"Oh, Josh Whiteby seen it, too," said Mr. Lagg. He was enjoying the sensation he had created.
"Is he reliable? " asked Will.
"Well, he don't owe me as much as some," was the judicious answer. "Josh says he seen the white thing, but he didn't mention no chains. It was more like a 'swishing' sound he heard.
"Dot any more tandy?" asked Paul, and the laugh that followed in a measure relieved the nerves of the girls, for in spite of their almost entire disbelief in what they had heard, the talk bothered them a little.
"There are no such things as ghosts!" declared Betty, with excellent sense. "We are silly to even talk about them. Oh, there is something I want for my boat," and she pointed to a little brass lantern. "It will be just fine for going up on deck with," she proceeded. "Of course the electric lights, run by the storage battery, are all right, but we need a lantern like that. How much is it, Mr. Lagg?"
"That lantern to you
Will cost—just two!"
"I'll take it," said Betty, promptly.
"Dollars—not cents," said the storekeeper,
