"And Dan
said he couldn't have read even the name on the out side if he had
tried. He said it must have been written in Greek," and Belle
laughed at the idea of the classics getting mixed up in any such
small affair.
"Seems to me," said Cora thoughtfully, "that Jim had some very
important reason for fearing that one might see that letter."
"Yes," declared Hazel, "that struck me right away. I shouldn't be
surprised if it had been addressed to--the ghost!"
"Well, if you young ladies intend to see what is going on at the
Casino this evening," Ed reminded them, "we had better make a start.
This is amateur night, I believe."
"And the Blake girls are going to sing," announced Jack. "Then I
shall have a chance to clap my hands at pretty Mabel," and he went,
through one of those inimitable boys' pranks, neither funny nor
tragic, but just descriptive.
"I think it is awfully nice of the Blake girls to take part," said
Cora, "for in this little summer colony everyone ought to be
agreeable."
"But I notice you are not taking part," Ed said with a laugh. "Just
fancy Cora Kimball on the Casino platform."
"Don't fancy anything of the kind," objected Bess. "We are willing
to be sociable but we have no ambition to shine."
"Come along," called Jack, who was on ahead with Hazel, "and mind,
if anything brushes up against you, it is apt to be a coon, not a
cat, as Belle thought the other night.
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