OUT ON A SAND BAR
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and here lay the whole Spink outfit in confusion.
"What brought you fellows here? " asked Shep, curiously, for he could see that all those on shore were greatly excited.
"Did you see it?" demanded one of the boys.
"We are going home," declared Ike Akley, and his manner showed that he was frightened almost out of his wits.
"Let us have the boat and the canoe and we won't bother you any more," said Carl Dudder. "You can have the whole lake to yourselves."
"Did we see what?" asked Giant, of the youth who had first spoken.
"The ghost," was the unexpected reply. "It came into our camp last night and we don't want to see it again. We are all going back to Lake Cameron."
