he moonlight on his great open mouth, appeared the Hound.
From nowhere he'd come, but there he stood within ten yards of her,
barring the way. And she heard him growl and saw him come forward to meet
her.

One scream she gave, though not so loud as a screech owl, and then she
tottered, swayed, and lost her senses. If she'd fallen to the left no harm
had overtook her; but to the right she fell and dropped unconscious, face
forward into Dean Burn.

The waters ran shallow there, above the Pool, yet, shallow or deep, she
dropped with her head under the river and knew it not.

Many a day passed afore the mystery of her escape from death got to
Millicent's ears; but for the moment all she could mind was that presently
her senses returned to her and she found herself with her back against a
tree and her face and bosom wet with water. Slowly her wits worked and she
looked around, but found herself a hundred yards away from the Pool. Then
she called home what had befallen her and rose to her feet; and presently
her blood flowed again and she felt she was safe and the peril over-got.
'Twas clear the Hound had done her no hurt and she felt only puzzled to
know why for she was so wet and why, when she went fainty beside the Pool,
she'd come to again a hundred yards away from it. But that great mystery
she put by for another time and thanked God for saving her and cleared the
woods and sped to doctor with her bad news.

And he rose up and let her in and, hearing the case was grave, soon
prepared to start. And while he dressed, Millicent made shift to dry
herself by the heat of a dying fire. Then he put his horse in the trap and
very quick they drove away up to the gamekeeper's house. But no word of
her amazing adventure did the woman let drop in doctor's ear; and the
strange thing was that peace had come upon her now and fear was departed
from her heart.

Milly Meadows had got the influenza very bad and, guessing what he'd find,
the physician had brought his cautcheries along with him, so he ministered
a soothing drug and directed her treatment and spoke hopeful words about
it. He was up again next day and found all going very orderly, and
foretold that, if the mischief could be kept out of Milly's lungs, she'd
recover in due course. So the mind of her husband and her daughter grew at
peace when Milly's body cooled down; and then the girl told her father of
what had befell her by Hound's Pool, and he was terrible interested and