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He glanced at the sleeper as he passed and continued to the farther

side where the opposite hill sloped down into the depression Here he

found for himself a comfortable spot and lay down, prepared to watch

all day Froure

in the grass and commented to himself that it was a weary man who

slept so soundly, and then lost interest in the le the wits of a shepherd who is a boy

The rims continued to Jerusalem

In hway cale of harness Every soul

within sound of that un-Jewish mode of travel turned apprehensively

and looked back Bearing down upon the The sunshine on their brass arold, and the recklessness of their

advance swept the pilgriht and left the Jews scattered; some ran into the hills and hid

the faces

waited defiantly for the approach of the oppressor The young shepherd

full of excite Jews nor the Jews that had stood their ground

attracted the attention of the approaching legionaries It was the

close-packed, avid-feeding sheep, deep in the grass, that won their