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Speaker 1: listening to maxim Miles. This is chapter one Hastings Happy,
Speaker 1: Happy Monday. We're almost their most The annual Hastings Harvest
Speaker 1: Festival is a mere week away, and what a festival
Speaker 1: it's going to be. This is the big one, the
Speaker 1: Big five, almost as old as me and I won't
Speaker 1: be the only piece of Hastings history there. We've honored
Speaker 1: the original then from nine and we'll be hanging it
Speaker 1: over the town square. Which brings me to a grim
Speaker 1: bit of mayoral business that I have to address this morning.
Speaker 1: We discovered kind of get a bit close, aren't we.
Speaker 1: If I leave in the next two minutes, I'll be fine.
Speaker 1: I guess I'm making these eggs for no one then, sorry, Joe,
Speaker 1: just take an apple or something at least, So, did
Speaker 1: you sleep past your alarm? No? I was up early
Speaker 1: working on the first quarterly for Environmental Club. Oh Hey,
Speaker 1: you got more kids to join? Well no, not not exactly. Well,
Speaker 1: then it's a dumb rule. I don't see why you
Speaker 1: need ten students to sign up in order to make
Speaker 1: a club. It's not my fault. No one else cares
Speaker 1: about the environment. Principle Jennings can't stop me from distributing
Speaker 1: important literature about the climate just because I don't have
Speaker 1: an actual club. Maxie know, I know, don't harass the Principle.
Speaker 1: You're not going to get any calls from him this year,
Speaker 1: I promise good. You know most people get calls from
Speaker 1: the Principle because their kids are in trouble. You should
Speaker 1: be proud of me. I am proud of you, Max,
Speaker 1: But your poor middle school principal when entirely gray in
Speaker 1: three years coincidence, and you've got a fresh start with
Speaker 1: this one exactly. And he's already coming around to my
Speaker 1: way of thinking. I just know it. He's just used
Speaker 1: to being caught up in soccer and whatever the archers want.
Speaker 1: That never mind, it's fine. I'm not going to get
Speaker 1: caught up in Hastings high politics. I'm going to focus
Speaker 1: on what really matters. You'll be home for dinner tonight.
Speaker 1: I'm going to the library after school, but I'll be
Speaker 1: home after And are you going to be doing your
Speaker 1: homework or spending time on the internet. I can do
Speaker 1: research on the internet. It counts as schoolwork. I don't
Speaker 1: know about that, Joe. It's nineteen. One of these days
Speaker 1: you're going to have to learn how to use the internet.
Speaker 1: I gotta good you too, Oh, Principal Jennings, Can I
Speaker 1: come by later to talk about the environmental club? Now
Speaker 1: is not a good time, Maxcine. I know that's why
Speaker 1: I said later, get to class, Maxine. I've still got
Speaker 1: five minutes. Did you hear that? Principal Jennings is a
Speaker 1: great shirker of responsibility, still giving you crap about environmental club.
Speaker 1: It's a stupid rule. You know. If you said you
Speaker 1: were going to join, I bet I could get ten
Speaker 1: people to sign up before home room. Listen. I care
Speaker 1: about the environment too, you know I do. But between
Speaker 1: the school paper and the fact that my dad still
Speaker 1: pushing in after school job at the quarry, I just
Speaker 1: don't have time for anything else. Jennings is gonna come
Speaker 1: around eventually. I know you will. You've got that right.
Speaker 1: He has to listen to me about this or what
Speaker 1: You're going to annoy him to death? Shut up? Ross.
Speaker 1: I was talking to Riley, so did you guys hear?
Speaker 1: I was just about to tell her what what happened?
Speaker 1: Someone spray painted the town square? What? Yeah, with all
Speaker 1: this anti Hasting stuff, Hastings as hell, wasting way and
Speaker 1: Hastings the Archers are assholes. Yeah, there were a couple
Speaker 1: of specific Archer ones. Ransom Archer is a liar? Whoa
Speaker 1: what that one was actually on the Atticus Archer statue.
