"
"All right," conceded Sister graciously. "I thought maybe you
didn't want Brother and me to play in the barn."
"No hard feelings, then?" inquired Jimmie, holding out his hand.
And--"No hard feelings," admitted Sister, smiling after the "salt-
water shower."
CHAPTER XI
JIMMIE'S SURPRISE
The "haunted" house continued to be an attraction to the children
of the neighborhood even after Miss Putnam moved in, and the ghost
might reasonably be supposed to have moved out. Alas, it was Miss
Putnam herself who now supplied the thrills.
Miss Putnam, you see, had never had much to do with children, and
she thought she disliked them very much indeed. Boys, in her
opinion, made a great deal of noise and girls always giggled and
were silly. So whenever she saw a child hanging over her gate, or
even stopping to glance at her house, she was apt to come charging
out at them with a broom. The younger ones were afraid of her and
the older, larger boys naughtily enjoyed provoking the poor old
lady. So it was soon a common sight to see several boys flying up
the street, Miss Putnam after them, waving her broom wildly.
Brother and Sister, mindful of Daddy Morrison's warning, never
actually did anything to make Miss Putnam chase them.
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