"
The boys voted this plan a good one. They went over to Mr. Lagg's
store in the Gem to get a supply of fodder for the trap.
"A horse on the island!" exclaimed Mr. Lagg. So that's the ghost; eh?
Well, it's very likely, but it sort of spoils the story;
"A ghostly ghost-- a ghost in white
Appearing in the darkest night.
That it should prove a horse to be,
Most certainly amazes me."
"Good!" exclaimed Will, with a laugh. "You are progressing, Mr. Lagg."
A goodly supply of oats was placed in a box near the tent that
evening, and then the boys and girls sat about the camp-fire and
talked, while waiting for the time to retire. The boys were to make
the attempt to capture Prince.
CHAPTER XXIV
THE GHOST CAUGHT
"When do you expect to hear about little Dodo?" asked Grace, as the
girls sat together on a log in front of the fire, "like roosting
chickens," Will was ungallant enough to remark.
"Almost any day now," replied Mollie. "They were to wait for the most
favorable time for the operation, and the specialist, so mamma wrote,
could not exactly fix on the day. But I am anxious to hear.
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