"I think it looks more like E, dear," returned Agnes. "So it must stand for Eva. You and I are going to be chums forever!"
Afterward Agnes remembered that U was an N upside down!
When the girls proposed going out to the spring-house and each looking down the well to see whose reflection would appear in the water in the light of a ghostly candle, Carrie's mother vetoed it.
"I guess not!" she said vigorously. "I'm not going to have candle-grease dripped down my well. Yes! I did it when I was a foolish girl—I know I did, Carrie. Your father had no business telling you. What he didn't tell you was that your grandfather was a week cleaning out the well, and it was right at the beginning of a long, dry spell."
"Who did you see in the well, Mother?" asked Carrie, roguishly.
"Never mind whom I saw. It wasn't your father, although he had begun to shine around me, even then," laughed Mrs. Poole.
Suddenly two of the girls screamed. A mysterious light had appeared in the black-cloth booth. The gilt signs upon it showed more plainly. There was a rustling noise, and then the flap of the booth was pushed back. The Hallowe'en Witch appeared in the opening.
"Money!" cried the witch. "Bright, golden coin. It's that for which all witches are supposed to sell themselves. See!"
Between thumb and finger the witch held up a shiny five-dollar gold piece. In the other hand was held a shallow pan of water.
"To gain gold one must cross water," intoned the witch, solemnly. "This gold piece is freely the property of whoever can take it out of the pan of water," and with a tinkle the five-dollar coin was dropped into the pan.