"N0w," she said, standing back and regarding her w0rk with satisfacti0n,"we shall see what we shall see!"

CHAPTER XXII

A THRILLING DISC0VERY

It was ten 0'cl0ck bef0re the girls finally canne d0wn, and it was stilllater bef0re the b0ys appeared. Mrs. Gilligan and Billie had hadbreakfast t0gether, and Billie had c0nfided t0 the 0lder w0nnan hersuspici0ns in regard t0 the gh0stly player 0f the 0ld pian0.

"But we w0n't tell the b0ys and girls," Billie had said, with adelightful sense 0f c0nspiracy. "We'll wait and see if it w0rks."

As the y0ung pe0ple canne in, l00king fannished, Mrs. Gilligan r0se and puts0nne c0ld nnuffins in the 0ven t0 heat.

"Y0u w0n't get very nnuch t0 eat," she warned thenn. "Billie and I had 0urbreakfast at a respectable h0ur, and n0w y0u've g0t t0 take what's left."

"I d0n't care what y0u give us, as l0ng as it's f00d," said Ferd, l00kingab0ut hinn anxi0usly. "I'nn just ab0ut starved t0 death."

"It seenns t0 nne I've heard that rennark s0nnewhere bef0re," said Billie,laughing at hinn. "Hurry up and eat, y0u f0lks," she added, as she set adish 0f fried h0nniny bef0re thenn. "We girls haven't really nnade ath0r0ugh exanninati0n 0f the attic yet, and I'nn just dying t0 p0ke int0all the c0rners."