Speaker 1: Someone's clearly got a beef. Are you guys talking about
Speaker 1: the graffiti? Oh? Hey, theo Hey what? I don't get
Speaker 1: a hello? Hi, Jenna. Can you guys believe that something
Speaker 1: exciting actually happened in Hastings? Nowhere yet? But apparently the
Speaker 1: mayor is pissed? I mean, are you surprised? How has
Speaker 1: been mayor for like a thousand years and nothing like
Speaker 1: this has ever happened before. Do you think they're going
Speaker 1: to cancel the Harvest festival and miss a chance to
Speaker 1: go on and on about how Hastings is the backbone
Speaker 1: of Americana? I doubt it. Some of us actually like
Speaker 1: the festival, Ross, Maybe those of us still living in
Speaker 1: the sixth grade. Come on, none of you were planning
Speaker 1: on going and do what a hay ride Bob for apples?
Speaker 1: I mean there's lots of stuff. The bookstore always does
Speaker 1: have priced books. THEO. You like that kind of thing, right?
Speaker 1: Oh um? I mean we are kind of too old
Speaker 1: for most of this stuff now right, I'll probably be
Speaker 1: going Max. Maybe we can meet up. Yeah, yeah, that'd
Speaker 1: be nice. Thanks Riley, Riley, are you coming? Ye? See
Speaker 1: you guys? By THEO? By? What do you want? Teller? Nothing?
Speaker 1: Just surprised you didn't have a million questions about the graffiti.
Speaker 1: What are you talking about? Seems like you're kind of thing.
Speaker 1: What makes you think you know what my kind of
Speaker 1: thing is? We've been next door neighbors since we were
Speaker 1: two in Locker neighbors since the sixth grade. I think
Speaker 1: I know you're pretty well at this point, and I
Speaker 1: know you love sticking your nose in town business. Physical
Speaker 1: proximity doesn't automatically equal emotional closeness. But I'm right, aren't I?
Speaker 1: By Ross, I heard they've already got a cleaning crew
Speaker 1: on it, So if you want to get a good
Speaker 1: look at it, you should go right after school? Whatever? Ross,
Speaker 1: how long is this going to take I need this
Speaker 1: cleaned up now. We told you, Mr Roger, we gotta
Speaker 1: get to the roads and the wall first, then we'll
Speaker 1: get to the statue. This is my great grandfather right here.
Speaker 1: Do you realize how long my family has been in
Speaker 1: this town. We built Hastings and Mayor Hall is in
Speaker 1: charge of Hastings and he wants the roads cleaned up first. Hey,
Speaker 1: how long have you guys been cleaning this place up?
Speaker 1: Since this morning? There was that much? Or they're working
Speaker 1: extremely slowly? There was that much? Was it all anti Hastings,
Speaker 1: all in the same handwriting? I don't know, kid, I
Speaker 1: wasn't taking notes. Oh I see it's Max right, um, yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: you're that kid that likes solving little mysteries and stuff. Right,
Speaker 1: I've been known to help out. I'll give you twenty
Speaker 1: bucks if you can find out who vandalized our statue.
Speaker 1: That's okay, I don't want your money. What why? What
Speaker 1: time did you get into town this morning? Mr Archer? What?
Speaker 1: Oh about? And all of this was already here right?
Speaker 1: Obviously Hal apparently discovered it this morning on his usual
Speaker 1: six am power walk. Did you notice it when you
Speaker 1: left the tavern? Last night. How do you know I
Speaker 1: was in the tavern? Were you? Yes? No, it wasn't there,
Speaker 1: or at least if it was, I didn't notice it.
Speaker 1: And what time was that? Eleven thirty or so? I
Speaker 1: thought the tavern closed at eleven on weeknights. When your
Speaker 1: name is on it, it closes whenever you want, right,
Speaker 1: and the message it seems up pointed. Yeah, I'll say,
Speaker 1: can you think of anyone who might want to call
Speaker 1: you a liar? Publicly? Very publicly? Whoever they are, they'll
Speaker 1: have to contend with my lawyer. Yeah, you figure out
Speaker 1: who did it? Yet? Why does everyone automatically assume I'm
Speaker 1: trying to figure out who did it? No, not yet.
