"S'pose he ain't at home?" whispered Harriet.
"Dan'l, you pound on the door again," said Eliza.
And Daniel pounded. Abijah pounded, too, and Eliza herself rattled away on one panel, with her freckled face screwed up, but nobody came.
"If he's there, he won't come to the door," said Daniel.
Suddenly the silence within the house was broken. Then came a volley of quick barks, and the children all fell back in a panic, and scurried into the road.
"He's in there," said Daniel; "an' he's been keeping the dog still, but he can't any longer."
"Just hear him!" whispered Harriet, with a shudder.
The dog was not only barking and growling, but leaping at the door.
