human
Prudy, said Dotty,
gpt
O, I'm so glad!
human
I'll never take another bird into the window, continued Dotty;
gpt
You never saw a ghost, Dotty. Nobody ever did.
human
Yes, indeed; Angeline has seen 'em as thick as spatter! They come when you're asleep, and there don't anybody know it. I shouldn't dare open my eyes in the night. They're wrapped in a sheet, all white, and their eyes snap like fire. Angeline says they do.
gpt
I don't believe it, said Prudy, stoutly;
human
P'r'aps mamma doesn't wake up in the night, said Dotty,
gpt
I don't believe it, replied Prudy, again.
human
I think it's wicked. My mother wouldn't like it if she knew how much you sat in Angeline's lap and talked about ghosts. _I_ don't want to see any or hear any.
gpt
I do, though! cried Dotty.
human
I shouldn't be afraid--the leastest speck. I'd go right up to 'em, and, said I, 'How do you do, sir?' And then they would melt like a wink. It blows 'em right out the moment you speak.
gpt
Does it, though? said Johnny, who had been listening at the door.
human
You don't say so! Call me when you see your ghostses, and let me talk to 'em too.
gpt
And _me_! What _is_ um?
human
There, there! cried Dotty Dimple,
gpt
Don't care! 'Tisn't so bad as being a tell-tale, Miss!
human
Why, Johnny, you mus'n't say that!
gpt
Why, Johnny, echoed Katie,
human
Say what?
gpt
Say _Miss_.
human
Come, little ones, said Mr. Parlin, appearing at the door,
gpt
It shows, said he,
human
O, but we are going _home_, you know, Percy! Only think of having a home to go to!
gpt
It isn't the burnt one, though, remarked Dotty, as she danced off the door-step;