"You will be if I tell you more about that—that thing," Ruth said. She said it jokingly, and Tyke turned away, going over to where Captain Hamilton was still at work.
"It must have been the spirit of the old pirate come back to guard his hoard," Drew said lightly.
Ruth looked at him very oddly.
"What do you think?" she whispered, when Tyke was out of hearing. "Why should the ghost of Ramon Alvarez look so much like Mr. Parmalee?"
Drew paled, and then flushed.
"Do you mean that, Ruth?" he asked, and he could not keep his voice from trembling.
"Yes," she said. Then she flashed him a sudden smile. "Of course, it was merely an hallucination. But, 'if I was superstitious——'" and she quoted Tyke with a look which she tried to make merry.