The girls were too frightened to do more than watch him in almost breathless silence.

But when the man climbed aboard the after deck, after satisfying himself that the boat was deserted, they decided that it was time to move.
Tommy uttered a scream.

Margery followed suit and their cries had been heard by the returning ghost party.

The man did not tarry to see who had screamed.

He sprang into the creek, where, pushing his canoe ahead of him, he ran down the stream.