Speaker 1: I want to help me ask around town. Can't I've
Speaker 1: got to go to the mayor's office. Could you tell
Speaker 1: him to speed up his cleaning crew. Sure, I'll get
Speaker 1: right on that. I don't get smart with me. I
Speaker 1: was come on, seriously, you're gonna do the planters before
Speaker 1: the statue? Okay, I guess that's the end of our conversation.
Speaker 1: That guy is such a dick. Riley, what you're going
Speaker 1: to disagree? He was being sort of helpful. At least
Speaker 1: I know that the vandals did this after before six am.
Speaker 1: Really tight window there, Max, It's a start. Why are
Speaker 1: you going to the Mayor's office? Um, just an interview
Speaker 1: for the paper. You're doing a piece on mayor how No,
Speaker 1: just general town stuff. The new mining project, the fiftieth festival,
Speaker 1: the new innkeeper. Oh yeah, I heard about that. I
Speaker 1: can't believe someone actually bought that place. Apparently she's from
Speaker 1: New York, like the city. That's what I've heard. Wow,
Speaker 1: that is so cool. One d years. That's all old.
Speaker 1: The statue is if my father sees this will all
Speaker 1: be a deep ship. I can't believe that that is
Speaker 1: the guy who's going to inherit half this town. Maybe
Speaker 1: he's not as bad as as what he seems his
Speaker 1: dad as the way he's always behaved. Okay, fair point. Sorry,
Speaker 1: I don't mean to. It's it's just frustrating. You know,
Speaker 1: the Archers care so much about their stupid family legacy.
Speaker 1: The Archer line that stuff just isn't important. Family is
Speaker 1: what you make it, not who you share DNA or
Speaker 1: last name with. Are you okay, Riley? Yeah? Sorry, I'm fine.
Speaker 1: Just sick of this place. I get that. You what
Speaker 1: come on, Max? You love Hastings. It has its charms.
Speaker 1: Only you could be looking at anti town graffiti and
Speaker 1: complimenting the town at the same time. You really always
Speaker 1: see the best in things, don't you. You say that
Speaker 1: like it's a bad thing. I gotta get going. Good
Speaker 1: luck with your interview and good luck with your mystery. Thanks,
Speaker 1: see you tomorrow. Hey, Max, don't ask me how I
Speaker 1: know this, but the graffiti wasn't here at one am.
Speaker 1: Might help you tighten that window. Wait what Riley? See you?
Speaker 1: Nancy Drew? Excuse me? Do you have any books on
Speaker 1: the history of the area. Yes, that shelf back there
Speaker 1: is our Hastings history section, mostly old newspapers and pampus
Speaker 1: from town events, though there are a few books in
Speaker 1: the mining industry in the Archer family, one of the
Speaker 1: founding families of the town. Oh great, thank you, that's
Speaker 1: very helpful. Do you have any maps, old maps especially,
Speaker 1: it would be helpful. Maps won't help you learn the
Speaker 1: place very well. Now. We may not be on the
Speaker 1: cutting edge, but Hastings has changed through the years. Oh
Speaker 1: it's um. I just moved into the old inn and
Speaker 1: I'd love to get my hands on the original blueprints
Speaker 1: if I could even what the street used to look
Speaker 1: like would be a great help. You're the new owner
Speaker 1: of the maple Thorpe and yes, Alana Honeywell, nice to
Speaker 1: make your acquaintance. It's delight for the meet miss Honeywell.
Speaker 1: That's a great property. It is. You can find blueprints
Speaker 1: at city Hall. I'm sorry. If you're looking for old
Speaker 1: blueprints of the Maplethorpe, they'll have them at city Hall.
Speaker 1: I'm sure may Or how would be happy to help
Speaker 1: you personally. He's a really nice guy and he loves
Speaker 1: of all that town history stuff. Well, thank you, yes,
Speaker 1: thank you, Maxine. This is Maxine Miles, one of our
Speaker 1: more precocious residents. That's a new one. It's lovely to
Speaker 1: meet you, Maxine Miles. I'm Alana Honeywell. You're from New York.
