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When he awoke rested sufficiently to think, he recalled that he had

been twice stabbed by Julian of Ephesus by the marsh on the road to

Jerusalem He had probably been carried to this place and nursed back

to life by the householder

Then he remembered In his search after cause for his cousin's attack

upon hie at the Maccabee's

preërace

of violence committed in a quarrel between himself and his cousin over

the possession of a woman, appealed to him And even as instantly, his

defiant heart accepted its shame and persisted in its fault It is an

extre raises a

regret in the heart of aof conscience against cherishing his dreairl in the tissue of

moonbeams

There was a quiet step on the earth at the threshold Joseph, the

shepherd, stood there The two looked at each other; one with inquiry

and weakness in his face; the other with good-will and reassurance

"Boy," said the Maccabee feebly, "I have been sick"

"Friend, I am witness to that I am your nurse," the boy replied

After a little silence the Maccabee extended his hand The boy took it

with a sudden flush of e it too hard, and laid it back with great care on his

patient's breast The Maccabee looked out at the door, away fro host