Book: Mystery Ranch
Quotes of Book: Mystery Ranch
Now, one last idea," said Mr. Alden. He looked at Jessie, with a twinkle in his eye."I heard all about your Mystery Man," he said."He's not Mystery Man," said Jessie, laughing. "But he was nice, wasn't he?""He doesn't seem like a Mystery Man any more," said Violet. "I'd like to see him again sometime."Mr. Alden said, "He come to the party tomorrow, if anyone asked him.""Very well," said Aunt Jane. "I don't mind having a Mystery Man at my birthday party.""Will he fly?" asked Jessie."No. He is already here," said Grandfather. "He got off the train when I did!""And we didn't even see him," said Benny."Well, he is still a Mystery Man in some ways, isn't he?" said Violet. book-quoteDo you know the name of these yellow stones, Mr. Pond?" asked Violet. She picked one up and gave it to him."No, I don't know much about stones," he said. "This yellowish rock makes a fine powder. I know that Indians long ago used it for their sand paintings.""Sand paintings?" asked Benny. "I never heard of sand paintings.""They are very interesting," said Mr. Pond. "They are beautiful, too. The Indians took sand of all colors: blue, green, red, yellow, black, brown. They looked for a nice, flat place, and painted it with colored sand. They put the different colors in the right places. They would make a round sun like this."Mr. Pond quickly made a big yellow sun on the ground, to show Benny how it was done."Do you think there are any sand paintings in our field now?" Benny asked hopefully."No," answered Mr. Pond, smiling. "There haven't been any Indians here for many years.""I'd rather have Indians here than whoever is living in that hut," said Jessie."I think you're right," said Mr. Pond. "But don't worry about that. We'll go to Stony Creek tomorrow and tell the sheriff, Mr. Bates, about this."He glanced at Henry, and the boy understood that Mr. Pond would tell the sheriff about some other things, too. book-quote