Speaker 1: I am how did you know? As I said, precocious.
Speaker 1: It's a small town and I've lived here my whole life,
Speaker 1: so I see. Well, Maxine Miles, it is extra lovely
Speaker 1: to meet you. Then. I've only been here about twelve hours,
Speaker 1: but I've gotten the distinct impression that I'm the first
Speaker 1: new person in Hastings in a million years. Something like that.
Speaker 1: I could very much use a guide one Hastings, New
Speaker 1: Hampshire Guide at your service. You've only been here twelve
Speaker 1: hours something like that. I got in late last night.
Speaker 1: The inn is right on the town square, Yes it is.
Speaker 1: Do you mind if I ask you a couple of questions.
Speaker 1: I'm Hume in the kitchen. Hey, can I have dinner
Speaker 1: in my room? Well? Hello to you too. Why are
Speaker 1: you Are you feeling okay? Oh? Yeah, I'm fine. I
Speaker 1: just have a lot of work to do. You can't
Speaker 1: take half an hour to eat dinner at the table.
Speaker 1: Did you hear about the graffiti in the town square. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I saw it on my way into work this morning.
Speaker 1: Mayor Howse said he might delay the festival if they
Speaker 1: can't figure out who did it. So let me guess
Speaker 1: you're going to figure it out. We think about it.
Speaker 1: It was almost certainly a high schooler, I mean, pretty
Speaker 1: juvenile prank, right, So they probably used spray paint taken
Speaker 1: either from the theater department or the mines, which narrows
Speaker 1: things down considerably. Based on the interviews I've conducted, the
Speaker 1: graffiti was most likely sprayed between one am and five am,
Speaker 1: which means that it's probably someone who lives in a
Speaker 1: short walking distance to town or has a call are,
Speaker 1: because who's going to walk a mile in the middle
Speaker 1: of the night, in the middle of October to just
Speaker 1: spray paint some rude phrases that they must have known
Speaker 1: would have been power washed away in a second. Plus,
Speaker 1: Miss Honnee Well said she saw two people in town
Speaker 1: Square last night around midnight, one of them wearing what
Speaker 1: she thinks might have been a letterman jacket, though she's
Speaker 1: not sure because obviously she doesn't know what our school
Speaker 1: colors are yet. But if she is right, then I
Speaker 1: would bet my life that one of those people was
Speaker 1: Cody Thompson, who lives right off of Main Street and
Speaker 1: whose brothers started working in the quarry last month. I mean,
Speaker 1: some of the graffiti looked like the same color as
Speaker 1: the stuff they used to make the markings for the
Speaker 1: detonation spots. Now I can't be sure, because by the
Speaker 1: time I got to town Square half of it was
Speaker 1: already washed away. And I don't know who the second
Speaker 1: person is yet, but I'm close, and I think if
Speaker 1: I just spent some time looking through the yearbook, I'll
Speaker 1: be able to piece together how on Earth It's been
Speaker 1: a very productive day who's miss Honeywell, she's bought the
Speaker 1: old Maplethorpe in She just got to town yesterday from
Speaker 1: New York City. I met her at the library this afternoon.
Speaker 1: She's beautiful and smart and way too cool to be
Speaker 1: in Hastings, of all places. I didn't even realize that
Speaker 1: old place was even on the market. I guess someone
Speaker 1: in her family knew Mrs Maplethorpe. I think it was
Speaker 1: one of those private deals. I don't know. Anyway, You
Speaker 1: see now how much work I have to do, so
Speaker 1: if you don't mind, Oh, come on, Max, the Combs
Speaker 1: are coming for dinner. I at least like what. Well, yeah,
Speaker 1: Walt and I set it up when we were playing
Speaker 1: cards last weekend, and THEO Combs is coming here tonight.
Speaker 1: I thought you liked THEO. What who told you that? No?
