Page 94 - Adventures in shadow-land

would cry, louder than ever, “ Eval E v a ! help
m e !"

And then the dream passed away, and Eva
awoke. And it seemed to her that Aster’s voice

mingled with the rippling of the water, and it
cried, piteously, “ Eva! Eva! help me 1M

And then Eva knew why it was that the children
had begged her not to go near the brook while

they were gone; because its voice would bring
back to her all that she had forgotten. For now,

as she sat by it, she remembered everything that

the leaves of the flower which she had eaten had
made her forget; and she sprang to her feet, de­
termined to follow the course of the brook, and

let it lead her to where Aster was.

She went all through the fair valley, along the
margin of the brook with whose waters Aster’s

voice still seemed to mingle. It led her at last to
the high rocks, which, like a steep wall, surrounded

the valley, and where a low cavern, the roof of
which was only a few inches above the surface

of the water, received the brook. Eva could not
enter it, neither could she climb the steep preci­

pice-like wall; and, with Aster's voice still sound­