Trixie looked at Di and then her friends Jim and Honey. She was in a panic. Each and everyone of them checked every inch of the clubhouse. There was nothing. Trixie had the boys leave and she took off her shirt and things to see if by any chance her necklace with the locket had fallen into her close but nothing.

That was when everyone started the long walk back to the manor house where Trixie had last seen the locket. They walked each and every step that Trixie had walked and found nothing. The only thing that they could do now was to actually rake all of the leaves and go inch by inch through the yard.

Trixie's brothers had now come and were helping with the search. Honey Trixie and Di went up to Honey;s room and down the hallway looking throughout the house.

When the girls saw Mrs. Trask they told her about the missing locket. Of course, she would be glad to help them look for it. Each and every inch of Honey's room was searched once again. Missy the maid had changed and made her bed and had found nothing.

Three hours passed and no one had seen the locket. It was now time for Trixie to bring her little brother Bobby home for lunch. She did not know what she was going to tell her mother. She was thirteen years old and should have been more careful with the locket. Where oh where could it be?

As the Bobwhites met once again at the clubhouse, they discussed where they had been and how they had looked everywhere. Trixie went back to her house very downhearted. Honey put her arm around her shoulder and promised her 'We will find it I just know it' Everyone had cheered in and promised that once they had their lunch they would go back to looking for the locket.

Bobby was Trixie's happy little six year old brother. Sometimes he was trouble but she loved him to death. He looked up at his sister and told her "I am sorry Trixie, I will find the locket I promise." His big blue eyes sparkled with tears and she gave him a hug. They walked hand in hand back to her house.

Her home had been in her family for many years and was known by the name Crabapple Farm. They lived in the Hudson Valley in New York in the little town of Sleepyside. The necklace could have gotten under the leaves and might never be found Trixie worried. But she was not going to stop looking until she found it.

As she came in the house, she kissed her mom and brought Bobby upstairs to get him washed up. Her older brothers Brian and Mart were in the kitchen helping their mom make lunch. Neither one of them mentioned the missing necklace. They wanted to leave that up to their sister Trixie. But they also knew that Bobby would tell so their mother was going to know the bad news soon.

When Trixie and Bobby got downstairs lunch was ready and she took her seat at the table. The kitchen was a large old fashioned one with a big table in the center that had been hand made by her grandfather over thirty years ago. She loved the old house and was glad that she lived there. But, she needed to tell her mother about the necklace.

Trixie watched as her brothers devoured their sandwiches but she just toyed with her lunch. She was in detective mode not in the mood to eat . Her mother looked at her and asked her what was wrong. "You have barely touched any of your lunch Trixie. Is something wrong" she asked.

With that Trixie looked down at her lap and then up at her mother. "I have lost the locket. It was around my neck when I was at Honey's house, but when I got to the clubhouse the locket was gone." Trixie told her mother.

Her mother could not believe what her daughter was telling her. That necklace had been around her aunt's neck for the past seventy years and the day Trixie is given it she loses it. "Trixie, you must trace your steps and find it. The necklace must be someplace between the manor house and the clubhouse. Did you ask Mrs. Trask?" she asked.

"We did and everyone has been looking. When we are done with lunch we will look again." Trixie promised her mother.

Once Bobby was in bed for his nap, Trixie went back up to Honey's house to look for the locket once again. All of the maids and Mrs. Trask were looking for it and the Bob Whites of the Glen were looking once more. But, it was starting to get dark and soon they would have to stop for the day.

Missie one of the maids at the manor was shaking one of the rugs when she saw something. There in the tree was a crow's nest. Now Missie was a bird lover and found crow's fascinating. One thing that crow's liked was shiny objects. On a hunch she went and got the step ladder from the pantry and climbed up to take a look at the inside of the nest.

As she climbed to the top of the ladder Missie saw that she had a good hunch. For there in the nest was the necklace and the locket tight and safe. She took the necklace and locket and climbed back down the ladder. She smiled as she went down the ladder and back into the house.

She put the ladder back and went out to find the group of friends that she knew were looking in vain for the necklace. As she turned the corner she found Trixie and Honey busy brushing leaves, getting desperate. She smiled at them and showed Trixie and Honey the necklace. As the two girls looked in wonder they looked up to ask her where she had found it.

That was when Missie told them about the crow's nest and how she had looked inside of it and found the necklace. The crows had found a treasure something that they were well known for.

Trixie called to the rest of her friends and thanked Missie over and over for finding the necklace. As she went home she saw her dad's car pulling into the driveway. She ran up to his car and hugged him as he got out of his car. "Daddy look what Missie , Honey's maid found, my necklace." she told him with a big smile.

As Trixie and her brothers came into the house and showed her mother the necklace. Her mom breathed a sigh of relief and took a look at the locket. The clasp was worn and that was what caused the necklace to fall from Trixie's neck. She would need to bring it to a jeweler and everything would be fine.

As the Belden family sat down to dinner, Trixie smiled. Another mystery solved with the help of a friend. She sat down and ate two meals, she was very hungry now.