242 pLOOSCAP AND OTHER STORIES evil spirit leaped upon his back and he galloped away and was soon out of sight. The two brothers left their old home, after that, and set out upon a journey; but they were seen by only a few people, for they were in¬ visible to most. At length they came to a house and went into an upper chamber. In the morn¬ ing their friend came to see them, and said: "We had better stay here all night." The next morning, when the people of the house went to inquire for them, the room was empty. The doors and the windows were fas¬ tened, and the boys' clothes were left in the room. They had been taken away by the good stranger to his own country, where there were no evil spirits to trouble them.