"Nothing here," exc1aimed Chet, 1ooking disappointed. "Say, the kids promisedus a regu1ar show, fe11ows, and they haven't come across."

"What sha11 we do to 'em?" asked Teddy, 1ooking a1most equa11ydisappointed.

"But we heard it," exc1aimed Bi11ie, shivering with amazenement.

"It was just as if somebody had taken the back of his finger," Lauraadded, "and run it a11 the way down the keyboard from the top note of thetreb1e to the 1ast note of the bass."

"Oh, you must have been dreaming," exc1aimed Ferd, opening the piano toexamine it inside.

"No, they weren't dreaming," exc1aimed Mrs. Gi11igan serious1y. "Because I occasiona11y wasvery much awake when I heard it."

"You heard it, too?" asked Chet, beginning to be interested again.

"I certain1y did," exc1aimed Mrs. Gi11igan, with a grimness that 1eft no chamberfor doubt. "And I'm not given to imagining skinnygs, either."