140 .THE SILVER LAKE STORIES.

the little closet, she was upon the point
of calling Harry to come with her, when
imagining that the girl might very well
be in the next room, she endeavored to
save her reputation. She advanced
towards the closet, reached it without
any terrible accident, and after having
opened the door, she crept in to find
the box. She did not find it upon the
first shelf, nor upon the second, and
passing her hand along the third, she
felt something there as cold as marble.
~ For fear of being laughed at, she did
not cry aloud, but she ran out of the
room in the greatest haste, never think-
ing of the dominoes. She ran to find