"Sultan. You seem to know something about me."
"You bet. Well, maybe you're all right, but what are you doing here? I always thought you stayed out West—away out West."
"Usually I do."
"Then what are you doing in the haunted house?"
"Is this a haunted house?"
"You bet. There was a feller killed there once, and nobody will live in it no more."
"Honest, now, what is your name?"
"My name's— Say, are you sure enough Ted Strong?"
"Certainly I am."
The boy came closer, looking at Ted fixedly.