The latter however seemed not to be a bit disturbed.
“All the same I’m right,” he asserted with quiet confidence.
“How can you prove it?” demanded Howell defiantly.
“That’s the talk” came from the others. “Prove it, Billy. Put up or shut up.”
“All right,” replied Billy, accepting the challenge. “I know that ghosts walk because I’ve heard them do it!”
CHAPTER V
PUTTING ONE OVER
There was a shout of amazement from the boys in which could be detected an element of unbelief and derision. But there was also a note of awe that was balm to Billy’s soul. Any one who was so familiar with the supernatural was not to be regarded lightly. Billy felt that he had scored a decided hit and swelled out his chest importantly.
“When did you hear them walk?” asked Skeets, looking about him a little apprehensively.
“You’re just kidding,” declared Shiner, stoutly. “I don’t believe a word of it.”
“I think that Billy’s getting us on a string,” affirmed Fred, although his eager eyes showed that he was none too sure of it.