Russ thought it must be the middle of the night when he was suddenly awakened by a loud noise. It was a banging sound, as though something heavy had fallen to the floor. Then came a rattle of tin and a splash of water, and the voice of one of the little Bunkers cried:
"Oh, I fell in! I fell in! Somebody get me out!"
CHAPTER XII
UP IN THE ATTIC
Russ leaped out of bed and ran into the hall, where a light was burning. The Bunkers always burned one, turned low.
"Mother! Daddy!" cried Russ. "Come on, quick! The ghost has got one of us! Come quick!"
For a moment no one answered his call, and then he heard, from the room where Mun Bun had been put to sleep, the sound of crying.
"What's the matter?" asked Russ, trying to make his voice sound brave. "Are you hurt, Mun Bun? Or Margy?"
"I—I fell in and I'm all wet," sobbed Mun Bun.