Page 50 - Adventures in shadow-land

slept, and which had never been crushed by their
weight, but was always fresh, Eva saw again the

mocking faces which had disturbed her the night
before; but only for a moment, and then they
were gone. And even as she looked, she saw

that the soft green moss began to shrivel, dry up,
and crumble away, as though in a fire; and a

moment later it was alt gone, and in its place
was a heap of rough sand and stone, instead of

the velvety moss and the vine with Its scarlet
berries.

“ The faces have done it/' Eva said, clasping
Aster’s hand tightly, as she watched the rapid

change.
“ The faces!” Aster said, scornfully. “ Eva,

you are dreaming; there were no faces there.11
“ I saw them,” Eva began; but Aster inter­
rupted her.

“ I tell you, Eva, you saw no faces, there was
nothing there. I told you that the moss would

be gone the next time that the moon rose; and
you see I told you the truth. We must leave this

place.”
“ Where shall we go?”