CHAPTER XXXV.
"I WILL LIFT UP MINE EYES UNTO THE HILLS."
When Sammy opened her eyes, she was on the bed in her own room. In
the other room someone was moving about, and the light from a lamp
shone through the door.
At first the girl thought that she had awakened from a night's
sleep, and that it was her father whom she heard, building the
fire before calling her, as his custom was. But no, he was not
building the fire, he was scrubbing the floor. How strange. She
would call presently and ask what he meant by getting up before
daylight, and whether he thought to keep her from scolding him by
trying to clean up what he had spilled before she should see it.
She had had a bad dream of some kind, but she could not remember
just what it was. It was very strange that something seemed to
keep her from calling to her father just then. She would call
presently. She must remember first what that dream was. She felt
that she ought to get up and dress, but she did not somehow wish
to move. She was strangely tired. It was her dream, she supposed.
Then she discovered that she was already fully dressed, and that
her clothing was wet, muddy and torn. And with this discovery
every incident of the night came vividly before her.
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