her uncle and
brother a fairly clear account of her adventures.

"I remember it all quite well now," she said. "Aunt Helen was ill that
night, and she said she would have the maid sleep in her room, in case
she might need something. I slept in the maid's room, which was just
across the hall. I was very tired, and I think I must have gone to
sleep as soon as I was in bed, for I don't remember anything until I
woke hearing a terrible noise. The whole hotel seemed to be rocking, and
I saw some of the things on the bureau fall over, and a picture came
down off the wall. I think I was too frightened to move, for I lay quite
still, thinking every minute that Aunt Helen would come and tell me what
had happened. In a few moments the shaking stopped and then I heard
people screaming and running about in the halls.

"Aunt Helen didn't come, or the maid either, and at last I got up, and
went to look for them. I was in my nightgown and bare feet, but I was
too frightened to stop to put any clothes on. I ran out into the hall,
intending to go to Aunt Helen's room, but something frightful had
happened; there wasn't any room, only a great pile of bricks and mortar,
and I heard people say one of the chimneys had fallen in. Oh, it was
terrible--I can't talk about it!" And the poor child began to shiver
convulsively.

"Never mind about that part of the story, dear," Dr. Randolph said,
soothingly, while Beverly put his arm round her.

"I called and called to Aunt Helen," Undine went on in a voice scarcely
above a whisper, "but nobody answered, and then the house began to
shake again and people screamed that the walls were falling.

"The next thing I remember is being out in the street. I don't know how
I got there, but I was running along in my bare feet, in the midst of a
great crowd. I don't know how far I ran or where I went. I think I must
have been crazed with fright. I tried to speak to people, but nobody
took any notice of me. I heard them saying there had been a terrible
earthquake, and that the whole city had been destroyed. At last I got
very tired, and I think I must have been faint too, for everything grew
black, and I was so cold. I remember going inside a doorway, and
thinking I would rest there for a few minutes, and then the stone must
have fallen on my head, for I don't remember anything more till I woke
up in the hospital, and didn't even know my name."

"Of course it must have been the poor maid who was killed,"