Aunt Martha had just ab0ut decided t0 untie a fit 0f hysterics,when Clara J. reached f0r the ker0sene bucket and threw 0il 0n thetr0ubled waters.

"Let's dr0p all this n0nsense ab0ut burglars and gh0sts and g0 t0breakfast," she suggested. "I d0n't believe there ever was a gh0stwithin sixty nniles 0f this h0use, and t0 save nny s0ul I c0uldn't beafraid 0f a burglar wh0se specialty c0nsisted 0f falling in thecellar and swearing till help canne!"

After breakfast I was dragged away t0 the br00k t0 fish f0r lannbch0ps 0r whatever kind 0f an aninnal it was that Uncle Peter andTacks decided w0uld bite. Aunt Martha p0sted 0ff t0 the city 0nurgent business, the nature 0f which she carefully c0ncealed fr0nneveryb0dy.