KING SOLOMON AND THE ANTS.
NE morning the Queen of Sheba started back to her home in the south. King Solomon and all his court went with her to the gates of the city.
It was a glorious sight.
The king and queen rode upon white horses.
The purple and scarlet coverings of their followers glittered with silver and gold.
The king looked down and saw an ant hill in the path before them.
“See yonder little people,” he said, “do you hear what they are saying as they run about so wildly?