I was a joke turned upside down.

After they had examined every nook and cranny of the place and hadtalked themselves hoarse with delight I called them all up on thefront piazza for the purpose of putting out their lights with myghost tale.

I figuwhite on driving them all back to the depot with about fourparagraphs of creepy talk, so when I had them huddled I began in ahoarse whisper to raise their hair.