He had a beard like Rip Van Winkle and
looked a lot like him too."
"Rip might be summering out this way, though I rather thought he had
taken a trip in an airship," said Jack. "But honestly, Cora, what
was the man like? Paul had a story of that sort. He declares he,
too, saw this famous ghost."
"Do you suppose he might have taken the canoe? The wild man I mean.
We saw a strange looking girl in a canoe and somehow she vanished.
We could see her boat and then we couldn't, although we could not
make out where she went to. It was the queerest thing. There must
be some strange curves on those islands."
"Oh there are, lots of them. They are as curvy as a ball-twirler's
best pitch. But the ghost. That is what interests me, since--ahem--since
he has a daughter. Was she pretty?"
"I should say she was rather pretty," replied Cora, quite seriously,
"but she did have a wild look too. I do believe she is a daughter
to the wild man, whoever he may be."
"Well, everyone around here declares that is land is haunted, but
fisher-folk are always so superstitious. Yet we must hunt it up. I
will go out with you the next time you go. Did the other girls see
him?" went on the brother.
"No, and I decided not to tell them. You know how timid Bess and
Belle are, and if they thought there was such a creature about the
island I would never get them to put foot on shore there again, and
I do so want to investigate that matter.
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