And, while we are about it, let us believe that the Sydney ghost actually did sit on a three-rail fence, smoking its pipe, and directing an anxious crowd of relatives where to find its body.

By all means let us believe everything we hear." The next morning our pleasant party suffered a loss.

Captain Brentwood and Alice went off home.

He was wanted there, and all things seemed so tranquil that he thought it was foolish to stay away any longer.

Cecil Mayford, too, departed, carrying with him the affectionate farewells of the whole party.