title: The Bayshore Mysteries: The Mystery of Wragg Swamp
author:  Jerrye Sumrall 
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  PART ONE
  
  
  ## CHAPTER ONE
  
  
  ### THE HOUSE OF THE BONE WITCH
  
  
  
  
  
  “Oy, ice-boy! You sure you know where you’re going?”
  
  
  I ignored Robin Goodfel ow as we wove through the gray murk of the wyldwood,
  pushing farther into the soggy swamp known as the Bone Marsh. Mud sucked at my
  footsteps, and water dripped from twisted green trees so covered in moss they
  appeared sheathed in slime. Mist coiled around the exposed roots or pooled in
  sunken areas, hiding what lay beneath, and every so often there was a splash
  in the stil waters farther out, reminding us that we were not alone. As its
  name suggested, bones were scattered throughout the marsh, jutting out of the
  mud, half-hidden in tangles of weeds or shimmering beneath the surface of the
  water, bleached and white. This was a dangerous part of the wyldwood, more so
  than most— not because of the catoblepas and the jabberwocks and other
  monsters that cal ed the dark swamp their home, but because of the resident
  who lived 