OK, I think this is the longest Jack and Annie stayed while time traveling, even though time doesn’t pass at all back at home. It’s the next morning now.
So Slim’s dropping them off back in town on the way to sell the horses himself.
OK, so, Annie’s convincing Slim to finish writing his book instead of selling horses.
And they’re letting the horses go now.
So the riddle was about an echo in the canyon. I was thinking wind.
Where’s Blue Canyon? (Also, I’ve played the Nancy Drew games so many times, I keep wanting to call it Blue Moon Canyon.)
And now the horses are all OK.
And the ghost that was using the player piano and helped Jack escape the rustlers was Lonesome Luke.
Apparently Luke kinda lost it with grief after his girlfriend left him because living out west was too hard for her.
OK, so Jack was so tired he didn’t get to finish his notes or take off the cowboy boots that were hurting his feet so much before he passed out from being exhausted.
OK, so this is the guy who initially herded the mustangs, and the rustlers stole all the horses.
So, this dude’s called Slim, and he decided Jack’s Shorty and Annie’s Smiley.
“How’d you two get here?” “Uh… a stagecoach… that we accidentally told to go to the wrong place…”
Sure, Jack, confronting the rustlers could be dangerous, but this is a kids’ book. Nothing bad’ll happen to you guys. Listen to Annie. That’s how you’ll find the riddle answer.
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