Miss Chandler gave a soft laugh and hugged Dora tight. “Would you be afraid of that eye if you saw it with me?” she asked.
Dora said she would not feel afraid. Miss Chandler put out the light in her bedroom. In half a minute, right by the door, out of the darkness grew a shiny round spot, exactly like the one in the living-room.
“You see it, don’t you, dear?” asked Miss Chandler. “Now, we will put on the light.”
When the room was bright with electricity, Miss Chandler took Dora over to the wall where the eye had shone. There was an electric switch with two push-buttons. One was white and one was black.
“It is this button, Dora,” said Miss Chandler. “The top has been painted with something which shines in the dark. It isn’t an evil eye at all, little Dora, but a nice friendly eye that says, ‘Did you want to put on the electric light? Here am I, showing you just where to touch your finger and snap it on in a jiffy!’”
Miss Chandler turned out the light and Dora saw the button begin to shine. She pushed it in and out and saw how nice it was to have a bright eye to tell her where to find the switch.
“And the streak by the table?” she asked.
“That is a bit of radium paint enclosed in a glass pendant. When you pull the pendant, the lamp on the table lights.”
Dora gave a sigh of relief. “Thank you, Aunt Margaret,” she said. “We have gas at home, and after Mother turns it off, nothing shines.”
Miss Chandler tucked Dora again into bed. When Dora was alone in the dark, she could smile at the friendly eye on the wall.