"Steve, he claimed to have heard more than I did. I verily believe he took some stock in ghosts. Matildy and Emily was so scared they didn't remember what they heard. And curious enough, nobody else in town--if anybody was awake at that ungodly hour--never said nothin' about hearin' no sounds at all. "Whatever it was, was so faint it might have been the wind if there hadn't been words. I made out a few, but don't want to say as I'd back up all Steve claimed to have caught.... [Illustration: "Then there was that awful 'Comin' again some day,' in a death-like squawk."] "'She-devil' ... 'all the time' ... 'Henry' ... and 'alive' was plain ... and so was 'you know' ... 'said you'd stand by' ... 'get rid of him' and 'bury me' ... in a kind of changed voice.... Then there was that awful 'comin' again some day'--in a death-like squawk ... but you can't tell me Johnny couldn't have made those sounds.... "Hey, you! What's takin' you off in such a hurry? Mebbe there's more I could tell you if I had a mind...."