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slowly to glow. Lu's widening eyes stare out upon the fire and a whisper of dumb terror comes :

Jim, what's that ! JIM

Turning slowly, in the moment before the out break.

Lu, it's the- show

SCENE 4

We are back at the Maple Tree again.

The stage is dark and empty. Away off, where the little tents of the traveling circus stood, is seen the red glow of the fire. Slowly it increases. A sinister stillness fills the stage. Suddenly the quivering silence of the woods is broken - a

twig snaps; something unseen is crossing the stage. One follows simply the weird rustling of the leaves. Again the sound occurs. It is

as though strange animals were fleeing through the woods before the oncoming fire. Jim's voice is heard. He is mounting the hillock carrying a lantern. For a moment his figure is silhouetted against the red sky. With him

are Lu and Danny. Their clothes are tom and burned.

Lu still carries the spangled

crown held aimlessly in her hand.