Margaret opened the door. Billy gave one
glance at the light, clinched his fists and, walking inside, climbed on
a box. Margaret closed the door.
Then she sat and listened. Was the air pure enough? Possibly he might
smother. She had read something once. Was it very dark? What if there
should be a mouse in the closet and it should run across his foot and
frighten him into spasms. Somewhere she had heard--Margaret leaned
forward with tense face and listened. Something dreadful might happen.
She could bear it no longer. She arose hurriedly and opened the
door. Billy was drawn up on the box in a little heap, and he lifted a
disapproving face to her.
"Shut that door!" he said. "I ain't been in here near long enough yet!"
CHAPTER X
WHEREIN ELNORA HAS MORE FINANCIAL TROUBLES, AND MRS. COMSTOCK AGAIN
HEARS THE SONG OF THE LIMBERLOST
The following night Elnora hurried to Sintons'. She threw open the back
door and with anxious eyes searched Margaret's face.
"You got it!" panted Elnora. "You got it! I can see by your face that
you did. Oh, give it to me!"
"Yes, I got it, honey, I got it all right, but don't be so fast. It
had been kept in such a damp place it needed glueing, it had to have
strings, and a key was gone. I knew how much you wanted it, so I sent
Wesley right to town with it. They said they could fix it good as new,
but it should be varnished, and that it would take several days for the
glue to set.
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