"Yah. Didn't we just hear der ghostes yell mit der outside?" said Carl, who had been thrust away from his clutch on Bud, and was standing in the middle of the floor, trembling like one with the ague.
"Ha, ha!" laughed Ted. "Ghost, eh? It was me calling to the cattle, and sending them back from the line."
"Yah, aber I seen mit mine own eyes der green ones oof der ghost up in dot corner, und heart him on der roof."
"Come outside, and I'll show you the footprints of the ghost," said Ted, leading the way.
Out in the snow by the side of the cabin Ted showed them several tracks, something like a small hand, which ended at the wall of the cabin.
"That's where the ghost went up," said Ted. "Let's climb the wall, and see what is on the roof."
It was easy climbing up the log wall, for there were plenty of footholds.
When they were high enough to look over the edge of the roof, Bud gave an exclamation of surprise, and then burst out laughing, in which Ted joined.
But Carl could not see the joke.
"It's a vild cat," he shouted, scrambling to the ground.