Chapter 5 Colorado Sites
Caroline, Hershel Layton's sister, was a very smart girl. She made considerations, hypothesis, and would never turn down a puzzle or a good cup a tea for anything. She had a heart of gold and loved the impossible. What she considered when she went to the professors for help was that he had the same last name as her brothers. Although his last name was pronounced differently. The queen Layton's name is pronounced Liyton. Caroline sighed. "Hershel Layton sir." Caroline said as they four of them walked through the streets of Colorado.
"Yes your highness?" Hershel answered.
"Have you ever met Alex?" She smiled.
"Ah mm….the prince?" Hershel asked.
"Yes the person we are looking for."
"I've seen him," Hershel quickly answered and then added. "Here we are."
"Sure just seen him." Caroline whispered under her breath.
The four of them walked into a huge building. Luke looked up at the sign that hung over the front of the building. "The Denver Art Museum?" Luke read.
"What are we doing here?" Flora asked.
"Research. We have to know what we are looking for…and maybe our brother came in here." Hershel at that moment realized what he just said.
"Hah?" Caroline thought she heard him incorrectly.
"I said that maybe your brother came here a little while back." Hershel corrected him making sure she heard him incorrectly.
"Oh, well, let's go see."
They walked up to the front desk. "Excuse me sir." Hershel said.
"Hello. How can I help you?" The man at the counter asked. He was a skinny little fellow. His voice was like a chipmunk's voice.
Flora and Luke tried to hold in their laugh but it was no use. The two of them held their stomachs as they burst out laughing. "Luke Flora be silent. This is a museum," Professor let out a sigh as the two teens silenced themselves. "We are researching a missing person. I'm wondering if anyone named Alex Layton came by here sometime ago?"
"Hmmm…..Do you have a permanent?" The museum manager asked.
Hershel Layton pulled out an I.D. and showed it to the museum manager. "Oh is it really the famous Hershel Layton from London?"
Luke and Floras mouth dropped. "You've heard him?"
"No….my cousin Claire Foley used to live in London. She told me all about you."
"Your cousin was Claire?" Hershel asked.
"Who's Claire?" Caroline asked.
"Now the person you were looking for had the name Alex Layton? Funny you both have the same last name."
"Well it's just a coincidence." Hershel Layton said.
"Yes here it is…Alex Layton bought a map of the town…..That's all that it says."
"A map of the town?" Hershel Layton stood there for a second thinking. "Was he looking for something like a shop?"
"I'm sorry I don't know."
"Does the computer say the date he came by?" Caroline asked.
"Yes. The date was December 12, 1985." The man said.
"May we have one of those maps? From the year he came."
"Well let me go check in storage." The man left the desk and went into a room.
"What are you getting at Hershel Layton?" Caroline asked.
"I believe Alex may have been searching for um…John your other brother and maybe something else."
"We keep souvenirs of these maps I guess we think we may use them someday. I hope this helps you. Is there anything else I could help you with?"
"No that will be all for now. Thank you kind sir." Hershel Layton took the map and headed out of the museum.
"Where are we headed professor?" Luke asked.
Professor looked at the map that he held in his hands. "We are headed out of town."