The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-05-03
CAPTAIN BENAJAH,
cHAPTER III.

CHAPTER H.
The funeral of Hiram was over. King
/ solomon was exhausted by unusual La
/ Dor. and z,ept IN the royal palace, He
( was am early riser. and decided to spend
/ a parr oil the day inspecting his Nedi-
/ terrauean navy. and To- leave i'm the cool
I of the eyenio for his beloved Jerusalem.
4 Captain Eeuaiab commanded the body
guard and SO accompanied the KING,
/ The wife of the Chamberlain took
/ charge Of the ladies' to show them the
sights of the city. The King went first
+ to see a large ship with three banks
OF oars. lit had just arrived from Mas
silia (now called MarseiIles), and was
/ loaded with muliets fowls and rare
1 birds to be sold i'm Tyre. These were in
great demand, and found ready sale.
4 The Captain gave the King a faithful
account of his profits and showed that
each article sold for double it's cost,
4 The Dolphin a large sailing vessel,
had arrived from Carthage, ON the coast
of Africa. The cargo consisted of ivory,
1 wooden goods, and ostrich feathers, of
great beauty. The ivory was made up
by the Tyrians into iunumerable orna-
ments and useful articles and the
wooden goods were died purple. The 5s-
/ trIch feathers were usually died red.
and large profits were made upon
them. The King also visited another
large sailing vessel from Sardinia. This
was loaded with corn (grain), fish and
bacon. Another ship from MALAGA
/ (Malaga), in Spain, was loaded with
I figs, grapes, and a great variety Of
fruits. These were very attractive to
the King, as he was especially fond of
grapes and figs While he was enjoy
ing these, the Chamberlain's wife APP
preached him and asked that Abishog
1 might spend the day with her, and that
judith and Susiana might accept an in
vitation to dine with the Duke of Cor
nae, on his splendid Yacht The dies ged
/ permiss on was readily granted. Nov
the Duke was a man of middle age, and
olive complexion. His hair was soft
and silky. lying so close to his head
! that only one finger was used in
! scratching t. His dining tsbl was of
/ ivory. Servants brought in walters
/ bOrdered with parsley. The first dishes
were filed with eggs, great and small,
I aual cooked IN various ways IA AtS
/ garnished with asparagus. The sausage
was favored with fragrant herbs and
Ieaten with lettuce. Cabbage was cook
I ell with bacon and the fat beef WAS sea-
soned with leeks. The feast closed with
I olives, apples and fresh FIGS. Dining
+ the feast the Duke proposed that the
I ship should sail around the island ON
which Tyre was situated, and the
guests agreed, as they had never en-
loved sail on the sea. The food was
well prepared, and the party was hum
CRY. so that not much attention was
paid to passing events. Soon Susiana
observed that Tyre was receding and
the ship was going from the shore. She
promptly appealed to the Duke.
"Why are we leaving the city? We
came to enjoy your hospitality, and
now there seems to be treachery. We
demand our immediate return"
rBe quiet" said the Duke, II have
two sons, young, handsome and veal
thy. They are of suitable age to mar
ry, I have decoyed you to my ship and
propose to carry you home to be my
daughters-in-Iaw. You shall have
every comfort and pleasure"
"But we do not wish to be stolen"
said Judith
I'VE do not intend to become the
wives of men we never saw, nor the
daughters-in-law of deceitful man.
/ demand that this ship return to
Tyre"
but" said the Duke, you are fair
and handsome women. None such can
be found in Cornac. l must carry you
to my sons"
You cannot succeed" said Susiana.
judith has promised to be the wife
of Captain Benaiah, and he will follow
and rescue her lie is swift as a roe,
and has the strength of a giant, with
the courage of a tiger. On one occasion
W hen lion attacked him and ten COM
panions, they all fed. - He stood and
killed the lion. Once when snow was
deep in a pit and lion was there, he
went down and slew the lion. (See III
Samuel, 23:20). He viii find you in any
part of the earth"
you have been kindly captured"
said the Duke, "and if you are wise,
YOU viii make yourselves pleasant and
happy. My sons viii love you and ali
the enjoyments of this world viii be
yours. give you great opportunity
With this the girls began to weep,
and the Duke retired to another part of
| the ship Meanwhile King Solomon had
| been informed of the Dukes uneXpect-
Ell departure with the girls. lie ordered
/ three Of his swiftest ships to follow
/ and ascertained the course pursued by
4 the Duke One ship was to come to
/ Joppa each day and report by swift
! messenger to him at Jerusalem. At
sunset the Grand Lodge at Jerusalem
/ formed their procession and started
back to their homes. They preferred
night travel to the excessive heat Of the
day. The journey was pleasant. Cap
tain Benajah informed Michael, who
met him at the great spring at Naza-
reth, of the sad loss of Judith and SUI
siana. He promised on his honor as a
soldier, that they should be speedily