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"Is he thy slave.?" "Ay, lord, and worthless." "Thou hast made him so. Here be one hundred drachmae. The man is mine." "Two hundred, lord." "One hundred is too much. I have spoken. Is it a bargain .^^ Lift him to his feet." Trembling, the poor black stood be- fore his new master. The little lad looked, and wept for pity and joy. The Wise Man spoke : "O my brother, we go to see a King 17 How They Came to Bethlehem in whose realm all souls are free. Thou art free. If thou wilt come with us, come ...!" Then the man caught the Wise Man's foot in his scarred hands and kissed it. "O my master, I come," was the broken reply. "We are one more, O my father," said the little lad as the caravan went again on its way through the city to the inn. Southward now, with the sun in their faces, they journeyed along the great paved highway. Behind them, alone, came the leper on his horse. At every halting-place, when they left, the little lad made sure that food was left be- hind for him. The road led now by the tumbling, foaming river, where rows of poplars stood tall and straight ; now by thickets of oleander and willow that hid the river from view; now through mea- dows strewn with many-colored flowers ; through many a village and town, fiat- roofed and dirty ; past many a hillside robed in the deep purple of iris ; by the black tents of Arabs encamped about the springs by the road; along the shore lapped by the blue waters of the Lake of Galilee; through orchards where the __ 18 How They Came to Bethlehem hardy farmer-folk, gathering their olives from the silver-wreathed trees, stopped to gaze in open-mouthed wonder at the strange company, and fled with curses from the leper who came last, alone.
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