Euleta, a sheep-faced child, with six whitey-brown pigtails,
motioned to the others, who at once joined hands in a circle. Then
she began to pace slowly round the circle, and all the children
broke out into a wild chant:

"Go round and round the level,
Go round and round the level,
Go round and round the level,
The Highland Gates to die."

Now the arms were lifted, and the leader wove her mystic paces in
and out among the children, while the words changed.



"Go in and out the window,
Go in and out the window,
Go in and out the window,
The Highland Gates to die."

Euleta took Vesta Philbrook by the hand, led her into the circle,
and knelt solemnly before her; and the others sang, wildly,--

"Kneel down and face your lover,
Kneel down and face your lover,
Kneel down and face your lover,
The Highland Gates to die."

"What ARE, you playing?" cried Bell Merryweather, who had come in
quietly, and was watching the proceedings in amazement.