Secret of Haunted Mesa — Phyllis A. Whitney

THE DISAPPEARING ROADRUNNER
was the first thing stolen at the Haunted Mesa Ranch. Jenny Manford and her friend Greg soon stumbled on the culprit…and Indian boy, who tossed Jenny's wooden roadrunner at them and escaped. With her carving back, Jenny didn't want to get the boy in trouble, but when two ceremonial Kachina dolls, and an Indian drum vanished, to be replaced by some roughly carved wood snakes, Jenny knew she needed advice. Enlisting the aid on Senora Consuelo, former owner of the ranch, Jenny set out to find the thief. Yet not until the night when distant drum beats lured Jenny and her friends to the old Indian ruins, did they discover the answer to the riddle -- and the real secret hidden in Haunted Mesa…