The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-05-10
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L H E S I B Y L S .
4 CLASSIC, CHRISTIAN NOVEL,
MILES GERALD KEON,
Author of Harding, the Money Spinner" etc
From the Catholic World.l
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4 CLASSIC, CHRISTIAN NOVEL,
From the Catholic World. |
Continued.)
PART M.

While Thelus picked out of our hero,
shoulders the two javelins still sticking in the
steel shirt, he said in n low voice:
Young master and friend had You not
better ride forward fast 1t is not we'll to leave
those weighty corn-bags too long in the charge
| of common soldiers"
"You are right, my friend. l will do so
Charias, 1 must overtake the other vehicle.
Bring all our friends here quickly after me.
Fellow. soldiers, you must sustain your severe
pace for a few hours longer. At every
milestone you must change the run to quick
walk until quite in breath again"
And remountipg, he galloped forward. 1t
was in part of tho road perfectly level with
the land around, under bright starlight, the
moon having set, that he came up with the
four soldiers who were escorting the baggage
cart They were halting. Tho Inch pin of
ono of the front wheels had given way. the
wheel had wobbled off the axletree, and the
DICTIONARIES were even then busy in endeavor-
ing to manufacture temporary fastening. In
other respects all was not well. Two of the
horses had fallen lame To maintain a forced
pace was no longer possible. When the
wheel had been replaced in rude fashion.
Paulus directed his to move forward
by the nine others belonging to their little
expedition; and while riding quietly in their
rear, and affecting to hum an air of music
which was then popular in Greece, and used
to be played by ladies upon the seven stringed
Tyre, he considered, with no little anxiety
and carefulness, was it possible that the free
hooters should find out the contents of the
strong box, and return in pursuit.
First in hot tI,o.,
all the way back to Rome; they would not
dare to take their cumbrous and conspicuou.
prize into the city at all. They must already |
have halted and it was likely that, making
their way off the hghroad into the forrest,
hey would have deposited the chest in some
safe dell or dngle. Secondly, however, it was
lot probable they could open the chest by any
orcibe means for many hours. This thought
vas relief. But suddenly an alarming idea
occurred to him. Eleazar had betrayed him
would not Eleazar be sufficiently cunning to
nticipate-not perhaps the removal of the
honey out of the chest, but the easy and
bVicus artifice of concealing the key The !
clay which could be caused by the want of a
ey might enable a well-mounted rider to
Itch from the rear guard of Gemanicuss army '
strong escort, and to lead it back in time to /
'coNer tne pooty ana might not EEedSdr pos
ss duplicate key1 Might he not have followed b
Is accomplices, and, meeting them on their r
turn, have produced the means which they f.
sired but lacked of opening the box 2 Then A.
ould discovery be made which would con- -
nee the band that Paulus retained the troa.- =,
o still they would remember there was . r,
cond wagon they would fellow him again ia
had not yet made hundred miles, aud now. II,
tn these lame horses, he con d uo longer hy
ST. His difficulties. risks, and responsible DE-
= became SO acutely painful 10 the yonng VI
IN, that he clInohed his bands involuntariIy m
d groaned aloud. NJ
After time, looking back along the road he 70
n CEerias and the others in the distance fol. in
wing swiftly. He turned bis horse round. q,
awaited them. There were some wiues al
other provisions in the cart, aud he deter -,
ned to call halt, afford bis men the re-. he
shments which their severe exertions had l..
ldered so needfuI, and consult with his three -,
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to tho DICTIONARIES bread, meat o. q;