d from another quarter, that the Christian had procured a
domino, black, with the sleeves slashed with white. That will be a
distinguishing mark; and if we see that dress we must then follow, and
if a female is with it, it must be thy sister Miriam."

"I will search now, and meet you here in half an hour," replied the
younger of the two.

"Joseph, my son, we do not part; I cannot trust you in your anger, and
you have weapons with you, I know; we must go together. Rooch Hakodesh!
may the Holy Spirit guide us, and the daughter of our house be restored,
for she is now my heart's bitterness, and my soul's sorrow!"

"Let me but discover the _Gaw_--the infidel!" replied the son, following
the father; and our hero observed him put his hand into his breast and
half unsheath a poniard.

Joey easily comprehended how the matter stood: a Jewish maiden had met
by assignation or had been run away with by some young man, and the
father and son were in pursuit to recover the daughter.

"That is all very well," thought our hero; "but although they may very
properly wish to prevent the marriage, I do not much like the cold steel
which the young Israelite had in his hand. If I do meet with the party,
at all events I will give him warning;" and Joey, having made this
resolution, turned away from the orchestra and went down the covered
way, which led to what are usually termed the dark walks he had just
arrived at the commencement of them, when he perceived coming towards
him two dominoes, the shorter hanging on the arm of the taller so as to
assure him that they were male and female. When they came to within ten
yards of the lighted walk, they turned abruptly, and then Joey perceived
that the taller had white slashed sleeves to his domino.

"There they are," thought our hero; "well, it's not safe for them to
walk here, for a murder might be committed without much chance of the
party being found out. I will give them a hint, at all events;" and
Joey followed the couple so as to overtake them by degrees. As he
walked softly, and they were in earnest conversation, his approach was
not heeded until within a few feet of them, when the taller domino
turned impatiently round, as if to inquire what the intruder meant.

"You are watched, and in danger, sir, if you are the party I think you
are," said Joey, going up to him, and speaking in a low voice.

"Who are you," replied the domino, "that gives this notice?"

"A perfect stranger