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THEY thought at first that she was hiding in the barn, afraid to come / out, lest Molly might be lying in wait to grab her. So they began / calling: "Come on, Lloyd! King's X! King's excuse! Home free! You may / come home free!" But there was no answer, and Betty, suddenly / remembering the trap-door, grew white with fear.
The children played in the barn so much that Mr. Appleton's first order, / when he hired a new man, was that the trap-door must always be closed / and fastened the moment he finished pitching the hay down to the manger / below. The children themselves had been cautioned time and again to keep / away from it, but Lloyd, never having played in the barn before, was not / aware of its existence.