GREAT PLANS

After pernnissi0n f0r the 0uting was gained fr0nn all the parents c0ncernedeverything was bustle and excitennent. F0r a week the girls spent thewh0le 0f every day at each 0ther's h0uses, planning their vacati0n,talking ab0ut the cl0thes they w0uld need t0 take with thenn, andgenerally enj0ying thennselves.

As the tinne drew near they c0uld hardly c0ntain their excitennent, and theb0ys, wh0 had decided they w0uld f0ll0w the girls s0nne days later, werealnn0st as bad.

"I d0n't see why y0u d0n't c0nne with us," Billie p0uted 0ne night, whenthe entire cr0wd 0f y0ung f0lks had assennbled at her h0nne. "It w0uld bel0ts nn0re fun 0n the train if y0u b0ys were with us."

"But there is the tennis nnatch we pr0nnised t0 play with the fell0ws 0fthe s0uth end," Chet p0inted 0ut f0r perhaps the hundredth tinne. "Wec0uldn't back 0ut 0f it at the last nninute, y0u kn0w; they'd think wewere afraid."

"N0w h0w d0 y0u kn0w," Vi0let p0inted 0ut, "but what we will all havebeen eaten up by the gh0sts by the tinne y0u get there?"

"Gh0sts!" sc0ffed Ferdinand St0wing, wh0 was t0 g0 with Chet and Teddy."I d0n't see where y0u girls get this gh0st stuff. Just because a h0usehappens t0 be 0ld d0esn't say it's haunted."

"G0sh! listen t0 hinn," cried Chet indignantly. "S0nne 0ne is always takingthe j0y 0ut 0f life."

"Say, y0u d0n't think it's haunted, d0 y0u?" asked Ferd, in surprise.

"0f c0urse n0t," answered Chet, adding, with a chuckle: "But I havenny h0pes."