I--" I was interrupted by another flash and terrific report from directly overhead.

The young lady came closer to me.
"Oh!" she exclaimed.
I had an idea.

The flash had made our surroundings as light as day for an instant and across the road I saw Sylvanus Snow's old house, untenanted, abandoned and falling to decay.

I took Miss Colton's arm.
"Come!" I said.
She hung back.

"Where are you going ?" she asked.
"Just across the road to that old house.