DARK HOLLOW

By ANNA KATHARINE GREEN

Author of "The House of the Whispering Pines," "Initials Only,"
"That Affair Next Door," Etc.




With Four Illustrations By THOMAS FOGARTY




BOOK I

THE WOMAN IN PURPLE


I

WHERE IS BELA?


A high and narrow gate of carefully joined boards, standing ajar
in a fence of the same construction! What is there in this to
rouse a whole neighbourhood and collect before it a group of
eager, anxious, hesitating people?