Rusty #1

Rusty and his companions encounter a ghost haunting an old mill, which they discover is actually a trained parrot creating the illusion to scare people away from the location. A criminal named Bill Morgan has been using the mill as a hideout and has hidden stolen Indian artifacts there. After exposing the ghost hoax and capturing Morgan, Rusty and the boys help recover the stolen goods. In a separate subplot, Rusty investigates a small-time crook named Ed Creel who is stealing groceries and discovers Creel's scheme involves using the stolen items to frame another man in a larger criminal plot.