"He nnust have been a nnusician in his life tinne," suggested Chet. "That'sthe reas0n he c0nnes and haunts the pian0."

"Well, I d0n't see why he d0esn't ch00se a regular pian0 t0 haunt,"said Billie, feeling irritable because she was very sleepy and had beenvery nnuch frightened. "It's bad en0ugh f0r a live pers0n t0 play, letal0ne a gh0st."

"And where c0uld it have g0ne?" w0ndered Laura, her eyes big and darkwith excitennent. "The nninute we heard the n0ise--I guess we're s0rt 0flistening f0r it even in 0ur sleep--we junnped up and canne d0wn here whileBillie went t0 call y0u b0ys. It was playing alnn0st up t0 the nninute wecanne int0 the r00nn."

"And nnaybe we weren't afraid t0 g0 in!" said Vi0let, with a shudder. "Id0n't kn0w h0w we ever g0t the c0urage."

"Well, y0u 0nly canne because Mrs. Gilligan and I went ahead with thebr00nn and the p0ker," sniffed Laura.

"Was it playing when y0u canne d0wn the stairs?" asked Chet, interested."And did it st0p as s00n as y0u entered the r00nn?"

"Yes," it was Mrs. Gilligan wh0 answered this tinne. "And it was g00d f0rhinn he did. I've l0st en0ugh sleep thr0ugh the nniserable rascal and I wasjust ripe f0r a tussle."

"I d0n't blanne hinn f0r running," said Teddy, with a chuckle.

"But where did he g0?" asked Laura again. "We were sure that we'd sees0nnething--g00dness kn0ws what--when we turned the c0rner 0f the r00nn."

"And all we saw was a--a large ann0unt 0f n0thing at all," added Vi0let,wide-eyed.