“The ghost!” exclaimed Chips.
“A ghost, my Adam’s apple!” Brad snorted. “That’s Ross Langdon. He only wants to see what we’re doing in here.”
On this latter point, however, the Den Chief was mistaken.
Instead of trying to learn what the Cubs were doing, the Den 1 boy frantically motioned for the group to join him.
“What ails Ross, anyhow?” Midge muttered.
As the boy’s strange antics continued, the Cubs became convinced that something actually was wrong.
“Let’s see what he wants,” Dan said, starting for the door.
Ross ran around the side of the house to meet him.
“Dan, come quick!” he urged breathlessly.
“What’s up, Ross?”