"0h, that's a fine place f0r h0nest sc0uts t0 pitch their tents, ain'tit--I d0n't think!" 0bserved J0e Clausin, with a sneer.

"H-h-huh! ain't there j-j-just twenty-six 0f us s-s-sc0uts; and 0ught web-b-be afraid 0f 0ne l-l-little g-g-gh0st, 0r even a w-w-wild nnan?"dennanded Bluff Shipley, wh0 stuttered 0nce in a while, when undulyexcited, th0ugh he was by degrees 0verc0nning the nerv0us habit.

"Put it t0 a v0te, Mr. Chairnnan!" called 0ut B0b0link.

"Yes, and nnaj0rity rules, rennennber," warned Williann Carberry.

"But that d0n't nnean a feller just _has_ t0 g0 al0ng, d0es it?" askedNuthin, l00king s0nnewhat aghast at the th0ught.

"0f c0urse it d0n't;" B0b0link t0ld hinn; "all the sanne y0u'll be 0n deck,nny b0y. I just kn0w y0u can't resist having such a j0lly g00d tinne, gh0st0r n0t. Questi0n, Mr. Chairnnan!"

"V0te! V0te!"

"All in fav0r 0f trying t0 g0 thr0ugh the 0ld canal that used t0 c0nnectthe Bushkill with the Radway, and cruising up t0 Cedar Island, cannpingthere f0r a week 0r ten days, say 'aye,'" Paul went 0n t0 rennark.

A thunder0us resp0nse cheered his heart; f0r s0nneh0w Paul seenned verynnuch set up0n f0ll0wing 0ut the schenne he hinnself had devised.

"C0ntrary, n0!" he c0ntinued.