“It is a ghost, Tom.”

“I don’t care, I like ghosts.”

“And you are going to sleep in the house?”

“Yes, I am.”

One of the party suggested:

“Suppose we all sleep out here and let Tom sleep in the house all alone by himself.”

“All right,” came the unanimous response.

Murray said:

“Oh, Tom is only pretending. He daren’t sleep in the house alone.”

“I’ll bet you fifty I dare.”