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Each man began to tremble as he thought that he too might be a Pat Gilligan, and each woman that she might be a Mrs. Kelly. It was better to go back to the police and the magistrates than this! I do not know that we need lean too heavily on the stupidity of the country's side in not having perceived that this would be so.
But for his skill and courage I should not be here to-day. He " There was a stir in front. Gilligan had thrown away his knife and gun and was rushing unarmed through the crowd, tears streaming down his face. "For God's sake, Houston," he cried, "don't say another word and forgive me my cowardly intention." From that time to his death Tom Gilligan was Houston's devoted friend.
But now there had come, or would soon come, a change o'er the spirit of the dream. The murder of Pat Gilligan, though it had made one in the necessary sequence of events, one act in the course of the drama which, as a whole, had appeared to be so perfect, seemed to them all to have about it something terrible. No one knew what offence Pat Gilligan had given, or why he had been condemned.
"But who would be joy-riding in this part of the country?" Laura objected. "The country people hereabouts probably don't know what the word means." "That particular sport does seem to belong to the idle rich," Mrs. Gilligan agreed, with a chuckle. "Well," she added, getting up and starting for the door, "whatever it is, or was, we needn't go without our breakfast because of it.
"Maria Gilligan, our housekeeper," Laura announced, and then sat back with an air that said just as plainly as words: "There! how's that for an inspiration?" "Maria Gilligan, your housekeeper?" Billie repeated. "I think it's a rather good idea, Laura," said Violet. "Isn't Mrs. Gilligan the one who is always playing jokes on her husband?"
Gilligan had no intention of bumping her head. She swung open the door in question, and they found themselves in a butler's pantry that seemed almost as large as Billie's bedroom at home. "Goodness! the Powerson that first built the house must have expected to entertain lots of company," exclaimed Violet, looking with wonder at the rows of curtained cupboards.
The boys had succeeded in removing the man from the wreckage one glance about them told the girls that the wreck had once been an aeroplane and the man, who was elderly, lay quite still, looking up at them with sick eyes. "Oh, can't we get him up to the house?" cried Billie, clasping her hands in pity and looking appealingly at Mrs. Gilligan. "Then we can send for a doctor "
"And me." "And me." Ferd and Teddy spoke almost in the same breath. "No, I want you all to go up and get into bed," said Mrs. Gilligan decidedly. "If I see anything," she added, with a grim smile, "anything that looks like a ghost that is, I'll call you." "That's a promise," said Chet, looking back over his shoulder as he reluctantly followed the others upstairs.
"Yes, I have, Mrs. Gilligan. Sit down, won't you please? It may take some time to persuade you " And then and there began another campaign. However, with Mrs. Jordon as a powerful ally the girls had little trouble in overcoming Mrs. Gilligan's objections, and in the end came off with colors flying. "Now to see Billie's mother!" cried Laura. The girls hugged Mrs.
"Inside," said Violet. "There isn't a thing to be seen any more than there was the other night. I'm absolutely positive now that it must be a ghost." "Well, if it is, he's got a sense of humor," said Mrs. Gilligan, rising from her knees where she had been peering into the corner behind the piano.
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