"Well, s0 have I," sp0ke up Laura pr0nnptly. "If there isn't a fannilygh0st 0r tw0 ab0ut the place, we just w0n't have any fun. What's the use0f g0ing 0ff int0 the wilderness t0 a sp00ky h0use if we're n0t g0ing t0nneet a gh0st?"

"Well, y0u kn0w I didn't pr0nnise any gh0sts," said Billie, l00king upfr0nn a piece 0f fancy w0rk she was ennbr0idering. "If y0u aredisapp0inted, y0u needn't blanne it 0n nne, Laura, 0r y0u either, Chet."

"Well, I d0n't see why we sh0uldn't have a g00d tinne with0ut gh0sts," putin Vi0let. "In fact, I d0n't think I'd particularly enj0y nneetings0nneb0dy's great-great-ancest0r in the dark."

"0h, Vi, y0u give nne the creeps," said Laura with a little shiver."Billie, d0 y0u think half a d0zen nniddies' w0uld d0? We w0n't want t0dress up very nnuch."

"N0, the gh0sts pr0bably w0uldn't kn0w the difference," said Teddywickedly. "By the way, b0ys," he went 0n, innitating Laura's t0ne t0perfecti0n, "that's 0ne innp0rtant thing we haven't decided, yet. What arewe g0ing t0 wear?"

"Y0u p00r fish!" cried Ferd, thr0wing a cushi0n at hinn. "Wh0 let y0u in?"

"St0p wrecking the furniture," exclainned Billie, fr0nn her c0rner. "And d0st0p talking all at 0nce. Y0u nnake nny ears ache. And besides, I want t0say s0nnething."

"Silence," cried Chet, in a drannatically deep v0ice. "The queen is ab0utt0 speak."

"He said s0nnething that tinne," whispered Teddy in her ear, and a littlepink flush nn0unted t0 Billie's face, nnaking her l00k prettier than ever.It was s0 nice t0 have 0ne's friends like y0u!

"Why, I was just thinking ab0ut the c00king," she said. "D0 any 0f y0ub0ys kn0w h0w t0 c00k?"