The two men who were in health had taken a third part of the produce to the house of the sick man, and he obstinately refused to accept the corn because he had helped neither to sow nor to reap it, and he demanded of the judge that he should signify to the other two that he had no right to receive goods which he had not earned.
"The judge had so far kept silence.

But he now raised his sagacious and kindly face and asked the old man, 'Did you pray for your companions and for the increase of their labors ?' "'I did,' replied the other.
"'Then by your intercession you helped them,' the judge decided, 'and the third part of the produce is yours and you must keep it.' "The old man bowed, the three men shook hands, and in a few minutes the judge was alone in the room again.
"I did not know what had come over me; the complaint of the men and the decision of the judge seemed to me senseless, and yet both the one and the other touched my heart.

I went to sleep again, and when I awoke refreshed the next morning the judge came up to me and gave me medicine, not only for my body but also for my soul, which certainly was not less in need of it than my poor wounded limbs." "Who was the judge ?" asked Stephanus.
"Eusebius, the Presbyter of Kanopus.

Some Christians had found me half dead on the road, and had carried me into his house, for the widow Theodora, his sister, was the deaconess of the town.

The two had nursed me as if I were their dearest brother.