cried the suddenly to be a keeper in a lunatic asylum with that eye of yours i i never saw anything like it there s nothing in the eye only in the expression well expression or whatever it is i d give something to have one like it but i m not up to that game try there s no secret in it oh tis no use trying know you see i ve a temper ah where the secret is said well try to your temper now you see how useful it will be to you god s blessing be on you in the endeavour good night i stay i won t you have a bit of bread and cheese no thank you good night my little friends the and he passed his hand carelessly over the little silk of the they uttered a low wail of regret at his departure and the girl held towards him her fragment of bread smiling he off a little piece of it and as he returned it put his finger between her teeth she did not bite him but laughed like a little child he looked at the and they both laughed farewell i he again cried cheerily and waving his hand passed on if it be objected that neglected here and there to press an advantage and avail himself of an opening for doing more than he did i can only say that he had much ground to get over that the fields were white unto harvest and he the solitary and that his lord and master whom he followed as closely as he could in all things when urged by the people of various places to continue longer with them refused saying i must preach the kingdom of god to other cities also for therefore am i sent it was now nearly dark and still by the was toiling on towards the for haven where he would be suddenly he heard the sound of a heavy horse advancing along the road from behind him presently the horse rider passed him and though the obscurity was now such that he could dimly make out their forms his own outline it appeared was better discerned by the who having ridden a little in advance drew his rein for a minute to shout out to him the day is coming when all you shall be a second st so look to it � i and with a yell of he galloped on judged this unknown ill might be the peasant who had caused his from the coffee house and he no good to himself from such a preceding him to the next village nor were his when he reached it no one would take him in many in fact had retired for the night and were already asleep others who were shutting up roughly denied him a lodging even though he should pay for it in the advance lonely and weary he crept ou his way and presently found himself beyond the village under a sand bank a portion of which having been dug away left a little cave or den in which he resolved to find shelter for the night have holes thought he and birds of the air have nests i will for once take refuge with the sand martin he himself up with his bag behind him and took out his remaining piece of bread the stars were coming out brighter and brighter every minute and he gazed at them with delight for he had learnt something of them from mr thought he you shine as brightly on me and shed as sweet influences as you did thousands of years ago on job and his friends quite so brightly perhaps for i have heard that in that distant region of the east the air is so clear that your rays distinct and divers colours � as white yellow violet and deep red you glorious are supposed by the learned to by the be sixty times as brilliant as our sun well may he who created you be called wonderful i lord our governor i how excellent is thy name in all the world i that hast set thy glory above the heavens while lay thus and absorbed in the of the host he became aware of a slight noise a little way off and the stealthy sound of wheels presently all became quiet but again he learnt that he had neighbours at no great distance from him who seemed coming to a halt they spoke in grumbling under tones and at length a rough voice said loudly enough for to hear every syllable where are s and s chains and how should i know rejoined sharply you took them yourself in the morning and most left them on the grass yes i know i laid them on the grass returned the grumbling in order that you might pack them up along with the rest of the traps and i fancy you ll have to back for them old woman if youve left them behind back yourself then if anybody s to replied she and a quarrel ensued the details of which escaped s ears till he heard the man end it by saying now then young tumble into your will and ye probably accompanying the word with a kick to judge from the shrill cry that ensued guessed pretty well who his neighbours were and resolved to keep himself close for he felt no pleasure in their they were evidently a couple of and he the idea of their poor little being kept from like a couple of dogs by chain and the party apparently soon settled to rest for all became quiet as death and after gazing up at the stars a while longer and saying his prayers under his breath fell into deep sleep he was awakened at dead of night by a nightmare sensation of a heavy weight 