The Washington herald., 1914-05-24

action and returns. to bring about a re-
conciliation, but in the meantime Zorah's
father has given her to another.
Embittered by the treachery Of his wife
and her marriage to Philistines, Sam
son wanders into the cornfields Of the
Philistines and applies the fire brand.
Driven TO despair. the Philistines de-
nounce Zorah's father as the author of
their misfortune. and they burn his house.
In the fire Zorah and her father meet
death.
Weary Of the world Samson seeks a
cave on the top Of the Rock of Etan
and dwells there. But the Philistlnes
cannot rest In their hatred of him. They
gather an army to take revenge. and
upon the field Of Ramath-Lehi Samson
meets them single handed, and with the
soldiers and puts the remainder Of the
army to flight.
Samson then goes to the CITY Of Gaze
and strikes terror into the hearts of the
people by his feats of strength. Sihon.
the ruler of the Philistines, plots to take
Samson prisoner. and he orders the gates
of the city locked against him. But when
Samson decides to leave he wrenches the
huge gates from their hinges and car
ries them away. He now meets the beau
tiful Delilah. and is fascinated by her
charms. Neither is she blind to the
beauty of his strength. and she receives
him with favor.
Taking advantage of their love, Sihon
induces Delilah to ascertain from Sam
son wherein his great strength lies. She
refuses at first. but Sihon convinces her
that ii Is matter Of loyalty to her re-
hgion and her people, and she consents.
She leads him to her home and en-
ploys her charms to fsscinate him. She
soothes and coaxes him with her beauty
and her wiles until he is overcome and
tells her. There hath not come a razor
upon mine head: IL 1 be shaver then my
strength will so from me-"
Samson falls asleep and she cuts OF
his locks and summons Sihon and the
soldiers. Samson Is bound and thrown
into prion, where his eyes are put out
with hot irons. He Is made TO grind In
into prison. where his eyes are put out
he works like an animal When Sam
sons strength is gone, he is for the time
forgotten, and as the time passes his
hair begins to grow again
The Philistines gather in the temple
and make merry. and call for Samson,
that he may make sport for them. Sam
son is taken from the prison and lead
into the temple by a small boy. He is
teered and hooted at by the Philistines
and is made to bow and do homage to
Dagon. one Of their gods Then Samson
whispers to his boy guide to lead him to
the sustaining pillars of the temple, that
he may lean upon them.
Samson calls upon the Lord for
strength. that he may be avenged for
the loss of his eyes. The populace are
frantic with joy as they behold the once
mighty man now their clown. As they
rail and jeer him. he placed his mighty
shoulders to- the huge pillars. The fren-
zied hooking is frozen upon their lips
and there is an awful silence Then the
massive pillars totter and crumble be-
fore his touch and the magnificent tenn
nile curves coT,ansas "a ,,,,nhI. -
the multitude.
In that hour of death. the old, blind.
dying Samson totters and crawls over
the ruins until he finds a certain FORM
Delilah's-and he falls upon the body of
the faithless woman whom he loved.