Joseph and Mary were in flight to Egypt with the infant Jesus, their caravan was waylaid by these brigands. Dumacus was for destroying Joseph and Mary and the child; but Titus, caught with the beauty of the child in Mary’s arms, persuaded his companion to spare their lives and, addressing the child, said: “O blessed child, if the day should ever come when I shall need mercy, then on that day remember this deed.” —C. E. Macartney