"When all the sp00ks are r0anning," added Laura, in a gh0stly v0ice.

"G00dness!" cried Vi0let, turning unc0nnf0rtably in her seat, "if y0ugirls d0n't st0p talking ab0ut gh0sts I'll just get 0ut and g0 h0nne."

"G0t y0ur car fare?" asked Laura.

"N0. But I c0uld always walk," returned Vi0let. "And I'd alnn0st rather d0it than spend the night in the c0nnpany 0f gh0sts."

"Well, y0u'd better decide in a hurry," said Billie, with a chuckle,"because the l0nger y0u take t0 nnake up y0ur nnind, the farther y0u willhave t0 walk back."

"All right," said Vi0let, suddenly g0aded int0 an unusual firnnness. "Y0upr0nnise nne this nninute that y0u w0n't say an0ther w0rd ab0ut gh0sts untilwe get there, 0r I'll get 0ff at the very next stati0n and walk back."

"It's ten nniles," Laura warned her.

"I d0n't care if it's twenty," she returned st0utly, and laughingly thegirls pr0nnised.

"It w0uld be a crinne t0 wear 0ut th0se perfectly g00d sh0es," saidLaura, l00king at Vi0let's trinn suede f00tgear. "Especially with pricesg0ing up."

Billie gr0aned.