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Private Notes
While playing a small trick on Dr Gordon, Vicki causes him to break a lense on a piece of his equipment. Saying that he now needs to go to the city to replace it Jenny says they will go the next day as there's people passing through that she wanted to visit with. Manfred is helping out by getting some suitcases down from the loft when a pile of them fall on him hitting him in the head. The next day after Dr Gordon and Jenny leave Vicki tells him he's expected to fix the roof. Manfred acts very strange and Vicki takes that as trying to be lazy so she climbs the ladder to the roof. When asking Manfred to pass a hammer, he acts like he does not understand her and just takes the ladder down trapping her on the roof. Mr. O'Riley rescues her from the roof and spins her a tale of ghosts and spirit possessions. She can't find Manfred anywhere. When she goes to the general store she finds him leaving with a strange old lady that two ladies claim is a witch. Vicki follows to 'rescue' him. He gets hit in the head again and returns to his normal self. The 'witch' is just a lonely German lady, whom Manfred had befriended because she could only speak German.
Vicki leads Feona out for a ride on one of Mr Coates horses that he's about to have auctioned off. He see them and runs up to them. He's got a large number of cans tied to his horse and that spooks the horse that Feona is on. Vicki and Beauty chase after her and stops the runaway horse. Mr Coates orders her to return the horse. Vicki's family is angry for her part in this and Feona's father is also angry but realizes that all she wanted to do is learn to ride better. He tells her he will try to get the horse at the auction. Mr Coates has his eye on some sheep being auctioned as does Mr. McKella. Mr. Coates talks Mr Burton into trying to talk Mr McKella out of bidding on the sheep but it does not work. Mr Coates win the sheep auction but can't pay up so it defaults to Mr McKella. He has to pay more than he wanted and could not afford the horse. But it was the Tinker who purchased the horse and the pots and pans on the wagon scares the horse so badly that the Tinker agrees to sell the horse to Feona if he gets the money. Vicki rides off to find Mr McKella and they arrive just in time to pay the Tinker.
Ted practices for the local Gymkhana competition.
Bella and Beauty have run away but Bella soon realizes she's lost. With a storm approaching, they must search for shelter.
Bella convinces Dr. Austin to let her sit for the Willstown Grammar School entrance tests along Ted. Meanwhile, Weeks has come up with a new ploy.
Dr. Austin reads Bella the letter that demands she return to the orphanage as soon as possible.
Everyone is excited by the discovery of the barrel lid: it not only proves that the Astoria was wrecked somewhere nearby, but gives Bella's story some validity. Bella asks Frank not to print the story in the Bugle, as she has already caused so much trouble.
The newly-minted detectives arrange their first meeting - but Frank has gone missing.
Bella has remembered that Mr. Cigar was on the Astoria. Frank realizes that the first thing they must do is to investigate the cargo list from the Astoria, in order to narrow down that was on the boat that Mr. Cigar may have wanted. Although Frank is supposed to be looking after the store, he and Bella take off for Willstown.
Bella accompanies Mrs. Mac in order to take care of an ailing Mrs. Crutchfield for the night. Her custody case is the next day, however, and she may not be at her best.
Despite being under strict instructions to behave herself, Bella allows herself to be goaded.
