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It is Jether!” Naomi. watching from the highest pinnacle of the house of Jesse, beheld on the road from Hebron, the familiar figure of. the younger son as he moodily trudged Rissah prepare the chamber for the advent of her cousin and to lay out fresh linen. Naomi ran lightly down the stone steps from the roof. sprang through the arch of the courtyard and met the boy almost on the threshold. “Jether. I knew thou wouldst com in time. Thou didst bear the trumpets calling us all to the feast before the holy day?" she. said happily, linking her arm in his. Jether somewhat rudely shook him- self free from her embrace, as he saw several of the servants. who were about to enter the house. “vvâ€"v v “Have I heard the trumpets? Aye, and so have they. Go within and get ye all ready to sit at my father’s table, and give thanks for What ye have not.” _____'_AJ “LL“ 0" v -â€"..____ _ ' Naomi drew back. hurt and surprised, while the servants. not understanding the spirit in which their young master spoke. ran hastily inside. Jether laugh- ed and cracked the small whip which he carried. '“And hast thou no word for me. Jether?” Naomi spoke. “What wouldst thou hear?” demand- ed J ether. raising his voice somewhat in excitement. “How once again in brother Gaal’s quiver I have placed an arrow he will aim against me? My pious, ever zealous elder- brother! - _.__2..LL VUD, UV ‘1‘ “V _____ Trust Gaal to learn whatever might count against me and of course he knOws I was not upon the hillside with my flock. He hates me, and I hate him.” â€"â€"vv “Thou art wrong, J ether,” pleaded Naomi. “He hates thee not: only his ways are different from thine. Gaal cannot understand thy scorn of tasks in which he doth rejoice." The boy angrily cracked his whip again, then threw it from him. “He would be my master," he mut- tered. “He would tell me what to do and what to leave undone. I know my elder brother. Always hath he hated '_.â€"v_ V- my coming into the world to rob him of that share which one day he must surrender to me. But I have a plan now which my elder brother cannot thwart.” “Jether, what meanest thou?” “That thou shalt know in time. “JGIhCâ€"‘I‘. thnu k11¢)\'.‘::" t grows lat-1‘ table and “'0 R Q. C (o ‘5 .- V - .3 ‘. ‘ >‘lt Q. The boy angrily and iuwotuwsly it:- termpted her. "Aye. ye must 1.th nut I. Thuse trumpets called me nu: {rum Ilebron." "Thou must not mean thou wilt no: celeb “ate with us. . Jether? Oh. my cousin. I fear. for last fight i airmmofi a dreadful dream"â€" “And wouldst thou then marry him him after all?” ngéther, mothex and Gaalâ€"instead of. noting faults in me thou too, wouldst find some good in me.’ chance should all else here appiové b; “Nay, Jether, thou art bitter,” pro- tested Naomi,_ coming to him and tak- ing him again by the arm. “Thou art um‘ust, Jether. I would see thee in thine old age respected as is thy fa- ther.” Jether broke from her angrily and turned scornfully upon the young girl. “How little thou knowest me, Nao- mi!" he cried boastfully, with a vague sense of that future greatness which some day he hoped to attain. “Yet one day thou shalt behold me different- ly. One day I shall stand before the. and thou shalt know how much”- He started toward her, his voice breaking with real and genuine affec- tion, as if to embrace her. but hesi- “Nay, I shall not tell thee now.” he added. “Some day perhaps, but not now.” “Thou wilt tell meâ€"what?" she in- quired eagerly. _‘ ‘ C A .L , 1 KNâ€"a}, not now. Get thee into the house, and perchance I will join thee V 0,. presently. Come, xaoml. Together. hand in hand, they started up the steps into the house of Jesse. Suddenly the drapery of the door was pulled aside. A man, tall, heavy, full bearded, rough and strong, stood be- fore them. Naomi, with a frightened cry. dnmv back~ _§o__1et ‘him $339.11! he cume down the steps direr-rly toward Jether. “SO there thou art!" he ('l‘iEC grumy Jether laughed movkingly at him. “My brother Gaal." be said. howing ln pretended obeisanve. "Go thou within. Naomi. I fear a storm " Gaal’s face was cold and hard as he Stood before Jetber. Surely no one would ever have suspected that these two men who faced each other with anger in their hearts and grim lnten sity in their faces were really broth ers. The one. not less than forty. strongly built and rough visaged. with hrawny arms bare to the shoulder, showing muscles of steel. clad in rough but serviceable cloth garments far more expensive than mp simple shep- the JETHER, SON OF JESSE. slender, “fivâ€" . v apleudid youns fthlet'e. Jether flippnntl: sod lightly turned on. his -- heel nod strode toward the “Where ‘I chose to he." he answered. “Then [an guess!” cried Gaol. con- trolling his anger with Malcolm: “While I have sweeted fnthe son tn bringtheh‘srvestlnbeforetheholy day. hther nod I snd all of us. down to the meanest servant. thou hut shirked my one tashnke the other. Mugshonthydaysndnizhtcom- ,panion tothe worthless In the village. 