There we find Mathias,
Perreeza, and their children. The amiable Jupheena is there, with her
husband and sons and daughters. Venerable men and women are seen here and
there.
But where to-night is Joram? Where is that benign countenance? Hush!
Speak low, tread lightly! Disturb not the last moments of the dying
Israelite! Joram is at the banks of Jordan. Already his feet are touching
the cold waters.
The sick man turns on his pillow and faintly
"Mathias, why comes he not? Shall I not once more see my most excellent
friend?"
"My dear father, he will ere long be here. The messenger is trustworthy,
and will soon return."
"The journey of life is near its close. The holy hill is in sight. I pass
through the vale of death on my way to the better land. Yonder is the
home of the faithful. Sorrow and mourning shall flee away."
"He is here! He is here!" cried Jupheena.
"Has he arrived?" asked the sick man, in faint accents.
"Yea, father," replied Mathias, in soothing tones, "he has arrived.
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