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Laodice stiffened in the Maccabee's clasp

"Dost thou hear?" she whispered "It may be true!"

He shook his head that he had bowed upon her shoulder

"Let us go," she urged "Perchance he has comfort for us Come,

Hesper; let us see what he has for the forlorn"

"Who?" he asked dully

"They say the Deliverer has coain, but with her two hands she lifted his face

fro with her eyes and her hands and her lips

she led him toward the stairs The Christian looked after them

"For there shall arise false Christs; and false prophets, and shall

shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they

shall deceive the very elect," he said sorrowfully

The horror of the city augmented hour by hour The Jerusalem Laodice

locked upon noas infinitely ht days before

The walls were now outlined by fire which illuminated all the city

that lay directly beneath the beacons To the north gnoainst the flames shohere the soldiers of the

factionists were placing the topmost stones upon an inner wall or

curtain erected just within the Old Wall, which was by this tie-engine

without Titus, awakened by the fall of his tower, had i was still soer disinterested, no longer wrapped in

hopelessness and dull h they were, their

hollow eyes gleamed noith hope that was almost defiant Around the