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Dorothea Dreier
Feb. 24, 1885.

King Solomon and the Ants.
One day King Solomon was riding out of Jerusalem with the Queen of Sheba, followed by all his attendants; ahead of them they saw an A(a)nt H(h)ill; the King said "I hear the murmurs of you poor creatures; you are saying "Here comes the great King to crush us under his feet." The Queen answered, "I think any one would be glad to perish under the feet of your Majesty." The King saying "The great should help the poor," led his horse out of