"
"Well, we are none of us going to die," said Mrs. Irving vigorously,
as she threw aside her coat and hat. "Show us the way to the kitchen,
Mollie, and if there is anything there to eat, we will get it."
Accordingly Mollie took one of the candles and led the way into a
little room beyond while all the girls but Betty crowded in after her.
For the Little Captain slipped back for a moment and very quietly
closed the door, shutting out definitely the shadow beyond it.
"I suppose it is foolish," she said to herself, "because if there is
anything out there that really wants to get in there are plenty of
ways that it can do it, without coming in through the door. But," and
she turned the key in the lock, "it certainly makes one feel more
comfortable to have the door closed." Then she followed the girls into
the other room, and the sight that met her eyes was certainly more
cheering than anything she could have imagined.
Mollie's Uncle John had surprised them. In the exact center of a table
set for five lay a young pig, roasted whole and browned to a turn! Nor
was this all.
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