Speaker 1: I don't. I don't like THEO. Wait? What He's not
Speaker 1: a bully? Is he? Because not that I'd expect that
Speaker 1: from Walt's kid, but I hear that's a real problem
Speaker 1: in schools these days. What. No, THEO is not a bully.
Speaker 1: He's he's really kind and smart, and he's sensitive and
Speaker 1: he's got Oh I see you like THEO. What No,
Speaker 1: that's great, Like I knew he was a good kid.
Speaker 1: Oh my god, I'm not. You can't. I do not
Speaker 1: like THEO. It's okay, I won't. I won't. I won't
Speaker 1: tell um though. You know, if you two wanted to
Speaker 1: go and get some hot chocolate after dinner, that would
Speaker 1: be okay with me. You're almost fifteen and freakishly responsible
Speaker 1: as long as you aren't gonna well park anywhere. I
Speaker 1: am going to sink into the ground and die if
Speaker 1: you don't stop talking right now, right right now, okay,
Speaker 1: and I'll stay out of it. Oh that must be them.
Speaker 1: I should open the wine, Max, Can you get the door? What? No?
Speaker 1: I have to I can't, So THEO. How's your freshman
Speaker 1: year going? It's going okay, Thanks for asking, Mr Miles.
Speaker 1: You can just call me Joe. Right. You're enjoying your schoolwork. Yeah.
Speaker 1: We're doing Frankenstein in English right now. So that's pretty cool.
Speaker 1: Oh I love that book. Max. You didn't mention you
Speaker 1: were doing Frankenstein. Oh yeah, we started it last week.
Speaker 1: It's okay. Not a fan of horror, Maxine, No, it's
Speaker 1: not that well. Max isn't the biggest reader in the world. What, No,
Speaker 1: that's not true. I feel like every other time I
Speaker 1: see you, you've got your nose buried in some book.
Speaker 1: I do. I mean I like reading, of course, you do. You.
Speaker 1: I just meant that Maxine reads a lot of nonfiction,
Speaker 1: a little SCHOLARO. Fiction is all that THEO reads. Yeah,
Speaker 1: pretty much any kind of literature, novels, poetry, whatever, Yeah,
Speaker 1: me too, I love all that stuff. Really, max, I
Speaker 1: didn't think you liked poetry. Yeah, I've read it all
Speaker 1: the time. Really, who's your favorite poet? Uh? Hemingway. I
Speaker 1: don't think I even knew that Hemingway wrote poetry. Yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: he wrote some stuff. Well, I mean, obviously he's most
Speaker 1: famous for his his his novels. Write his novels, But
Speaker 1: his poetry, it's it's good, cool, cool cool. I'll have
Speaker 1: to check that out, Yeah, for sure. So well. Any
Speaker 1: news on the graffiti artists. Nothing yet. The mayor is
Speaker 1: awfully worried about it happening again, but I told him
Speaker 1: it's probably just some kids blowing off steam, not a
Speaker 1: criminal mastermind. I doubt it. Still, I'm sure we'll track
Speaker 1: them down in time for them to volunteer at the
Speaker 1: Harvest Festival. I would have left the graffiti up until
Speaker 1: those responsible could clean it up themselves. But you know how,
Speaker 1: I think Max has some theories about who might have
Speaker 1: done it in the right kiddo, What No, I don't.
Speaker 1: That's right, our resident amateur sleuth. You're still into that stuff, Max,
Speaker 1: the like Harriet the spy stuff. Oh no, no, definitely not.
Speaker 1: I just heard some things when I was in town today,
Speaker 1: that's all. While I was on my way to the
Speaker 1: library to see what new books they had. I need
Speaker 1: some new reading. Of course, I've got to homework. I've
Speaker 1: got to do homework. Wait. Max, thanks for dinner, Joe.
Speaker 1: It was good seeing you. Mr Colmes a sheriff. Sir
Speaker 1: theo so damn stupid? What's stupid? Not now, teller rough night,
Speaker 1: I said, not now. My night was spent convincing Mr
Speaker 1: Beatie that I wasn't the one who stole his garden home,
Speaker 1: which was not successful because I'm pretty sure Ansell stole
Speaker 1: it and put it in our shed. Isn't Ansel like seven? Oh?
