The Saints Aid and Guide Us

The lads were weary, besides, with yesterday's exertions and the lack of food. They moved but heavily and dragged their feet among the sand. The ground became very uneven, full of knolls and hollows. Trees grew scattered, or in clumps. It became difficult to choose a path, and the lads somewhat wandered. Presently, coming to the top of a knoll, they were aware of the leper,. some hundred feet in front of them, crossing the line of their march by a hollow. His bell was silent, his staff no longer tapped the ground, and he had disappeared into a little thicket. There they lay, horror-struck.

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