Show THE GHOST OB CHASER SER E By Ely C C. C B B. B BROOKS R x And the they here say say here the voice lowered to n a tragic whisper Three pairs ot of eyes eyes blue es blue brown hazel widened with fear tear N Not t so fO Claire Berkeley's Had she not hot lOIl longed lon 11 for excitement adventure It had harl been so II lonely and nn monotonous especially since Al AI Trevor had l left Ift ft without one word Surely there must be he some mistake She had overheard his sister lstEr whispering that he had arrived ar rl rived d from overseas And th they say whispered Am Amy Trevor Tre Tre- vor or that late Inte in the evening e It Is seen in the upper hn hack back ck room The light It carries illumines it its Ion long white form torm Id I'd so do 0 In f if Tom rom would go too It might m I h t be hl great ITI t run fun The girls girl's C eyes ejes nt flashed hd their excite excite- ment Tom go fO wll with h you roe sneered Claire Wh Why Id I'd like nothing better bet bet- hetto ter to than to go 1 with our own girls girl As A AsIf Asit If it we depended on In men n for everything we the undertake And the pretty chin tilted in the air nir The fhe timid on ones III Inspired by hy Claires Claire's brave brace as assertion promised to accompany pang pan the two girls 1118 on condition that Ih they be allowed 11 to follow in the rear It If was decided to In Investigate one evening e and amI t the 11 following night to ntH enter be the haunted house Thus one dark evening c found five weird creeping forms silently tracing trac their way along the deserted road rondo Am Amy and umI Claire brn cd the way ahead and the three timid ones ons followed qUI I 1 I I saw Raw a 1 speck specie of ot light trembled trembled trem trem- I bled Sadie O oh O oh dear dearl I I-I I I dont don't dare go on I I wish brother Bob nob were here quaked Betty Seers I Suddenly Amy May slackened her gait Claire I I I-I I I believe e Sadie did see see see- I something I do my myself Look 1 I IA J A light I dont don't see a f thing but a i firefly What hat little cowards you arc are Now r listen Well We'll go 0 hack now non but hut next time we C shall enter How many will promise Are you OU afraid t Wh Why 1 of or cour course e Ill I'll not back out Claire said Am Amy And 1111 you three thre timid ones withered with withered ered their lender leader mockingly We We ot we of course e well we'll go ro the they haltingly agreed Brave rn c girls I laughed 19 Claire The next evening en the three fearful fear ful ul girls followed their brave bran leaders leaden to the fOr very door if of the haunted house The lon long black hedge seemed to te conceal conceal con con- conI ceal 01 black spooky r shape I I dont don't dont dare goat o-nt go at least not Into I the back room Would WO you mind Claire 1 b began Amy I o co I wouldn't mind mind going in alone I Im I'm bound hound to chase ha e that hat ghost Im I'm Im I'm tint not afraid boasted ll the girl I But nut even P. ns as she he forged ahead the girl Irl felt pit herself tremble She would never give gin in ohm Inh h oh no She groped her hr way to the opposite I side 1 of ot the room and un began hean fumbling tumbling for the doorknob b. At eer every fumble faint groans g issued frog 10 the tine corner e whre e the girls stood huddled When the time branch of an aft old lilac iliac tree tapped the window Indo th the groans deepened Sh fISh warned Claire I Claires voice o te trembles too whispered whispered whis whis- Ired on one of or the girls I A Amy lilY nudged her into te fearful silence A As Claire pu pushed wide the time awful door I the girls saw In Ina a small bright lI light ht outlining out out- lining fining a n tall white form Then Thea the do doer r do closed ell on their friend I Time The girls stood quaking and with U ayes es covered I It seemed hours hour before they the dared t to speak or to peer through the dart dark ni ness II Where was Claire so o long long hal had ann y- y thing happened to her Not one d dared re to tn move mOTe Suddenly I they th r heard peals of ot laughter frightened them still till more I Then the door opened and a flash dash flashlight light fell tell full upon them Its all right girls Im I'm the ghost lau laughed hed AI Al Tr Trevor or In a happy hoppy tremulous trem lens lous voice You can all testify that Claire chased after me in fact tact she fell right into my mr arms Wh Why Why WhAl Al Al Trevor You You You- Yes girls I will confess I ever ever- heard Amy tell of If your ghostly trip Tn punish To-punish punish h this fair maid who blamed m me I substituted for tor the ghost By Bythe Bythe Bythe the way tray where here U is the original spooky Vanished Al At It must have haTe been bee my ray ghost of ot unhappiness unblushingly unblushing ly 11 admitted Claire oh Ooh dear lets let's get out of this gruesome ghostly house cried Amy Trevor Gruesome 1 I chided Al AI Gruesome 1 I echoed Claire They beamed at each each ach other Copyright l 1515 lf western rn N w p r |