86
XV Within Reach 93
XVI Right Side Out 97
XVII A Revelation 99
XVIII The Test 103
XIX The Dull Blaze 108
XX The Voice 114
XXI The Diagonal Mark 120
XXII The Banshee 126
XXIII After the Storm 133
XXIV The Warning 136
XXV The Good Turn 141
XXVI Mr. Ferrett's Triumph 146
XXVII Scout Law Number Two 155
XXVIII Home Sweet Home 164
XXIX A Discovery 172
XXX The Visit 175
XXXI Hark, the Conquering Hero Comes 182
XXXII Return of the Good Turn 187
XXXIII The Mystery 194
XXXIV Seein' Things 202

ROY BLAKELEY IN THE HAUNTED CAMP

CHAPTER I

THE HOUSE IN THE LANE

One fine day in the merry month of August when the birds were singing in
the trees and all the schools were closed and hikes and camping and ice
cream cones were in season, and the chickens were congregated on the
platform of the Hicksville, North Carolina, post office, something of
far reaching consequence happened.

On that day Joshua Hicks, postmaster-general of that thriving world
centre, emerged from the post office, adjusted his octagon-shaped,
steel-rimmed spectacles exactly half way down his long nose, held a
certain large envelope at arm's length and contemplating it with an air
of rueful perplexity said,

"Well--by--gum!"

Then he cocked his head to one side, then to the other, squinted first
his right eye, then his left, and at last inquired, of the chickens,
apparently,

"What--in--all--_cre-a-tion_ is this?"

The chickens did not answer him; on the contrary they departed from the
platform, seeing, perhaps, that there was no mail for them. With the
exception of two persons the chicken