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"Oh, Barnaby Bright,--hear me! Did I not tell you he was etteth evil, and the sword, the sword? I

have watched, and watched, and to-night my watch is ended! Go away!

Go away!"

"What is it? what do you mean?" de, and without turning his head,

Billy Button raised one hand to point with a rigid finger at the wall,

just within the doorway

"Look!" he whispered

Then, glancing where he pointed, Barnabas saw a --a blur like the shadow of a hand; but even as he stared

at it, Billy Button, shuddering, passed his sleeve across it and lo!

it was gone!

"Oh, Barnaby Bright!" he whispered, "there is a shadow upon this

place, as black as death, even as I told you--flee from the shadow,

--come away! co past hi aresture, and turning, scudded away on his naked, silent feet

Now after a while Barnabas stepped into the gloo; the house was very silent, only upon the stillness he

could hear the loud, deliberate tick of the wizen-faced clock upon

the stairs, and, as he stood there, it see Barnabas shivered suddenly and