Nancy was more than relieved to finish up at the store. When Pa called her he had sounded frantic. But when she arrived she was annoyed to discover that he only wanted her to get rid of some more mice. She swore by the end of this case that she would never want to see another mouse again.

She drove the long way to the spring house, and took the cage to the small shack. To her surprise, there was the divining rod.

"Someone must have been trying to hide it," she deduced. "I should take it back with me."