“Because—er—I,” stammered Phil.
“Say, you slept the rest of the night through after we woke you that time!” cried Blake.
“Well—er—I guess I did. But so did you fellows!”
“But, you didn’t call us,” objected Jack. “How could we? Say, we’re hot ghost-hunters, we are!”
“I don’t believe there is any such animal,” declared Blake. “Come on, let’s finish up the sandwiches and get back to camp. The girls may have been looking for us, and be worried when they find we’re not home.”
Jack was looking about with a puzzled expression.
“Say, fellows,” he began, “didn’t we have two lanterns with us?”
“We sure did,” answered Phil.
“Well, there’s only one here now, and all those sandwiches are gone.”
“Rats!” exclaimed Blake.