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Chapter 38

           "Beofgoodcomfort,brother,"saidthephysician;"thoucanstdealwiththeNazarenesasonepossessingthemammonofunrighteousness,andcanstthereforepurchaseimmunityattheirhands—itrulesthesavagemindsofthoseungodlymen,evenasthesignetofthemightySolomonwassaidtocommandtheevilgenii.—Butwhatpoorwretchcomeshitheruponhiscrutches,desiring,asIthink,somespeechofme?—Friend,"continuedthephysician,addressingHigg,thesonofSnell,"Irefusetheenottheaidofmineart,butIrelievenotwithoneasperthosewhobegforalmsuponthehighway.Outuponthee!—Hastthouthepalsyinthylegs?thenletthyhandsworkforthylivelihood;for,albeitthoube’stunfitforaspeedypost,orforacarefulshepherd,orforthewarfare,orfortheserviceofahastymaster,yettherebeoccupations—Hownow,brother?"saidhe,interruptinghisharanguetolooktowardsIsaac,whohadbutglancedatthescrollwhichHiggoffered,when,utteringadeepgroan,hefellfromhismulelikeadyingman,andlayforaminuteinsensible.

           TheRabbinowdismountedingreatalarm,andhastilyappliedtheremedieswhichhisartsuggestedfortherecoveryofhiscompanion.Hehadeventakenfromhispocketacuppingapparatus,andwasabouttoproceedtophlebotomy,whentheobjectofhisanxioussolicitudesuddenlyrevived;butitwastodashhiscapfromhishead,andtothrowdustonhisgreyhairs.

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