any of the guests whom Dolly had never met, and she resented the
act of the stranger and drawing herself up with great dignity turned her
back upon him.

But the tall ghost jumped around in front of her and patted her other
cheek, the while he gave a cackling, rattling, ghostly chuckle.

To be sure Dolly's cheek was covered by her mask and the ghost wore
white cotton gloves, but she did not at all like his familiar manner and
she walked quickly away from him.

A few moments later the tall ghost himself went to take his turn with
the stick.

Blindfolded and whirled about, he went with short, steady steps
straight forward, and with a big whack he chanced to bring down a good
sized bag. It was filled with the feathers of a whole pillow, and great
laughter ensued as, like snowflakes, the feathers flew through the air.
His heavy stroke had sent the bag flying upward and as it burst the
feathers descended in a shower.

Since he had broken a bag, the identity of the tall ghost was not even
guessed at, so Dolly had no chance to learn his name.

However, everybody was laughing and sneezing, as the feathers drifted
down and flew into their mouths or tickled their ears.

Only a few of the ghosts' names were guessed correctly, as many of them
had carefully disguised their shapes and sizes. Thin people had put on
sweaters or bulky coats to make themselves appear stout, and short
people had built up high headdresses in an effort to seem taller.

By the time the game was over every one was in most hilarious mood, and
the few who had been guessed and so had removed their masks, were
teasing the others in efforts to make them talk.

"I know you," said Elmer Holmes, pausing in front of Dolly. "You're
Dotty Rose!"

"How do you know?" And Dolly spoke in low, guttural tones, way down in
her throat.

"Oh, you needn't growl like a little bear cub! I know you, because
you're so careful of that left wing of yours. You thought nobody would
notice it, did you? But I spied it, and I _know_ you're Dot! You've got
on a couple of coats or something to make you look fatter, but you're
Dotty, all right."

Dolly shook with laughter, for she had pretended to shield her left arm
with a gesture that was purposely copied from Dotty.

Just then the tall ghost appeared again at Dolly's side. He laid his
hand on her shoulder and bent down a little to look in her eyes.

Dolly drew away from him and turned to Elmer Holmes.

"Who?" she said, in