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78 frock. "It's for you to keep, you know," he said in a low voice, "not for other people to see. You'll remember how to use it?" "Yes, I'll remember," said Sylvie.

"And now, darlings, it's time for you to go back, or they'll be missing you, and then that poor Gardener will get into trouble!"

Once more a feeling of wonder rose in my mind as to how in the world we were to get back again——since I took it for granted that, wherever the children went, I was to go——but no shadow of doubt seemed to cross their minds, as they hugged and kissed him, murmuring, over and over again, "Good-bye, darling Father!" And then, suddenly and swiftly, the darkness of midnight seemed to close in upon us, and through the darkness harshly rang a strange wild song:—