Identifier: wanderingheroes00pric (find matches)
Title: Wandering heroes
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Price, Lillian Louise, 1865-
Subjects: Heroes
Publisher: New York, Boston (etc.) Silver, Burdett and company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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t. Joseph into this pit, but lay nohand upon him. In his heart Reuben purposedto draw him out during the night, and send himback secretly to his father. The others feared todisobey Reubens counsels because he was the eldestbrother, therefore they decided not to kill Joseph.But when the lad came into the tents, they cried outfiercely at him, and laying rough hands upon him,tore off the coat of many colors, and catching himup, flung him, naked and helpless, into the colddamp pit. Joseph, knowing how he was hatedamong his brothers, suffered all this without aword. When it was time for supper Reuben was notwilling to sit with his brothers, so he went to hisown tent to break bread and have all things inreadiness to send Joseph in the darkness back totheir father. The other brothers sat at bread to-gether near the pit, and as they ate, a train ofcamels came into sight out of the land of Midian,bearing Ishmaelites who were carrying spices andbalm and myrrh, to sell them in the land of Egypt.
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o JOSEPH. 25 Then spoke Judah, one of the brothers. He wasa cold man, selfish of heart, so he said, Whatshall it profit us if we slay our brother and concealhis blood ? Come, let us sell him to these mer-chantmen. He is our brother and our flesh, there-fore our hand should not be upon him. This way of saving themselves from the crimeof murder, and yet getting rid of Joseph, pleasedall the brothers. They drew him up out of thepit, and flung clothes upon him. Then while hecried and besought them for his fathers sake notto sell him into slavery, far from his owrn land andkindred, while clinging to their hands, and kneel-ing at their feet, they bargained with the mer-chants for twenty pieces of silver, and Joseph wasbound, and flung upon the back of a camel. When the silence of night had fallen over thetents, Reuben stole softly to the pit, bearing clothesand food for Joseph, that he might send him backto his father. Bending over the pit, he calledsoftly, but no voice answered him. At las

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