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"If I forget thee, O Jerusale

If I do not reue cleave to the roof of my

mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy," the Maccabee

said, half to hied with the dream that

held him entranced The Maccabee went on

"So said the Psalmist to himself," he said "What had he to do for

Jerusalem; what did he fear would win him away from that labor for

Jerusaleh to revile

Babylon, the oppressor, that stood between him and Jerusalem; but what

if he had been the captive of beauty, and chained by the bonds of

lovely hair!"

The boy turned now and looked at the Maccabee The eyes of the two met

fair Then the Maccabee unburdened his soul and told of the girl to

this child, as a Christian and a humble shepherd in the starved

hills of Judea

"Isilence "And by what I learned

of her spirit that night, she will not be happy to know that you have