Under Canvas

“We’re headed right now for the old Cartaret place!” Toby Jones finally lets out the secret destination—and the scouts’ promised harvest of nuts suddenly comes with a story of white figures in the windows of a ruined house.

On a frosty Saturday in autumn, five Hickory Ridge scouts rattle along in a wagon, bound for the abandoned Cartaret estate, where chestnuts, hickories, and black walnuts are said to lie in plenty. But the place is known for more than its nut grove: people whisper of ghostly shapes among the weeds and at the open windows. Chatz Maxfield believes in spooks; Doubting George demands proof; and Toby has steered them all too far to turn back easily. With the scouts’ appetites set against their nerves, what will they find waiting at Cartaret’s Folly?

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