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"A hard sentence, but it must suffice," replied the other, his head drooping in sorrow; but Miriam exclaimed: "Nay, Hur, you have a right to ask the cause of my refusal, and because I honor you, I owe you the truth. Another man of our race reigns in my heart. He met me for the first time when I was still a child.
He's a bird, though! aint he, old gentleman? hic-cup Look here, I'll give you five dollars, hic-cup if you'll stop these, hic these confounded hic-hic-hic-cups There now There's a chance for you! hic blast 'em! He swore off for six months, ha! ha! ha! And it's just, hic just a week to-night since the six months were up. Hurrah for freedom and principle! Hur hic hurrah!" "Thomas Watson!
Hur thought of his young wife, while before Aaron's mind rose Elisheba, his faithful spouse, his children and grandchildren; and both, with imploring eyes, mutely entreated Moses to dismiss them to hasten to aid their dear ones; but the stern leader refused and detained them.
I had but to look at it to see you bore some weight in mind; and to find the weight, what had I to do more than recall your debates with my father? Son of Hur!" she lowered her voice with singular dexterity, and, going nearer, spoke so her breath was warm upon his cheek "son of Hur! he thou art going to find is to be King of the Jews, is he not?" His heart beat fast and hard.
If un's the best Scotland Yard could let out to ye, sir, a half-baked old softy like that, the rest of 'em must be a blessed poor lot, Ah'm thinkin'. What's un doin' now, the noodle? snuffin' the air like he did not understand the smell of it! He'd not be expectin' a stable to be scented with eau de cologne, would he? What's un name, sir?" "Cleek." "Hur!
I was hanging on for dear life, now and then catching sight of the driver urging his plunging horses onward like a charioteer in a modern Ben Hur race. The tender with Craig and McCormick was lost in the clouds of smoke and sparks that trailed behind us. On we dashed until we turned into Sixth Avenue. The glare of the sky told us that this time the firebug had made good.
Hur drew his figure to a still greater height and, interrupting Hosea, asked Miriam whether she desired to hear the son of Nun without witnesses; she answered with a quiet "yes." Then Hur turned haughtily and coldly to the warrior: "I think that Miriam knows the Lord's will, as well as her brother's, and is aware of what beseems the women of Israel.
After a silence, he laid his hand upon her shoulder, and resumed: "When he has taken the Egyptian to wife, Esther, he will think of you with repentance and much calling of the spirit; for at last he will awake to find himself but the minister of her bad ambition. Rome is the centre of all her dreams. To her he is the son of Arrius the duumvir, not the son of Hur, Prince of Jerusalem."
Meanwhile Moses, with Aaron and Hur, remained on the cliff overlooking the battle-field. Thence the former watched the conflict in which, grown grey in the arts of peace, he shared only with his heart and soul.
Both agreed that Joshua must fight, no matter in what position Moses placed him; but Hur himself led him to the warriors, who joyously greeted him. Both the old man and the younger one understood how to infuse confidence. They told them of the well-watered oasis of the Amalekites, which was not far distant, and pointed to the weapons in their hands, with which the Lord Himself had furnished them.
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