. Tarry thou till I come; or, Salathiel, the wandering Jew;. heground and shot down an eagle glance at the ehemy, whohad now made rapid progress, and were beginning to show theheads of their columns in the plain. He was unarmed. I gavebim my sword, and the proud humility with which he put itto his lips was a pledge to me that it would be honored inhis hands. Glorious thing! he exclaimed, as he flashed it before thesun, that raises man at once to the height of human honors,or sends him where no care can disturb his rest; the truescepter that graces empire; the true talisman, more powerfulthan a
. Tarry thou till I come; or, Salathiel, the wandering Jew;. heground and shot down an eagle glance at the ehemy, whohad now made rapid progress, and were beginning to show theheads of their columns in the plain. He was unarmed. I gavebim my sword, and the proud humility with which he put itto his lips was a pledge to me that it would be honored inhis hands. Glorious thing! he exclaimed, as he flashed it before thesun, that raises man at once to the height of human honors,or sends him where no care can disturb his rest; the truescepter that graces empire; the true talisman, more powerfulthan all the arts of the enchanter! What, like thee, can liftup the lowly, enrich the destitute, and even restore the un-done? What talent, knowledge, gift of nature, nay, whatsmile of fortune can, like thee, in one hour, bid the obscurestand forth the hero of a people or the wonder of a world?Now for glory! he shouted to the listening circle of thetroops, who answered him with shouts. Now for glory! they cried, and poured after him downthe side of the I* CM J3 o o Jubals Tiniatnlng The three gorges of the valleys through which the enemy Ube moved, opened into the plain at wide intervals from one an-other. I saw that the eagerness of Cestius to reach the openground was already hurrying his columns; and that, fromthe comparative facilities of the ravine immediately under myposition, the nearest column must arrive unsupported. Themoment came. The helmets and spears were already pouringfrom the. pass, when a gesture from me let loose the wholehuman torrent upon them. Our advantage of the ground, ournumbers, and still more, our brave impetuosity, decided thefate of this division at once. The legionaries were not merelyrepulsed, they were absolutely trampled down; there theylay, as if a mighty wall or a fragment of the mountain hadfallen upon them. The two remaining columns were still to be fought. Thecompact and broad mass of iron that rushed down the ravinesseemed irresistibl
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