying the meal when suddenly the lights went out! Clara heard someone yell HEY! and another person yell WHAT'S GOING ON! Then she heard what sounded like ms Margaret Scream and yell" STOP STOP THIEF!" Then the lights came back on everything looked normal except the frightened faces of the diners. But when she look over at ms. Margaret she saw that there was a thief and whoever he was he had stolen her necklace! " oh" Clara heard ms. Margaret whaled. " That necklace was worth a fortune! My...my husband gave it to me before he le..left for the war! It...it's all I have left of him." Then she burst into tears. She was crying so hard her handkerchief didn't help. Mr. Greenway was trying to comfort her but it wasn't helping much.
Clara felt like she had to do something. She got up out of her chair and started looking around. She found some plates of shortcake that had been knocked on the floor but other than that not much. She was thinking in her head what would Sherlock Holmes do? She search and searched but found nothing. Nothing except broken plates and a crooked table." Wait a crooked table!" Clara rushed over to it thinking. Someone must have gotten out of this seat in a hurry! And this seat is right next to the light switch and its still warm! If I can find who sat at this table then I can find out who did it! She asked all around the car but nobody new. Well, that's a dead end. She thought.
They enjoyed a meal of steak and green beans with a biscuit. And while they were enjoying there dessert of strawberry shortcake they were laughing and taking and enjoying the meal when suddenly the lights went out! Clara heard someone yell HEY! and another person yell WHAT'S GOING ON! Then she heard what sounded like ms Margaret Scream and yell" STOP STOP THIEF!" Then the lights came back on everything looked normal except the frightened faces of the diners. But when she look over at ms. Margaret she saw that there was a thief and whoever he was he had stolen her necklace! " oh" Clara heard ms. Margaret whaled. " That necklace was worth a fortune! My...my husband gave it to me before he le..left for the war! It...it's all I have left of him." Then she burst into tears. She was crying so hard her handkerchief didn't help. Mr. Greenway was trying to comfort her but it wasn't helping much.
Clara felt like she had to do something. She got up out of her chair and started looking around. She found some plates of shortcake that had been knocked on the floor but other than that not much. She was thinking in her head what would Sherlock Holmes do? She search and searched but found nothing. Nothing except broken plates and a crooked table." Wait a crooked table!" Clara rushed over to it thinking. Someone must have gotten out of this seat in a hurry! And this seat is right next to the light switch and its still warm! If I can find who sat at this table then I can find out who did it! She asked all around the car but nobody new. Well, that's a dead end. She thought.
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