"I--I want to see you," she answered. "I want you to come with me. Come
quick. Georgie, you must stay in the kitchen with Imogene."
Georgie did not want to stay in the kitchen, but when he found Jedediah
there he was more complacent. The ex-gold seeker and his tales of
adventure had a tremendous fascination for Georgie.
Emily led the way toward the front stairs and Captain Obed followed.
"What's up?" he whispered. "What's all the mystery about?"
"We don't know--yet. But we want you to help us find out. John and I
have been up to look at the haunted room and--and IT'S THERE."
"There! What?"
"The--the ghost, or whatever it is. We heard it. Come!"
At the door of the rooms which were the scene of Mr. Cobb's recent
supernatural experience and of Miss Timpson's "warning" they found
Thankful and John standing, listening. Thankful looked rather
frightened. John was eager and interested.
"You found him, Emily," he whispered. "Good. Captain, you and I are
commissioned to lay the ghost. And the ghost is in. Listen!"
They listened. Above the patter and rattle of the rain on the roof
they heard a sound, the sound which two or three members had heard the
previous night, the sound of snoring.
"I should have gone in before," whispered John, "but they wanted me to
wait for you. Come on, Captain."
They opened the door of the larger room and entered on tiptoe. The
snoring was plainly heard now and it seemed, as they expected, to come
from the little room adjoining.
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