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TEE MOTION PICTURE STORY MAGAZINE
THE TRIUMPHANT RETURN OP DAVID
the young warrior should pass, to receive his king's approbation. Saul's face was calmly impassive. If there had lurked in his heart any jealous hope that this youth, who had become the hero of the Israelites, should fail in his mission, no word or sign betrayed his feeling. Nay, as he looked upon the eager, blushing face of Michal, did not his father heart forget for the moment his unworthy jealousy?
' ' Is thy task fulfilled T Hath a full hundred of the Philistines fallen by thy sword?" queried Saul, as David knelt before him, modestly veiling the triumphant gleam of his young eyes.
"Yea, 0 king! and yet another hundred have I added, to make my task complete ! Two hundred Philistines is my offering to thee, and this is all too small for the high reward I claim," answered the youth, joyously.
Then, as King Saul led Michal to David, placing her slim white hand in the proud warrior's eager clasp, the multitude within and without the castle set up a great shout of praise and honor to David, the conqueror of their foes. Out between the lines of singing, shouting men and maidens the young lovers passed, followed by the whole assemblage, while Saul turned silently back to the deserted
throne room. A heavy scowl crossed his features, as the shouts and songs floated up from the street below. Drawing aside -a velvet portiere, he leaned against a window and looked down upon the throng, unseen by them. Everywhere, arms were waving, palms and roses were tossing, songs were rising high in praise of the shepherd lad, David.
"Saul hath slain his thousands!" chanted the men lustily, and the king's frown relaxed a trifle, to deepen again as the clear voices of the maidens caroled back, "and David his ten thousands!"
The old king's jealous anger was rising rapidly, and he turned from the window with a muttered oath.
"Something must be done to curb this rising tide of worship for the shepherd lad," he muttered. " 'Tis well to honor our warriors, when they serve us nobly, but a king must be ever mindful for the safety of his throne. Should this youth aspire to my place, the people would follow him even as the sheep upon his father's hills were wont to do!"
The king's eyes roamed slowly up a flight of ermine-covered stairs, where the throne chair stood in solitary state. A sudden fancy possessed him to sit upon this noble seat, as if