“Rope? I should say he had,” remarked Bar. “Did I tell you Mr. Brayton took the bell-rope over to the Doctor’s house?”
“Did he?” said Val. “Wonder if he’s any idea who did all that, or how it was done.”
“I have now,” said Bar. “That heifer came in through one of the basement doors.”
“Of course,” said Val; “but they were all barred on the inside.”
“And opened from the inside to let her in. Then it was easy to close ’em all up behind her, fix her horns in the bell-rope and get away.”
“But how did they get in or out?”
“I’ll show you that, too, when we set our own trap for the bell,” said Bar. “I found out when Mr. Brayton and I were going up into the belfry. The rest of them haven’t guessed it, unless Mr. Brayton himself has. If he did, he forgot to tell me.”
“Our trap?” asked Val. “Are we going to set one?”
“Why, Val,” said Bar, “didn’t you hear all they had to say yesterday, about our house being haunted?”
“Yes, and Mrs. Wood didn’t seem to more’n half like it.”