DARK and DASTARDLY DEADLY DEEDS By Dr. Sydney J. Smart "Heads up, the sky is falling!" No, it wasn't a little chicken that was attempting to warn the folks who had accompanied him into the dark but you will have to read the book "Dastardly Deeds' if you have a hankerin' to find out who did yell it out. This book, the fourth in the Thrift- Store Mysteries, stars two of our intrepid volunteers from the thrift store in Paradise Valley - Charity Sue and Miz Emma. In its pages you will accompany the two on yet another adventure, still seeking the elusive Confederate gold once belonging to Charity Sue's kin in Widder's Holler. You will find the answers to many questions left unanswered in "Charity Sue," such as is the gold still in existence or had it been pilfered and spent by person or persons unknown over the years? This tale takes us to the Appalachian Mountain chain in West Virginia to the holler and the small town Charity Sue calls home. You will learn something about the way of life in the Appalachians of West Virginia, where coal was important but not essential to life. You will learn about Pottsville, Pennsylvania, the home of Uncle Otis and about Centralia, the town that, according to some, is no more...the ultimate ghost town, where coal was king and survival was brought out of the darkness of the earth in the form of rocks so black that, at times, they shined like obsidian, both materials formed during times of severe trauma to the earth. And last but not least - you will be able to answer the question, "what on earth is up with Charity Sue's ma' and pa'?" It is my fervent hope that you pick up this volume of the Thrift-Store Mysteries and read it with joy because it is my belief that reading should be "just for fun'. I know the more you get to know the ladies of Paradise Valley, the more convinced you will be that we are all brothers and sisters, hand in hand, together