“No, they didn’t!” gasped Jess. “It was a real ghost.”
At that both boys chuckled, and Chet said:
“Aw, say, now, Jess. How could there be a real ghost?”
“Never mind. That’s not the point,” Lance interposed, eagerly. “We want to know what’s become of Laura.”
“So we do,” admitted Chet.
“Was she scared, too?” asked Lance.
“Of course she was. You’d have been——”
“Wouldn’t either!” snapped Lance. “No ghost would ever scare me. Some of the other girls played a trick on you.”
“Of course, that’s it,” said Chet. “But that don’t explain why Laura——”
“That’s it!” interrupted Lance. “Tell us where she is.”