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a shoe,” Cam said. “I just have to look for something. I’ll be right back. I promise.
    “Me, too,” Eric said.
    Cam and Eric went to where the old man had fallen. Eric found a sheet of lined paper. There was some writing on it. He gave it to Cam.

    Cam looked at the paper.
    “‘Milk. Coffee. Orange juice. Toilet paper.’ This is a shopping list.” She put the paper in her pocket. “I’m keeping it as evidence.”
    Then Eric found two copies of Picture News magazine. He showed them to Cam.
    Cam said, “Click,” and looked at a picture she had in her head.
    “These are the ones the man dropped,” Cam said, as she opened her eyes. “And look here.” Cam pointed to a small white rectangle in the corner of one magazine. “Here’s his name and address.”
    “Let me see that,” Eric said.
    Cam gave him the magazines. On the cover of each magazine was a label with the name “Mr. Peter Dowe,” followed by an address.
    “We just have to go to this address,” Cam said, and pointed to the labels. “That’s where we’ll find the old man and the ghost.”

Chapter Eight
    We’re not going to a thief’s house,” Eric said. ”That ghost has a gun! We’re going to the police.”
    Cam and Eric went to the ticket booth. The police officers were there. They were talking with Sally. They asked her if she remembered anything else that might help them catch the thieves.
    Officer Kent was very tall. Cam tugged on his sleeve and said, “I can help. This is the thief.”
    Cam gave Officer Kent one of the Picture News magazines.
    Officer Kent and Officer Feldman looked at the magazine. A picture of the president of the United States was on the cover.
    “You think the president dressed up as a ghost and stole the money!” Officer Kent said. “That’s silly!”
    Officer Feldman told Cam, “I saw him on the news this morning. He’s in Washington.”
    “Not him,” Cam said. She pointed to the white rectangle. “Him!”
    Eric told the police officers about Cam’s amazing memory. Then he told them about the old man, the shopping lists, and the magazines.
    “Maybe these magazines were stolen,” Officer Kent said.
    Officer Feldman said, “And maybe they weren’t. Maybe this thief left us his name and address. Let’s find out.”
    Cam tugged on Officer Kent’s sleeve again.
    “Can we go along?” Cam asked.
    Officer Kent looked at Officer Feldman.
    “Maybe she can help us identify the thieves,” Officer Feldman said.
    Eric said, “Cam has an amazing memory. She’s good at identifying people.”
    Cam and Eric walked with the police officers to their car. Officer Feldman opened the back door. Cam and Eric got in.
    Officer Kent spoke into the car telephone. He told someone at the station where they were going. He asked that other police cars meet them there. Then he turned on the flashing lights.
    Bam! Bam! Bam!
    It was Aunt Molly. She was knocking on the windshield.
    “Let them out! Let them out!” she yelled. “They’re just innocent children!”
    Cam said, “She’s my aunt Molly.”

    Officer Kent opened the back door. “Get in,” he told Aunt Molly.
    “I’m innocent, too,” Aunt Molly said. “I work for an airline.”
    Eric explained to Aunt Molly why they were riding with the police. Aunt Molly smiled and got in.
    “I travel a lot,” Aunt Molly said. “But this is the first time I’ll be traveling in a police car.”
    Officer Feldman turned and said, “Put on your seat belts.”
    Officer Kent drove quickly. He went through red lights. People in other cars moved aside to let them pass.
    As they sped through traffic, Cam and Eric smiled and waved to people they passed.
    Officer Kent stopped the car in front of Peter Dowe’s house. Police officers in three other police cars were already there.
    “You wait here,” Officer Feldman told Cam, Eric, and Aunt Molly. “These thieves might be dangerous.”

Chapter Nine
    Cam, Eric, and Aunt Molly watched the police surround the house. Officer