The silence of deep and solemn emotion was preserved by all who remained; nothing was heard but the suppressed sobs of the old man, and the faint, retiring notes of the infant voice still singing its morning song.

And now one word, joyfully reiterated again and again, made all the burden of the music-- 'SAVED! SAVED!' THE CONCLUSION.

'UBI THESAURUS IBI COR.' Shortly after the opening of the provision markets outside the gates of Rome, the Goths broke up their camp before the city and retired to winter quarters in Tuscany.

The negotiations which ensued between Alaric and the Court and Government at Ravenna, were conducted with cunning moderation by the conqueror, and with infatuated audacity by the conquered, and ultimately terminated in a resumption of hostilities.

Rome was besieged a second and a third time by 'the barbarians'.