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DEBORAH




By James M. Ludlow


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                                DEBORAH

                          A TALE OF THE TIMES

                                 _of_

                           JUDAS MACCABAEUS

                                 _by_

                            JAMES M. LUDLOW

                              _AUTHOR OF
                    THE CAPTAIN OF THE JANIZARIES_

                                 _ETC_

                            [Illustration]

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TABLE OF CONTENTS


  CHAPTER                                                  PAGE

  I.--THE CITY OF PRIDE,                                     11

  II.--THE CITY OF DESOLATION,                               22

  III.--THE LITTLE BLIND SEER,                               32

  IV.--THE DISCUS THROW,                                     39

  V.--A FLOWER IN A TORRENT,                                 46

  VI.--A JEWISH CUPID,                                       54

  VII.--IN THE TOILS OF APOLLONIUS,                          63

  VIII.--DEBORAH DISCOVERS HERSELF,                          71

  IX.--THE NASI'S TRIUMPH,                                   79

  X.--JUDAS MACCABÆUS,                                       91

  XI.--THE PRIEST'S KNIFE,                                  106

  XII.--THE FORT OF THE ROCKS,                              111

  XIII.--THE DAUGHTER OF THE VOICE,                         120

  XIV.--THE SPY,                                            130

  XV.--THE BATTLE OF THE WADY,                              140

  XVI.--THE BATTLEFIELD OF A HEART,                         146

  XVII.--A FAIR WASHERWOMAN,                                160

  XVIII.--HIGH PRIEST! HIGH DEVIL!                          171

  XIX.--THE RENEGADE,                                       179

  XX.--A FEMALE SYMPOSIUM,                                  185

  XXI.--BATTLE OF BETHHORON,                                193

  XXII.--A PRELUDE WITHOUT THE PLAY,                        200

  XXIII.--THE GREED OF GLAUCON,                             205

  XXIV.--LESSONS IN DIPLOMACY,                              209

  XXV.--A JEWESS TAKES NO ORDERS FROM THE ENEMY,            215

  XXVI.--TO UNMASK THE PRINCESS,                            221

  XXVII.--THE QUEEN OF THE GROVE,                           227

  XXVIII.--A PRISONER,                                      234

  XXIX.--A RAID,                                            243

  XXX.--FOILED,                                             250

  XXXI.--THE SHEIKHS,                                       258

  XXXII.--THE CASTLE OF MASADA,                             266

  XXXIII.--WITH BEN AARON,                                  276

  XXXIV.--QUICK LOVE: QUICK HATE!                           282

  XXXV.--WORSHIP BEFORE BATTLE,                             289

  XXXVI.--THE TEMPTRESS,                                    298

  XXXVII.--"IF I WERE A JEW,"                               304

  XXXVIII.--THE POISONER,                                   309

  XXXIX.--BATTLE OF EMMAUS,                                 313

  XL.--"A LITTLE CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM,"                    321

  XLI.--A STRANGE VISITOR,                                  327

  XLII.--A CLOSE CALL FOR DION,                             332

  XLIII.--BATTLE OF BETHZUR,                                339

  XLIV.--A WIFE?                                            346

  XLV.--THE TRIAL,                                          354

  XLVI.--DISENTANGLED THREADS,                              363

  XLVII.--A QUEEN OF ISRAEL?                                367

  XLVIII.--A BROKEN SENTENCE FINISHED,                      377

  XLIX.--THE HIDDEN HAND,                                   386

  L.--THE VENGEANCE OF JUDAS,                               392

  LI.--A KING, INDEED,                                      401

  AUTHOR'S NOTE,                                            407




DEBORAH


I

THE CITY OF PRIDE

King Antiochus, self-styled Epiphanes, the Glorious, was in a humor
that ill-suited that title. He cursed his scribe