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Between thes To join his column with all

honor to himself, he had to work back over the wadies he had crossed

and circle the gardens that stood in his way But a hedge pressed too

close upon the space he must pass, between it and the enelanced beside his ear; he wavered in

his saddle Then, that happened which a Roet

Titus wheeled his horse and, plunging his spurs into its sides, fled

on into the open country to the north, with the jeers of thehim

His troops rushed down upon his assailants But the wary soldiers

turned when the Roman had fled and the Gate of the Women's Towers

closed upon then, a sign! An omen! Thus shall the children of God overthrow the

heathen in battle!"

But one of the Jews on the wall thrust his fingers under his turban

and seized his hair

"Jerusalem is fallen! Woe! Woe to the wicked city!"

He turned in his place and leaped a good twenty feet to the ground

When he raised hi his garments from him as he went, he entered a narrow street

that made its ascent toward Zion by steps and cobbled slants Here he