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Title: Tarry thou till I come; or, Salathiel, the wandering Jew;
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Croly, George, 1780-1860
Subjects: Wandering Jew
Publisher: New York, Grosset and Dunlap
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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oner for thenight, or for the siege, or to glut the ax by morning, werequestions which lay in the bosom of as implacable a villainas long-delayed revenge ever made malignant; but what wasto become of my child, of my family, of my share in thegfreat cause, for which alone life was of value? The chamber to which I was consigned was at the top ofthe tower and overlooked avast extent of coimtry. Before mewere the Eoman camps, seen clearly in the moonlight, andwrapt in silence, except when the solitary trumpet soundedthe watch, or the heavy tread of a troop going its rounds washeard. The city sounds were but the murmurs of the sinkingtide of the multitude. The spring was in her glory. The aircame fresh and sweet from the fields. All was tranquillity;yet what a mass of destructive power was lying motionlessunder that tranquillity! Fire, sword, and man were beforeme—elements of evil that a touch could rouse into tempest,not to be allayed but by torrents of blood and the ruin ofempires. 4.4
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CHAPTER LVI A Narrow Escape While my mind was wandering away in thoughts of the »sasftet ofmadness of ambition in so brief a being as man, I heard a loudclamor of voices in the chambers below. The rustic guardshad been enjoying themselves, but their wine was alreadyout, and they set their faces boldly against the disciplinewhich pretended to limit the wine of patriots so true anathirsty. The clamor arose from the discovery that the cellarsof the tower had been examined by a previous guard, whoprovided for the temperance of their successors by taking thewhole temptation to themselves. High words followed be-tween the abettors of discipline and thd partizans of thevintage, and if my door were but unbarred I might have ex-peditiously relieved the captain of his charge. But its boltswere enormous, and I tried them in vain. As I was givingup the effort, a light footstep ascended the stairs; a key turnedin the ponderous wards, and the minstrel of the tent stood be-fore me. If you wish to e

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