By consulting a time-table the boys found that a train for Railings left at ten minutes after eight in the morning. The distance to the city was thirty-three miles and the run on the country railroad took the best part of an hour and a quarter.
Snap, Whopper and Giant were on hand ten minutes before train time.
They found the doctor's son ahead of them, and he had tickets for all.
"Well, how did you make out at home?" was the question asked by several, and then it was learned that all had had an easy time of it persuading their parents to let them go on the proposed outing to the Windy Mountains.
"My folks told me to beware of ghosts," said Snap with a grin.
"We needn't beware if the ghost turns out to be like that other," answered Giant.
"My folks told me to keep out of trouble especially with Ham Spink's crowd," said Whopper.
"Say, fellows, I reckon you have forgotten something," said Shep.
"Forgotten something?" queried Whopper.
"Exactly."
"What?"