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Nancy Drew and the Secret of Shadow Ranch Hints
What's this paper on the floor?
1 of 6: It's the key to the half-burnt message you took out of the firepit on the first day --
2 of 6: -- but don't get your hopes up.
3 of 6: The message in the firepit translates as follows:
4 of 6: "Will need more supplies if ranch is not soon check book shelf again Dirk might have hidden it right under sheriff nose"
5 of 6: Which doesn't make a whole lot of sense. Maybe all the intelligent and useful information got burnt up already.
6 of 6: But it does confirm that someone at the ranch is communicating with someone hiding here in Dry Creek about Dirk's treasure, and it also implies that the person is someone who knows about the secret cellar. The plot thickens!
