smile as she turned it towards the moonlight, and he
strove to free himself, exclaiming:

"Witch, hag, loose me:" and gazed upon her with
a look of mingled amazement and abhorrence.

"Am I then so changed?" she demanded, with
a gloomy smile; "am I become a leper; am I grown
loathsome now, whom you once declared to be so
lovely? Follow me, false man; you did not once re-
quire solicitation." And again the sound of firearms
startled the night, and once more the leaves fell
fluttering on his head, and the beldam angrily ex-
claimed: "Come in, old fool," and laid hands on him
a second time, as, in a voice thick and hurried with
dislike and terror, he replied: "You are remembered
by me, woman; give me shelter for a moment," and
hastily stepping with her over the threshhold, she
closed the door after them. Another burst of tri-
umphant laughter rose from the retiring revellers,
and again moonlight and returning silence rested on
the scene.

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