By the way, Miss Standish, I didn't mention it while we were still there, but the mangrove-swamp is supposed to be haunted by the ghosts of those killed settlers." Brother and sister glanced at each other, almost in guilt, as it seemed to the observing Brice.

And Claire said, shortly: "I know.

Every one around here has heard it.

Some of the negroes and even some of the more ignorant crackers declare they have heard screams from the swamp on dark nights and that white figures have been seen flitting--" "So ?" queried Brice.

"Back in the boat, you were starting to tell me how you sat on the veranda, one night, and heard a cry in the swamp and then saw a white figure emerge from the path.
Yes?
I have a notion that that white figure was responsible for the cry, and that your brother and Rodney Hade were responsible for both.