GOOD-BY, JOE. 65 



" Perhaps." 



" Charlie, did you ever see a spook? " 



"A what?" 



" A spook, ghost." 



"Oh, certainly ! a ghost of a chance." 



" No ; but sincerely, did you ever see a bona-fide 

 ghost?" 



" Not much." 



" I have : shall I tell you about it ? 



" No, excuse me : I ^fear I should only detect 

 symptoms of a disordered stomach." 



" You may laugh : a poor argument that, against 

 ten senses." 



"Ten? I thought we had but five." 



" True enough, but she saw it too. Fact, Char- 

 lie." 



" Well, I don't quite see the ten yet. You didn't 

 smell or taste his ghostship, did you? " 



" No, we did not : you have me there ; but we 

 both heard, saw, and felt it ; and you could no 

 more convince either of us that it was not a verit- 

 able spirit than that we are not now at Upper 

 Dam Camp." 



"Well, let's have <it." 



" No, not to-day : perhaps some time we'll tell 

 you all about it, when that time comes, as it some 

 time will, when more will believe that there are 



