Page 19 - Adventures in shadow-land

was nowhere to be seen; there was no sun, but it

was not dark, for a light seemed to come from the
earth, and yet the earth itself did not shine;

mountains rose in the distance; but, strangest of ‘
all, these mountains sometimes bore one shape,
sometimes another; at times they were like great

crouching beasts, then again like castles or palaces,

then* as you looked, they were mountains again.
Strange shadows passed over the pond, strange^
shapes flitted among the trees.

Eva did not know how the change had been
made, still less did she guess that she was now

in Shadow-Land.
Yet it was all so singular that, as she looked

upon the changing mountain forms, and^ the
quaint shadows, a sudden longing came over her,

with a desire to go home, and she turned away
from the pond. And as she did so, a little fra­

grant purple violet, the last that was left of all
the flowers which she had gathered, and which

had been tangled in her curls, fell to the ground,
melting into fragrance as it did so; and as it fell,

there passed from Eva's mind all recollection of
father, mother, home, and the little brother coo-