waved to her best friend, Lisa Kerry, as the train

to Arizona pulled out of the station.

Lisa s lips formed the words "Come as soon

as you can!" as she was carried out of Annette s

sight, and Annette nodded and smiled.

But Annette wasn t smiling so happily when

the train had disappeared beyond the railroad

yard, and she had climbed into her neat little

white sports car, nicknamed the Monster, to

drive home. She had planned to be on that train

with Lisa, and now she wasn t sure just when she

and her Aunt Lila would be able to accept Lisa s

mother s invitation to come to Pine Mesa for a

summer visit.

The two gifts had enjoyed an exciting time at

Lisa s desert home during the Easter holidays,

and had planned ever since to stait the long