Mary's Little Lamb

A lunatic has escaped from an asylum, one who had never been allowed to attend the public school of a mountain village in the Washington Cascades. The teacher of the school has disappeared-just vanished without a trace. Two retired university professors have been killed at their doorstep by an ax murderer-and their daughter, Mary, has been hired to replace the missing teacher. The town minister has psychic visions that she will be killed,too,and to save her the school must remain closed. Although she will never admit it, Mary has nightmares that tell her the same thing. She is as determined to teach as the minister is as determined she not do it and the school remain closed. There are many paths to the sacred. One of them Mary sees as the school she is so determined to open. But the school is haunted. The school is menaced. But Mary does believe in magic. The magic is in a simple life-the most loving of creators speaks within every dawn. She wants to be a teacher and share in the joy of sharing in the awakening of the mind as a path beyond limits. She wants to show students the meadow beyond the window sill where belief in magic becomes real. Mary is also a romantic. She dreams of a true love and meets him. She also meets the ax murderer.