The Bob-Whites clubhouse is destroyed in a hurricane. The repairs will cost around $50, the exact amount Brian has saved to buy a secondhand jalopy from Mr. Lytell. Brian, being all honorable, donates the $50 to buy the supplies. Trixie can't bear to see him lose out on buying the car, so she convinces her parents she's got a crush on Honey's cousin, Ben Riker, who is coming to stay at the Manor House over Thanksgiving, and wanting to look more feminine to attract his attention, asks for her diamond ring out of the bank safe. Mr. Belden finally, reluctantly, agrees and Trixie gives it to Mr. Lytell for security against his car. The Bob-Whites are going to spend the week being gamekeepers on Mr. Wheeler's estate, and once they earn the $50, she will give it to Mr. Lytell, who will give Brian his car and Trixie back her ring. Easy, right? No, of course not. Her brothers and Jim flat out refuse to believe she'd go for a drip like Ben and give her nothing but grief about it. And of course she now doesn't have the ring to wear when she threw such a huge fuss about having it, so she has to borrow a fake from Honey. While the girls are patrolling the game preserve, they spot evidence of a poacher. Some of the best lines of the whole series are in this book.
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