“Oh, boy, that was the best thing I’ve seen in a long time!” laughed Ted, brushing the tears out of his eyes. “The way that first ghost lit out for the woods was a sight I wouldn’t have wanted to miss!”
“And the other fellow snatching his night shirt off of him was another high spot!” chuckled Buck. “But that little drama knocks our theory into a cocked hat.”
“You mean about these fellows working together?” questioned Ted.
“Sure. We thought that they were partners, but each one of them must have something in mind and they have been working alternately on us. Certainly if they knew each other they wouldn’t have acted like that when their ghosts met each other!”
“They certainly did shrink up at the first sight of each other!” grinned Drummer.
“I guess you are right about the fact that they don’t know each other,” Ted agreed. “But if that second fellow ever gets his hands on the first ghost they’ll know each other!”
“That was a case of professional jealousy!” said Buck. “I have a feeling that we’ll never be bothered with them again.”
“That is hard to tell,” was Ted’s opinion. “We’ll have to await events and see.”
They watched the woods for a long time, hoping to see some trace of the figures in white, but they were unrewarded. Long after their usual hour they remained around the replenished fires, talking and laughing over the ghost chase.
“Well, we’re still a long way from knowing what they are hanging around here for,” Buck said as they finally turned in.