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"Go in and out the window, Go in and out the window, Go in and out the window, The Highland Gates to die." Euleta took Vesta Philbrook by the hand, led her into the circle, and knelt solemnly before her; and the others sang, wildly, "Kneel down and face your lover, Kneel down and face your lover, Kneel down and face your lover, The Highland Gates to die."
"What ARE, you playing?" cried Bell Merryweather, who had come in quietly, and was watching the proceedings in amazement. "Don't ask me!" Hildegarde replied, "watch and listen, and learn if you can. Oh, this is tragedy, indeed!" For Euleta had thrown herself backward, not without a certain dramatic force, and now lay prone at Vesta's feet; and the children chanted, solemnly,
"She's dead because she loved him, She's dead because she loved him, She's dead because she loved him, The Highland Gates to die." This ended the game, and the children smiled joyously, while Euleta plumed herself like a little peacock, taking to herself the credit of all the interest shown by the young ladies.
Highland Gates well, I shall learn it quickly, I hope. Euleta, will you take the lead?" Euleta, a sheep-faced child, with six whitey-brown pigtails, motioned to the others, who at once joined hands in a circle.
"Euleta!" exclaimed Hildegarde; "is that you, child? and Minnie and Katie, too. Why, you are here in good time, aren't you?" She ran down and took the children by the hand, and led them up to the piazza. "I am very glad to see you, chicks," she said. "Shall we take off the hats?
Perhaps we will leave them on for a little," she added, quickly, seeing a shade of distress on Euleta's face; "they look so gay and bright, and we might want to walk about the garden, you see." Euleta beamed again, and the others with her. They were sisters, and their careful mother had given them hats just alike, dreadful mysteries of magenta roses and apple-green ribbon.
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