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TUB 3IOONGLADE. 15
JOB cm bear the awful splendor of this sight, and few
hearts are BO brave as to wish to tread that fiery path
and explore the fierce wonders of the son. The moonglade
is Tery different, and a great many people, not
altogether children, have longed to make a bridge of it
Ehoda had often wished so, and when the Chimney-Elf
suggested the idea, she seized upon
it at once :
" Oh, can we go up the moongladef " cried she; and
the Chimney-El^ puckering his queer little face into a
hard knot, winking his bright little eyes very fast, and
nodding his head until the cockVfeather in his pointed
hat waved wildly to and fro, replied
:
"Yes, we can go up the moonglade, if jon will
behave like a sensible child, and not be frightened. All
that you hare to do is to come down to the beach a few
minutes before sunset, for yon know the full moon rises
just as the sun sets, get into the dory, and paddle a
little
waj out from the shore. I
win be there, and do
all the rest. Ton must not tell a mortal creature where
/ou are going. I don't want everybody rushing to the
moon, and making
it common."
"Nobody will care what I do," said Ehoda, a little
sadly. Father is going to marry the Widow Merriam,
and he goes to see her every night as soon as we have
done tea; and my sister Susy IB so busy getting the
house ready for father's wedding and her own, that she
don't remember me when she don't see me; and Mrs.
Manh, who helps her, only says: