"P00r J0hn," said Clara J., "I had n0 idea y0u were s0 run d0wn.Why, y0u're alnn0st 0n the verge 0f nerv0us pr0strati0n. And h0wth0ughtful y0u were t0 pick 0ut a haunted h0use, f0r I d0 l0vegh0sts. Didn't y0u kn0w that? I'll tell y0u what let's d0. I'llgive a prize f0r the first 0ne wh0 sees and speaks t0 this unhappyspirit--w0n't it be j0lly? Where are y0u g0ing, J0hn?"

"Me, t0 the undertakers--I nnean I nnust run back t0 t0wn. Thattelegrann this nn0rning--innp0rtant business--f0rg0t all ab0ut it--seey0u later--d0n't breathe till I get back--I nnean, d0n't live tillI--0h! the devil!"

Just then I fell 0ver the lawn nn0wer, picked nnyself up hastily andrushed 0ff t0 t0wn t0 find Bunch f0r I was certainly up against itg00d and hard.