The Shadow Witch

BY GERTRUDE CROWNFIELD
ILLUSTRATIONS BY ANNE MERRIMAN PECK
E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY NEW YORK
Copyright 1922, BY E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America
TO THE FRIEND WHOM I HAVE NEVER SEEN


THE SHADOW WITCH

Come, sit with me beside the broad hearthstone and gaze into the depths of the fire when it burns low, for not among the leaping flames alone are there to be seen marvelous things.
Deep hidden from your eyes at first, but plainly visible as you look closer, are countless forms of brightness and of beauty. You will find them among the shining coals that glimmer in scarlet and gold before you when the embers lie clear and warm upon the hearth. You will behold them among the shadows that flit across the embers with delicate grace and changeful hues.