"Tell us what you did see," urged the Professor in a milder tone.
"I—-I was sleeping in—-in there when all at once I woke up——-"
"You thought you did, perhaps," nodded Walter.
"I didn't think anything of the sort. I know I did. Maybe I'd heard something. Well, I woke up and there—-and there——-" Chunky's eyes grew big, he stared wildly across the camp fire as if the terrifying scene were once more before him. "I woke up."
"You have told us that before," reminded Dad, who had joined the group.
"I woke up——-"
"That makes four times you woke up," laughed Ned. "You must, indeed, have had a restless night."
"I woke up——-"
"What again?"
"You wouldn't laugh if you'd seen what I saw" retorted the fat boy, with serious face. "There, right at the entrance of the tent, was a ghost!"