notes of a horn.

"Oh, John, do you know John of Gamala was there?"

"How do you know, Mary?" John asked, in surprise.

"One of the young men who was a captive was lying near, and he
leaped to his feet when the horn sounded, and shouted, 'There is
John of Gamala's horn; we are saved.' Did you know he was with
you?"

"Yes, I knew he was," John said.

"You won't say anything against him, again," Mary said. "Why did
you not bring him here to us, that we might thank him?"

"Certainly I will not say anything against him, in future, Mary.

"And now, let us be going. I am very anxious about my poor mother.
We will follow the road to the spot where we left her. By the time
we get there, morning will be breaking. We will inquire for her, at
every village we pass through; for I am sure she cannot have gone
far. The Romans did not take the asses but, even with them, she
could not have traveled far, and probably took shelter at the first
place which she came to."

This proved to be the case. At the first village they arrived at
after passing the spot at which they had been taken captives, they
heard that, late the evening before, a woman had arrived in sore
distress. She was leading two asses, which she seemed too feeble to
mount. She stated that her son and daughter had been carried away
by the Romans; and she had been received, for the night, in the
principal house in the village.

Martha's delight, when John and Mary entered the house where she
had been sheltered, was beyond words. She fell on their neck and
kissed them, with broken sentences of thankfulness to God at their
deliverance; and it was some time before she was sufficiently calm
to hear how their escape had been effected, by the night attack
upon the Romans by the country people. She was scarcely surprised
when she heard that John had effected his escape, and summoned the
people to rise to rescue them.

"You told me to trust to you to save Mary, John; and I have kept on
saying your words, over and over again, to myself. It seemed to me
as if I did not quite understand them, and yet there was comfort in
them. I could not even think what you could do to help Mary; and
yet it appeared as if you, yourself, must have some hope."

As soon as Martha was sufficiently recovered from her emotions to
resume their journey, the party again started. They made a detour
to avoid Hippos for, as John said, there might be inquiries as to
everyone who was noticed coming f