h."

"The Passover feast we ate in an upper chamber," he said. "Before the
singing of the last hymn and the washing of hands Judas left, and it
doth seem that from his word or act, the Master did suspect him of
disloyalty. Soon we went into the streets which lay quiet save for the
sound of singing from those who tarried late at the feast. Leaving the
city by a side gate we followed a dim path to an old stone mill hard by
an olive orchard. A secluded and hidden place it is. At the entrance
to the grove the Master bade us tarry, save three, and watch with all
our eyes, for threats had been breathed against him. And the three
which went with him did he also bid watch while he went yet farther
under the trees to commune with Jehovah as oft he doeth. Secure would
he have been had not our eyes been heavy with sleep for then would we
have seen the crowd approaching that with clubs and torches and spears,
wormed its way across Kedron and up the hillside. And had we seen,
then would we have passed word to the inner watchers, and to the Master
would they have called. Then, lo! him whom Judas would betray, could
have escaped far down the hillside, and have safely hidden in some cave
or tomb. So hath he escaped aforetimes. But _woe_! _Woe_! Woe unto
him whose words thou hearest! The spirit was willing, but the flesh
was weak and around the old stone mill did we fall asleep. And, alas
for the misery that hath come upon us; those of the inner watch did
also fall asleep, and while we slept came the soldiers of Rome, the
Temple guards and the rabble. Scarce had we opened our eyes when they
were upon us, yet did not the inner watch awaken until Jesus, hearing
the uproar, came from the shadows and said, as he stood above the
sleeping forms of his disciples, 'What, could ye not watch with me one
hour?' And as he did stand, Judas hurried to him, kissing his cheek
and crying, 'Hail, Master!' At this the soldiers fell upon him, yet
fear did not move him, and at his command they fell back. Without the
twitching of a hair or the shadow of a fear he stood out before them
while he said, 'Why have ye come out against me as a robber? Daily
have I taught in the Temple. Why take me not there?' And because they
could make no answer they smote him on the mouth."

"Those he loved slept while his life was in peril! Those he trusted
have betrayed him? Those to whom he hath done no evil have smitten
him? It can not be so! Say it