"Fine!" was the cry.
"Hark!" added Shep, a moment later.
"What did you hear?" questioned the others.
"I thought I heard somebody calling. There it goes again. Listen!"
All listened, and from out of the forest behind them came a cry, followed by a blood-curdling laugh. Then they heard as plain as day these words:
"I am dead! He is dead! Who will bury me? I am dead! He is dead! Ha! ha!"
CHAPTER XX
THE MYSTERIOUS VOICE
The four boy hunters were so astonished that for the moment they did not move or speak. The voice seemed to come from the trees behind the camp, and it was so uncanny and ghostlike it made them shiver from head to foot.
"It's th—-the ghost!" whispered Giant at last. "Le—-let's get out of here!" and he started for the shore.