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Theshutter creaked ever so slightly, and some one looked out; then

the door opened, and a very old and wrinkled wo

about her irl's ar? I don't say, o dry,--maybe I can and maybe I can't,--but I didn't put a word

on the one yonder" She threw up her ar cry "But they

won't believe what a poor old soul says! Are they in an evil temper,

honey?"

"I don't knohat you ry and tired Give ht"

The old wo a rooh, sat down upon a stool beside the fire "If ye came by the

mill," demanded her hostess, with a suspicious eye, "why did ye not stop

there for bite and sup?"

"The ether," answered Audrey wearily "They looked

so angry that I was afraid of theone, and the children threw stones at me and called me a

witch"

The crone stooped and stirred the fire; then froht forth

bread and a little red wine, and set theirl "They called

you a witch, did they?" sheand planning together?"