Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-04-12

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obey thee. See now and behold; If thy
slave should move yonder foot soldier Gu
10 The next square, where would my lord
King be then2 AS for playing at the chess,
thy Slave girl knoweth naught yet knoweth
she more withal than my lord King Solo
mon
And when solomon looked at the tables
behold if his adversary should move the
foot soldier on TO the next square the Ming
yas checkmated without redress.
An when he understood that he was
known OF Adnatha and that he was de-
feated a mighty wrath got hold upon hing
| Solomon. and the world was straiteneu
ppon him; the vein of fury stood out De-
tween his eyebrows, and the hire hasne1
from his EYES as the blaze leaps from a
brrninp mountain, and the darkness which
gathered on his brow was as the SMOKE
thereof and his words rolled forth even as
the molten stone from the mouths OF the
csIdrons OF Ebhs in the hills OF Sikkel.
/ Ard he drew his sword and smote OIL the
/ head Of Admatha as she stood:
/ And he cried aloud 10 Iabud Cast me
/ this swine's carcase into the ditch without
/ The civ. that tie fowls Of uncleanness may
/ feast themselves therewithaL
/ I'm. beholl, there. was no dead body.
re;,ber was there any blood; aud Iabud
said "God preserve my lord the King this
damsel was sorceress.
/ Nav said King solomon, tor my ring
snake no word Of warning. But SAID she
mot that she was bound to the feast at the
house of Ben Abinadab? Now, there
fore 90 straiehtway thither and bring me
tidings. =, l.
Aud as Zabud went toward the house he
met great company Of men and women
weeping and wailing and rendIng their
garments and when they saw Eabud they
cried 20 my lord. msyst thou survive my
lord Ben Abiradab, for, behold as we all
were feasting and making merry a certain
sIaye girl came into the company whom my
lord babe sing to her Lutte. And when she
had turned her Lutte she began to sing, ana
or ever she had sung two words my lord
turned his face the wall and died. Now
therefore, bear the tidings 10 King solomon
with haste for our lady raphath, the chief
est widow OF Ben AbinGdab, is q daughter
OF M lord the King. =,
lien Solomon was sore troubled anu
rent his garments and cast ashes upon his
head ard the DAYS were darkened upon
him. And he said who Is this slave
girl? for OF q surety | do remember all
these things Of atoretime. Howbeit he re-
membered not Jereb ben Othniel, and he
said al am as one that reSteth on his oar
VIXEN the image Of his oar is bent awry by
reason of the water that is over it, so that
he seeth not Alright thar which he seemeth
TO see. o, the waters! the waters
They have covered the whole world, so that
no man seeth truly the things that have
been for the waters that are above them.
And about space of oneand twenty
wears, vet once more King solomon and his
chief yizier disguised themselves and went
forth into the c,ty if happy they might find
one 10 play AZ the cness with th2 hing.
Ard as they came nigh unto the Water Gate
of,he Tempe, behold there stood at the bot
tom Of the steps an Old man, as II we're a
sheibh Of ire Sons OF the Desert, and his
hair was white as the water courses OF the
hills in Winter. and his beard flowed down
10 his knees, as it were icicies OF stone IN
the caverns of Ilermon, and his eyebrows
were as the snow on the branches OF the
cedars Of the forest, and his eyes as the
torches Of them that seek for ihammuz on
Lebanon.
And solomon said unto him Peace be
unto thee, o mine uncle" And the old
man answered. Peace be unto thee and
mercy from the One Mercitul.' And SOLO
mon said, by what name shall | speak
unto my father brother, and whltherward
sLolI va hea- him COmD9nyy
/ And the old man said, Il am Habakkuk
ben Methusael, children Of the Great
Desert, and have come hither to Jerusa'
lem that NAV play game at the chess
with my lord King solomon.
And solomon said, 20 Habakkuk, is
there auy oil the Sons of the Desert who is
the equal of my lord King solomon
And Habakkuk said, Nay, my son
there is none among the Kings of the earth
who may be compared TO my lord King
solomon in riches, or in majesty, or In
wisdom; yet hsply in the matter Of playing
of the chess, the Lord. to whom be all the
glory, hath been minded not to lay up the
whole of his treasure in single treasure
house; for thy servant hath played with
men of undertaking as well as with others
these two hundred years and more yet hath
he never lost q game to any OF the children
OF men.
And solomon said within himself Now
will ] win game Of this patriarch of the
Desert, and atterward We will bring him to
nv palace, and when he seeth that 1t was
none other than King solomon himself who
hath defeated him his shame shall be the
less.
So he spake TO the old man and said,
Behold, as at this time my lord King Solo
mon hath gone TO sup with the daughter of
Pharaoh in the House of Lebanon, and OF
a surety he will not return till after mid
night, for thy servants but even now met
the bearers returning with his litter.
Wherefore do thou come with US to our
lodging and il ii irk thee not win game at
tie chess of thy servant.
And Habakkuk said, 81 will we'll
So they came into the lodging, aud
Iabud let cell for wine and they made mer-
ry; howbeit Habakkuk excused himself as
for drinking Of the wine for that he was OF
kindred with Hammath of the tribe OF
Rechab.
Md /abud let call for tables, and Solo
mon the King PLACED al the chess with
Habakkuk the Son OF the Desert, and Solo
mons men were OF the white and Habak'
kuk's of the black And Habakkuk played
without thought as one that could but little
of the chess, so that in brief space King
solomon had taken prisoner both his ele
plants and knight of the right hand and a
camel of the left, besides four of his foot
soldiers, while Habakkuk had taken bat one
foot soldier of King Solomon. And Solo
mon said within himself; What glory is 1t
to win at the chess OF dog Of the desert
such as this? Doth the lightning make
boast OF Staying the frog that croaketh in
the marsh? | will contrive combination
ard make an end of him So he made a
combination and took his captain.
Then Habakkuk laid hold on one Of his
ebony foot soldiers, and said 90, my lord
King solomon. Il One Merciful hath given
thee dominion over all ghouls and airits aud
linn and marids Of the Jim, then that in
babit the houses of the fire them that walk
on the earth or creep within its bowels
then that dwell within the deep waters and
IL