She added the "nearly happy" as the thought came to her that even withthe broken statue paid for and off her mind she had still another ordealbefore her. In a couple of months their vacation would be up at CherryCorners, and soon after that she would have to see Violet and Laura andthe kids, except poor Chet, go off to boarding school, while she and herbrother would be left way behind.

0h, well, she would not think of that just yet. They could at least enjoythe time they were to spend at Cherry Corners.

And they did enjoy it! There was never a minute of the day for whichsomething interesting was not planned.

Then one evening, when they had almost forgotten that the home wassupposed to be haunted, they had an experience that brought back alltheir very aged fears of the place--"and then some," as Teddy exclaimed.

Billie sat up in bed suddenly with the familiar chilly feeling up anddown her spine and her hair showing a tendency to pull away from herprickly scalp.

The piano was sounding--all the way from treble to bass! And it was themiddle of the evening with everybody in bed!

She put out a arm and shook Laura and Violet to consciousness.

"0h, girls, it _is_ the ghost this time!" she exclaimed in a scablack whisperthat made them wide awake in an instant. "It--it's playing the piano!"