"I suppose Belle will say we had a bandit," remarked Cora, with a laugh, "but to tell the truth, Bess, I did not like the fellow's looks." She closed the engine bonnet and hurried to the sidewalk.
"Neither did I," replied Bess, "but it never does to let Belle know how we feel. She is so nervous!"
"I'm glad the boys are here," finished Cora.
"Oh, I'm always glad when they are here," confessed Bess, stepping up beside Cora, as the two waited for Belle and the young men to come up the gravel walk.
"Hello, there!" saluted Jack. "More haunted house?"
"No, only more haunts," replied Cora. "Guess he didn't like the style of the house."
"Oh, you girls are too fussy," said Ed. "Seems to me if I were a young lady, and saw a young chap hanging under my window, I'd be sort of flattered."
"We prefer the hanging done in the open," exclaimed Bess. "Besides, he didn't hang—he sneaked."
"He crawled," declared Belle.
"No, I distinctly saw him creep," corrected Cora.