Disturbance on Berry Hill / A Night Run

DISTURBANCE ON BERRY HILL

Berry Hill is an older, well-to-do neighborhood. Most of the seven houses here are occupied by residents who have lived on the hill for many years. Maggie and Sam love it. There is a communal feeling, with everyone dropping by at all hours of the day, no need to lock doors. Then one day while in the bath, Maggie hears someone walking into her bedroom. The person doesn't answer, just walks around touching things, finally breaking a picture frame before leaving. Maggie soon finds that there are other neighbors who have experienced similar intrusions-one person grabbed from behind, a cake pushed off the counter. It's unsettling, but the men don't take it seriously. Until one day a neighbor is found murdered...

A NIGHT RUN

When Waldon hears that the police have arrested Buffy Oliver as a suspect in Mrs. Kavanaugh's brutal slaying, he knows he should do something. Hadn't he seen her running that night? She couldn't possibly have committed the murder-she wasn't there. Even though Martha Mary had reported the news to Mother, the local papers don't mention a thing. Still, the townspeople are talking about it, and Waldon slowly begins to fill with rage. He tries to assure Buffy that he'll tell everyone he saw her on a run that night. But Buffy contradicts him-she hadn't been running. And now Mother is acting peculiar. Is the world going mad? After all, Buffy couldn't have done it ... this is one thing that Waldon knows for sure.