Page 84 - Adventures in shadow-land

her to go in and. join them, and she thought that
perhaps Aster might be with them.

Yet, although she tried, she could not open
the door. She heard the merry voices of the

children, and, hearing them ais plainly as she did,
she thought it was strange that they did not hear

her and open the door to her; for, try as she
would, she could not open it. And then she

grew tired of trying, and would have gone on,
when, looking once more at the door to see if

there was any way of opening it which she could
possibly have neglected, she saw cut across the

door, in deep, old-fashioned, moss-grown letters,
the word

cb .

Then, gathering courage, Eva raised her tiny

hand, and knocked. Once, and no answer came.
Again, and with the same result, A third time,
and then the merry voices of the children, and

their gay laughter, ceased, and Eva hoped that

her appeal was heard.