CHAPTER XX
THE MYSTERIOUS VOICE
The four boy hunters were so astonished that for the moment they did not move or speak. The voice seemed to come from the trees behind the camp, and it was so uncanny and ghostlike it made them shiver from head to foot.
"It's th—the ghost!" whispered Giant at last. "Le—let's get out of here!" and he started for the shore.
"Don't run away," answered Snap. "I don't believe in ghosts, and neither do you."
After that the boys remained silent for several minutes, waiting to hear that mysterious voice again. But only the mournful hum of the breeze through a clump of cedars reached them.
"I believe I'll investigate this," said Snap, arising and reaching for a shotgun. "I don't believe in ghosts, so there!"
"I'll go along," put in the doctor's son.
"Please don't leave me alone!" pleaded Whop-
