The next morning, Arden, Sim, and Terry arrived at the library a few minutes before eight. Josie, Eileen, and Mary Louise were already there. Mary Louise saw them first and waved them over.

"Hello! How are you all doing this fine day?" asked Mary Louise with a bright smile.

"Well, considering I had a good night's sleep, just fine," said Terry. "Otherwise, the day's just started, couldn't tell you more than that," she added with a shrug.

Ethel came up at that moment. "Hi girls! How was your night after the party?"

"The bell didn't ring last night," muttered Eileen.

The others looked at her. "What do you mean, the bell didn't ring last night?" asked Arden.

Mary Louise sighed. "We asked Josie to stake out the bell tower last night in the hope that she would get to hear it as well as us possibly finding out who's behind it. But as Eileen noted, nothing happened."

"It's not like I don't believe you, there were too many witnesses for you to have been pulling my leg," said Josie with a scoff.

"I still would have liked it if you had heard it as well," mumbled Eileen as she turned and wheeled herself into the library.

"Plus, I think she wanted to hear the bell again," muttered Mary Louise. "She likes them."

Josie sighed. "Yeah, but if this is someone looking for the treasure, then we'll be sure to hear it again. We just have to find out what the connection is, hence our return here. Someone had to have found something that connects the two."

"Or it's totally unrelated, and we have two mysteries on our hands," said Terry as they followed her into the library.

Josie huffed and lowered her voice. "That is a possibility, in which case we would have to split into two groups. Though, I think finding the treasure is of the highest importance so we can make sure it gets into the right hands."

Arden nodded firmly. "I agree, if it ends up being two mysteries, the bell can wait. It seems like only those in the general area of the bell tower can hear that. Though I am dying with curiosity as to why that is."

Josie glanced back at her with a grin. "Honestly, so am I. Especially since the two legends deal with a ghost or fairies ringing the bell to get people to safety. Of course, you all were far away enough that whoever did it could get away and you couldn't find out if someone was actually ringing the bell, or just playing a tape."

"Or even play a recording on their phone," said Terry with a shrug.

"You know, I hadn't thought of that," said Arden, rubbing her chin.

"I hadn't thought of that either," said Sim, a hint of awe in her voice. "It's certainly something else to be on the lookout for."

Ethel nodded. "Definitely. It would certainly explain why no one else but us heard it."

Josie nodded as she opened the door to one of the study rooms. "Exactly. But then that begs the question, why would it need to be rung if no one else was around to hear it? Unless someone was only playing it because there were people around … but that only makes sense if it occurred every night. So far, it's only happened two nights in a row, and heard by two different groups of people."

"Well one person and the following night a group of people," Arden pointed out, "but yeah, if this was to be a joke, then it would be consistent on who heard it."

Terry chuckled. "Namely Miss Sarah." She gasped as she snapped her fingers. "Maybe she was nearby that night, but none of us saw her!"

Sim crunched up her forehead. "But, we went looking everywhere for the culprit and didn't find anyone else besides Mary Louise and Eileen. Besides, based on how Arden described her, she would have joined us, excited to have witnesses to her experience."

Josie nodded. "Anyone would have been excited to find out they weren't imagining things." She smirked. "I would too, to be honest."

Eileen scoffed, her arms crossed. "No kidding."

"Unless she was playing a recording of bells?" pondered Terry. "And she didn't want to be found out?"

"I think there are still too many factors to consider here. And I do think this library might have a few answers for us. How would you like to split up?" asked Josie. A couple of minutes later, three groups split up to search the library again. Ethel and Sim stayed together, while Arden and Mary Louise teamed up, and Josie went with Terry. Eileen wanted to stay in the study room this time for a bit of alone time.

"Does Eileen do this every time she's disappointed?" Arden whispered to Mary Louise as they were going through the shelves.

"The few times she is really disappointed, yes," Mary Louise whispered back. "The majority of the time, she doesn't let it bother her that much. But Josie's right, she just wanted to hear the bell again. I don't blame her, it is a lovely sound we don't get to hear that often."

Arden gave a quick nod. "That is true. Whenever my family and I would go on road trips, my brother would always point out the churches with the bells in them and wonder if he could run in and ring them from time to time."

"Oh, you have a little brother? What's having a brother like?"

Arden scoffed. "Annoying, irritating, not a moment's peace what with him and all of his friends creating such a ruckus …" She paused as a smile spread on her face. "But he is really sweet and really dotes on our grandmother as much as she dotes on him. He's even begun picking up some of her slang. It's really funny when he says some old thing like Jiminy Cricket or Jehoshaphat, and says it in the exact same way she does." She chuckled. "I guess that doesn't quite sound right, huh? Me complaining about him one moment, the next talking about some of his best qualities." She let out a soft sigh. "I guess I do miss them."

Mary Louise patted her shoulder. "I think it wouldn't sound right to me because I don't have any siblings, but, the way you described it, I think I can understand a bit of it. You care about him, at least."

Arden chuckled. "Yes, at least enough to not want to kill him."

"Oh my, he can get that annoying?" Mary Louise asked. She chuckled softly. "Almost makes me glad to be an only child."

Arden chuckled equally as softly. "Yes, but though siblings can get that annoying, there's no one better to have your back … or to blame should you end up getting in trouble."