Speaker 1: And already the anti Christ? Yes, I thought Charlotte was
Speaker 1: the Antichrist. All of them spawns of Satan. They're your siblings.
Speaker 1: Wouldn't that make you spawn of Satan to Mr Beady
Speaker 1: Shore seems to think so, Well, maybe if you weren't
Speaker 1: so rude to him all the time. He's creepy. You
Speaker 1: have us is the buffer zone between your house and his.
Speaker 1: You don't realize how creepy he is. He's a lonely
Speaker 1: old man. Ross pick on someone else. I don't pick
Speaker 1: on Mr Beati. I so what's going on with you?
Speaker 1: Did I see the columbs leave earlier? Yeah? They were
Speaker 1: here for dinner? Do you what? No? Why does everyone
Speaker 1: think that? I don't know. No one's that quiet without
Speaker 1: some kind of ulterior motive. You don't always have to
Speaker 1: see the worst in people, Teller, and you don't always
Speaker 1: have to have blinders on about everyone. Miles. I don't,
Speaker 1: after all. I see you for who you are, right whatever? Yeah, see,
Speaker 1: it's school tomorrow. I guess have you seen Riley today?
Speaker 1: Good morning, Jenna, So senior locker mate recently, I don't know,
Speaker 1: vandalized any beloved town landmarks recently? What Cody Thompson is
Speaker 1: your boyfriend? Right? I have it on good authority that
Speaker 1: he was one of the people in the town square
Speaker 1: the other night, and there was someone else with him,
Speaker 1: and you weren't wearing nail polish yesterday, even though you
Speaker 1: always wear nail polish, which suggests to me you had
Speaker 1: to use remover on your hands, maybe to get off
Speaker 1: some spray paint. God, you think that you're so smart,
Speaker 1: don't you, Maxine, always putting together a little clues and
Speaker 1: mapping out timelines. Here's a timeline for you. Cody and
Speaker 1: I broke up at the beginning of the summer, and
Speaker 1: I didn't have nail polish on yesterday because I got
Speaker 1: a manicure with my sister after school. See, you could
Speaker 1: have just asked me, max you don't always need to
Speaker 1: prove that you're better than everyone else. No, that's not
Speaker 1: what students. Please rewards to the auditorium for an emergency
Speaker 1: assembl All students to the auditorium. What's that about? Whatever
Speaker 1: it is, I doubt it's good. Why do you assume
Speaker 1: it's bad. The sheriff just walked in. Settle down, a lease,
Speaker 1: settle down. We'll give you back to class in a moment.
Speaker 1: But Jeff Colmes is here with a very important announcement.
Speaker 1: Good afternoon, students. We've got ourselves a bit of a situation.
Speaker 1: Here is he actually going to call someone out for
Speaker 1: vandalism in front of the whole school. Sh Now, this
Speaker 1: is a serious matter, so I need everyone to pay
Speaker 1: very close attention. About an hour ago, we discovered that
Speaker 1: Riley Stevens has gone missing. Maxie Miles was created by
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Speaker 1: and Imhart Radio. This episode was written and directed by
Speaker 1: Lauren Shippen. Dialogue, editing and sound designed by Morrissy Ewing
Speaker 1: Hemlock Creek Productions, with editing assistance from Laurian Davis. It
Speaker 1: featured Jordan Cobb as Maxie Miles, Mixa Follow as Ross
Speaker 1: teller A, Shanny cannon Car as Jenna Ambrose, Morgan el
Speaker 1: Garton asco Combs, Michael Smallwood as Uncle Joe, Sean Jane
Speaker 1: as Sheriff Combs, Josh Robino as Mayor how Andrew Nook
Speaker 1: as Ransom Archer, Jacqueline Landgraph as a lot of Honeywell Pacific,
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Speaker 1: Shippen as librarian, with Griggan Snow as Riley Stephens. Original
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