He took it with him, he explained, as a precaution against Persian ague, contracted while battling against the Ottoman, and liable to recur at strange moments.

I left him in our best spare bedroom, and returned to my father, who was still seated, heavy with thought, in his old corner.
'What think you of my find, Dad ?' I asked.
'A man of parts and of piety,' he answered; 'but in truth he has brought me news so much after my heart, that he could not be unwelcome were he the Pope of Rome.' 'What news, then ?' 'This, this!' he cried joyously, plucking the letter out of his bosom.
'I will read it to you, lad.

Nay, perhaps I had best sleep the night upon it, and read it to-morrow when our heads are clearer.

May the Lord guide my path, and confound the tyrant! Pray for light, boy, for my life and yours may be equally at stake.'.