"
"I suppose they ought to have a place of their own to play in,"
said Jimmie to himself when the children had gone. "I wonder if--"
He had an idea which for the present he meant to keep to himself.
CHAPTER X
THE HAUNTED HOUSE
"Hello!" Nellie Yarrow greeted Brother and Sister. "What do you
think?"
"What?" asked Sister, apparently unable to think.
Nellie Yarrow pointed her finger as one having important news to
tell.
"The haunted house is rented!" she said, excitedly.
The "haunted" house was an object of curiosity to every child in
Ridgeway. It was a small, shabby brown shingled dwelling on one of
the side streets, and it was whispered that a man had once seen a
"ghost" sitting at one of the windows. That was enough. Ever after
no boy or girl would go past the house at night, if it were
possible to avoid it, and the more timid ran by it even in the day
time. Of course they should have known there are no such things as
"ghosts," but some of them didn't.
"Who is going to live in it?" asked Sister curiously. "Don't you
suppose they will be afraid?"
"Well, I wouldn't live in it," declared Nellie positively. "Some
folks don't care anything about ghosts, though.
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