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CHAPTER TWENTY THREE.

IN WHICH VERY PERPLEXING EVENTS OCCUR.

The visitor referred to in the last chapter was a tall, broad-shouldered old man with a snowy head of hair and a flowing white beard, a long, loose black garment, and a stout staff about six feet long.

Cormac had gone to a spring for water at the time he arrived, and Bladud was lying on his back inside his hut.

"Is any one within?" demanded the stranger, lifting a corner of the curtain.

"Enter not here, whoever you are!" replied the prince quickly, springing up--"stay--I will come out to you."

"You are wonderfully inhospitable," returned the stranger, as the prince issued from the hut and stood up with an inquiring look which suddenly changed to one of astonishment.

"Beniah!" he exclaimed.

"Even so," replied the Hebrew, holding out his hand, but Bladud drew back.

"What! will you neither permit me to enter your house nor shake your hand? I was not so churlish when you visited my dwelling."

"You know well, old man, that I do not grudge hospitality, but fear to infect you."

"Yes, I know it well," rejoined the Hebrew, smiling, "and knowing that you were here, I turned aside on my journey to inquire as to your welfare."

"I have much to say about my welfare and strange things to tell you, but first let me know what has brought you to this part of the land--for if you have turned aside to see me--seeing me has not been your main object."

1. Where had Cormac gone?
2. for what?
3. What was Bladud doing?
4. where?
5. What did the stranger ask?
6. What did he do to the curtain?
7. Did the prince want him to come in?
8. Was the Prince surprised to see who it was?
9. Did the Prince want to shake his hand?
10. Why not?
11. Was the visitor young?
12. Did he go out of his way to see the prince?
13. How is the visitor's hair described?
14. Does he have a beard?
15. What is he wearing?
16. Is it short?
17. Tight?
18. What is he carrying?
19. Are his shoulders narrow?
1. A sprint
2. A spring for water
3. Lying on his back.
4. Inside his hut.
5. Is any one within?
6. Lifted a corner
7. No
8. Yes
9. No
10. He did not want to infect him.
11. No
12. Yes
13. Snowy
14. Yes
15. A black garment
16. No
17. Loose
18. a six foot long staff
19. No