The Happy Hollisters and the Monster Mystery

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some of their mysteries and they had cleared up some of his too Pete glanced over at the police car and noticed a boy inside Who’s that he asked Officer Cal turned around Come on out Alex he called I want you to meet some friends of mine From the car stepped a boy about Pete’s age He was tall very slender and walked with an easy motion His skin was light brown his black hair closely cropped and he was dressed in dungarees a skivvy shirt and sneakers As he stepped to Officer Cal’s side a wide smile crossed his face This is Alex Kane the policeman said Meet the Hollisters Pete and Ricky shook hands with the boy as did Mr Hollister a tall handsome man Mrs Hollister slender and pretty said Hello Alex Are you Officer Cal’s assistant Sort of Alex replied He sure is Cal Newberry smiled Alex was riding on his bicycle when he saw something very unusual Oh Tell us about it Pam urged Alex said he was pedaling home from a bicycle ride in the State Park when he had a flat tire By the time he had repaired it it had grown dark I was going as fast as I could the boy explained when suddenly I saw kind of a shadowy shape ducking behind these houses here With a sweep of his hand he pointed to the homes located along the 12