'or on thy hock a-stsrlnx at the sky. How thonosnstbeofthessmepsr- em: as myself 1 cannot see. Yet thou art my brother. and one as: I must give theosthlrdotontherehynt Enid, Be thou‘accu‘rsedl" J ether. laughed contemptuously. Be- fore him stood the well, the pitcher of water which Bissah had but recently drawn to take within the house and the cup from which the servants quenched their thirst. He filled the cup with water. and. turning to the towering figure of his elder brother. whose fist was raised in a threatening manner as though to strike him, the young boy hurled the water full in the eyes of the elder. ‘ Gaal staggered hack in surprise and anger. . “Take thou my blessing for thy in another moment the two men were clasped in each others arms as Gaal. making a sudden rush, sought ‘ to overthrow the younger brother. But . Jether was quick of foot and agile in gsquirming from his brother’s grasp. Again they clinched, each striving to throw the other, yet Gaal in spite of ‘ his superior size proved not more than an equal match for the energetic Je- ther. Suddenly a voice. strong. deep. commanding. made both brothers pause and involuntarily relax their holds. “Stop, my sons!” Upon the upper step in the doorway {of the house stood the aged patriarch. 3 Jesse of the tribe of .ludea. his staff {in hand, his left hand raised in an imperious gesture. his long white hair and heard making him seem almost I like an inspired prophet. Slowly and ‘ with majestic mien the aged Jesse. he who sixty years before had been the boyhood friend of the great King Da. vid. came down the steps. while the two brothers fell back before him. The patriarch gazed reprovingly from one to the other and shook his head sor- rowfully. Gaal took this silent rebuke as a reflection upon himself and sought to make his peace with his father. curse." cried Jether as Gaal, tempo- rarily blinded. sought to dry his eyes. “May the water cool thy wrath and purify thee for the festival, thou pious. self complacent hypocrite!” “I did but reprove him for his lazi- ness. my father, and he hurled an in- sult into my very beard." he cried an- grily. “Didst thou but know one half of Jether’s doings. my father”- “Speak. good brother." jeered .lether. “Thou hast ne’er before lost any ('balH'P to speak ill of me. This time thou canst find many witnesses against me. My father listens. Speak" Jesse raised his hand t‘m silettve “Peat-e. both of ye!" he c-riea "I am the master here Gnu! thou art the elder 'l‘hmt shouldst he the wiser Thou ktmwest .lethor hztc tow high a firm? to let thee teH him what 'u do Besides. that is my dutx nut thine Go get thee ready for the wetting Gaal hesitated as if the indictment were too great to lay upon his father’s head. but .letber laughingly and mock- ingly bade him go on. meal." Gaul hesitated and cast an angry look at the mocking Jether. “Go. I say." commanded the venera ble patriarch. pointing toward the home. With a muttered and indistinct remark Gaal slowly re-entered the “And thou. Jether." continued Jesse. laying his hand in kindly affection upon the shoulder of his younger son. “thou hast done wrong to lift thy hand against thy brother. Never again let there be strife'between you. Tonight before I ask God’s blessing upon my household, yes; even before we gather at the table. thou shalt tell thy broth- er that thou dost repent of thy child- “Iâ€"ask pardon of Gaul?" replied Jether. increduously. drawing back in amazement. “Ask pardon of Gaul?" ish act." The kindly face of the venerable JesSe smiled tndulgently as he gazed upon the headstrong boy. “Not less for thine own sake than for his." he continued. "Thou art too quick of speech. 'l‘hy pride is over- great. though pride is honorable 1n moderation. Thine. if nncurbed. may bring thee to calamity." “I’ll not have Gaat the master over me." mtlttered Jether “Nor shalt thou." agreed Jesse ap- provingly. “Only to thy father shalt thou account. Where didst thou spend last night? From the high watch- tower ] saw thy sheep upon the hill: at dawn this morning. but thee I did not see. Where didst thou spend last night?" Jether came to ulsfather petulant”. annost pleading. “Am I a child?" 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