"No kid that's afraid could live in Moon Valley. He'd be scared to death in a week."
"Are there ghosts there?"
"There are no such things as ghosts. Bet you never saw one yourself."
"No, I never did. But all the folks around here say there is ghosts in that house."
"Well, say there are, they wouldn't come out in the daytime, would they?"
"I reckon not. Gee, I'll come in."
The boy disappeared like a flash, and in a few moments Ted heard the front door open, then a scream.
"I'll bet he's found the dead man," said Ted, aloud, in a tone of annoyance. "That's just my luck."
The door slammed, and all was silent. The boy evidently had run away, and Ted was left alone in the house with the dead man.
Once more darkness descended upon the earth, and Ted took up another hole in his belt, and tried to believe that he was not hungry.