"Oh!" Mary Louise clapped a hand over her mouth as she giggled. "I guess that could be a good thing. I hadn't thought of that, to be honest."

Arden snickered. "There's a lot about having a sibling most only children wouldn't think about, seeing as how they've never had the experience. And it's different for different sets of siblings, based mainly on how many there are and the age difference. It's really fascinating."

"Is that why you're going into psychology?"

Arden gave a quick nod as she took a quick glance at a few books. "Yes, it's just one reason, though. I just find people and the way they think quite fascinating. It's one reason why I always liked mysteries and tried to solve as many as I could back home."

Mary Louise's eyes widened. "Oh, you actually solved mysteries back home?"

Arden bobbed her head. "Yup, solved quite a few."

"So this is nothing new to you, then."

Arden chuckled nervously. "Well, I guess not, if you don't include the prospect of fairies."

Mary Louise snorted. "That is a good point, that would certainly add something new to any mystery." She pursed her lips as she pulled out a book. "Though I wonder how those boys did when they found out about mermaids when solving their mystery. Did you hear about that?"

"Who wouldn't have? It's been the talk back home for practically the entire summer. Mermaids! And now here we are, looking up information on a sprite society." Arden glanced between Mary Louise and the books. "Speaking of, have you found anything yet?"

Mary Louise shook her head as she closed the book and placed it back on the shelf. "Nothing so far. They really wanted to make sure this was kept super secret."

"Hmm," said Arden as she peered at the book titles.

"What are you thinking?" asked Mary Louise softly.

"Maybe we shouldn't be looking for anything on the secret society itself or the fairies, as I very highly doubt there would in fact be anything here on the subject. I'm sure Miss Witherspoon would have made absolutely sure of that."

"Then, what should we look for?"

Arden's eyes fell on a certain title. She grabbed it and pulled it out to show Mary Louise. "Maybe more on the Senator. It's his treasure after all. He's got to have left a clue or two somewhere."

Mary Louise let out a soft gasp. "You may be on to something!" She turned to the bookshelves. "Alright senator, here we come!"

The two perused the shelves, looking for anything that had to do with senator John Reeves. They found a few more books before calling it quits and heading back to the study room. The others were already there when they got into the room. There were only a few books on the table, mainly about bells.

Josie raised her eyebrow when Mary Louise and Arden put their books on the table. "Did you clean out the whole library on Senator Reeves?"

Arden shrugged as she sat down. "Don't know, figured there might be a few clues the Senator left behind somewhere, like in passing, or something."

Josie nodded. "Good idea. I hope that didn't mean you stopped looking for anything else."

Arden winced. "I, uh, I did stop looking for everything else but Senator Reeves. Sorry."

"Well I didn't," said Mary Lousie, "but there wasn't anything we could use."

"What's so important about that anyways? This is the second time we've been through the library," pointed out Terry.

Josie chuckled. "You have a point. Well, let's get started. We might need another go through the library, just in case."

The others bobbed their heads. "Right." They each picked up a book and began reading.

Arden had picked up one of the books that she and Mary Louise had found about the Senator and skimmed through it. But during the skimming of one page, two words stuck out at her. She went back to the beginning of the page and reread the words over and over again, just to be sure. But it was true, they were there. This was the clue they needed! At least, based on her experience. "Girls, listen to this!" The others glanced at Arden. "Senator Reeves wrote a few poems!"

"Uh, okay," said Josie slowly before turning back to her book. Sim and Ethel leaned in a little closer.

"But really, listen to them! 'Candy, fruit, and sugar sweet/ Come little friends, for we must meet./ Mushrooms, moon, and a little star/ We come from the college Cedar./ Colored jewels and old lace for a key,/ Bells will ring for the land of fairy.'"

"Colored jewels and old lace for a key?" asked Mary Louise.

"Bells will ring?" said Eileen.

"That sounds rather silly," said Terry.

Josie was looking straight at Arden. "It sounds like it could be a clue."

Arden's eyes sparkled as a smile curved on her face. "Wait until you hear the next one. 'Behind a curtain of green,/ Lies a very special door/ That opens to a garden palace/ with roses carpeting the floor./ Here, in this fairyland,/ We'll dance away the night/ And our treasure will be revealed/ By a cascade of pale moonlight.'"

"That sounds a little more romantic than the first one," said Terry.

"But it's got to be talking about his treasure for sure," said Sim.

"So the first poem gets us the key, and the second one tells us where the treasure is?" asked Ethel.

"That certainly looks like it," said Josie. "But while the second one seems easier, it might be a while before we find this secret door. We don't know where this green curtain is."

"No, we don't, but there's someone who might," said Arden, sitting back in her chair and crossing her arms.

"Who?"

Arden glanced at Sim and Terry. "It looks like it's time we had a talk with Tom Scott."

(Author's Note: Hello rosy readers! Oooh, so there's more that's been found! What do you think those poems mean? And what was the librarian trying to keep them from finding? Could it be this? Also, forgot to mention it in my note last time, but it seems there's a bit of romance in the air! And it looks like a few people have their favorite couples lined up. But will they get together is the question of the hour, isn't it? Hope you're liking this so far! Thanks for reading and have a great day! God bless!)