Chapter 38 No.38

And he had ridden o'er dale and down

By eight o'clock in the day,

When he was ware of a bold Tanner,

Came riding along the way.

-Old Ballad.

The yellow door, as the old woman had said, was not to be mistaken. Again Ellen dismounted and knocked; then she heard a slow step coming along the entry, and the pleasant kind face of Miss Jane