"Unconscious innocence is good! Tell me about that, will you? Take a good look at Bluff, fellows. He's expecting to sprout wings soon."
"I was awake, and watching all the time, boys, believe me. I saw the farmer as he crept up, followed by his man. He lifted his head and looked into the camp, no doubt trying to figure which of the two tents sheltered Jed. It was my intention to shoot into the air suddenly, and then hold him up while the rest of you piled out to surround them; but something I hadn't counted on took the chance out of my hands."
"Do you think they'll live through the experience?" asked Will.
"Meaning the two countrymen? Oh, I suppose so, if they don't dash out their brains against the trees as they run," laughed Frank.
"What do you think of the ghost now, Frank?" asked Will eagerly.
"I'm still considering," returned the other, nodding his head sagely.
"But do you still hang to your opinion that it's some person playing a part?"
"More than ever."
"And trying to scare us out of this region for some purpose or other?"
"Most undoubtedly," was Frank's immediate reply.