Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-02-17

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 1 Thus confidently the king and his great army hastened forward, and al- most before they had come within i striking distance of their enemies the latter broke ranks and fled away in terror, as they had done on the, for mer occasion. With a fierce, wild shout, the king and his whole army took up the pursuit. Throwing aside the heavier parts of their armor that they might run the more swiftly, the king and his men sped on, shouting and brandishing their spears in the air, while the archers in the rear sent into the air a veritabie cloud of arrows. But these latter fell short of the fleeing lines of the Israelites, for they had already secured a good lead.
 On, on, pursued and pursuers went, until a warning cry of mingled fear and dismay caused the king to look back
 What was that lurid glare in the heavens? That was not the sunrise! No. For the sun at that very moment was rising in the other quarter of the heavens, and his dull red glow seemed to pale before the brighter. fercer light which crowned the hill on which their city stood. Flames leaped and curled upward as though striving to see which could first reach the blue vaults of the sky, while the clouds of smoke crept lazily across the horizon
 The kings heart stood still. With pale face and wildly-staring eyes, he watched the terrible sight. He and his army were dazed by the spec tacle, and fairly paralyzed with fear. What could it mean? Each man asked himself. And then as they saw a multitude of men rising on every hand and rushing down the hill towards them. and heard behind them warning shout as the fleeing 1sraelites turned and came back at them, they became panic-stricken and broke ranks and fled in every direc- tion.
 The king and his bodyguard sought refuge in the thick undergrowth and made their way as rapidly as they could toward the north, where they hoped that they would be able to find some friendly ally that would take them in and give them shelter.
 Bitter were the thoughts of the king as he thus made his way, torn and bleeding and weary. The thorns goaded his flesh and the interlacing boughs and branches seemed to be doing their utmost to delay him and ~r;1- f1;~ mics. But notwithstanding the diff culties and perils which surrounded him, his heart was still defiant, and he promised himself that if he could but reach safety with some of the neighboring nations to the north, he would some day return with power full army and have his revenge upon these dogs of Israelites. who refused to mingle with the peoples about them and worshiped an unseen God,
 In the meantime Joshua and his army had taken up the pursuit eager ly, remembering the words of the Lord that they should destroy the peo- pie utterly Some of the men who served close to Joshua had marked the place where the king had stood with his men, and now rushed for ward determined on his capture. It was not difficult following the trail through the underbrush, while the king and the men with him remained together, but as the pursuit had be- come more fierce and the Israelites were close upon them, they scattered, and the king was left to go his way alone.
 When the Israelites came to the place where the king and men had just what to do, for they were deter mined that the king of all others should not escape.
 But has not God told us that we must utterly destroy them, and will he not help us to do that which he has commanded?" exclaimed one.
 Thus encouraged, they scattered and followed as best they could the trails left by the fleeing men. Now each man was eager to win the glory of capturing the fugitive king, and so when they burst through the un- derbrush into an open field and saw the king before them, they all left the pursuit of the others and followed hard after him, unmindful even of one of the kings men who could be seen making his way just on the other I side of the open space.
 Should they all in their eagerness to capture the king and share in the !, glory thereof let this fellow escape? was the thought that smote the heart of one of the Israelites, the one who had SO confidently declared that the Lord would help them.
 By way of answer he resoutely turned aside and took up the pursuit of this other fugitive, while the rest continued to follow the king
 Imagine his surprise, therefore.