“Gosh, fellows, it looks as if that deer bashed up our planes and then made off with Margie and Lucy.” “How could he do that?” Teddy inquired. “Well, by jumping up and down on the planes, he could easily bash them to bits.” “There’d be some pieces left,” Dick argued. “Yes, I guess there would be unless the deer ate them,” Joe had to admit. 46 “And how do you figure the deer took the girls away?” asked Teddy. 46 “On his back, maybe,” declared Joe. “He was a pretty big deer, and he acted sort of savage. I’m sure that’s what happened. The deer broke our toy planes. Then the girls came along and the deer rushed at them, tossed them over his head with his horns and—” “And, I suppose,” laughed Teddy, “Margie and Lucy landed on the deer’s back and went hitch-hiking.” “Well, I guess that couldn’t exactly happen,” replied Joe with a funny little smile. “But something has happened, all right. Model airplanes don’t disappear and deer don’t suddenly appear and sisters don’t vanish after they cry for help—not unless something has happened.” “This sure is a mystery, fellows!” Teddy exclaimed. “Isn’t it queer how I always seem to get mixed up in a mystery? First it was a dog and then a monkey and now—” 47 “The way it looks to me,” interrupted Joe, “is that you have all the mystery fun, Teddy.” 47 “That’s right!” chimed in Joe. “We hardly ever get a chance.” “Say, look here!” cried Teddy. “That’s right. But you fellows are going to be in on this mystery. How about forming a Mystery Club? Just us three?” “Swell!” exclaimed Joe. “All right,” went on Teddy. “Then the Deer Mystery Club is hereby formed. What’s the first order of business?” “I think,” said Joe, “we ought to notify the police that our toy planes are missing.”
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