. Delightful stories; or, Home talks out of the Wonderful . s hard to tell, because we are not sure as to the meaningof some statements made about it; nor do we know all the materialthat was used; nor is any account made of the labor. The gold andsilver actually used is estimated at over ten million dollars, and thiswas simply for adornment. In addition to building this Temple, hedid many other marvelous things, and gathered curiosities from allparts of the world. He worked out three thousand proverbs andmade one thousand and five songs. He was wise above all men,and rulers came from al
. Delightful stories; or, Home talks out of the Wonderful . s hard to tell, because we are not sure as to the meaningof some statements made about it; nor do we know all the materialthat was used; nor is any account made of the labor. The gold andsilver actually used is estimated at over ten million dollars, and thiswas simply for adornment. In addition to building this Temple, hedid many other marvelous things, and gathered curiosities from allparts of the world. He worked out three thousand proverbs andmade one thousand and five songs. He was wise above all men,and rulers came from all parts of the world to talk with him. Amongthese was a strong-minded woman, the Queen of .Sheba. She didnot believe Solomon was so wonderful, for she came to prove himby asking hard questions. Did she catch him with any of them ? asked Mary. She came with great display, continued Grandpa, and she didher best, but Solomon answered all her questions; but read what issaid of her visit in I Kings x, 4, 5. Carrie found the place and read: And when the Queen of Sheba. THE QUEENLY VISITOR. 244 GRANDPA GOODWINS STORIES had seen all Solomons wisdom, and the house that he h>d built,and the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and theattendance of his ministers and their apparel, and his cup-bearers,and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the Lord,there was no more spirit in her. ha, ha, laughed Charley; Solomon was too much for her. Hetook her down a peg or two, didnt he? Guess she went home witha flea in her ear. If all this means that she was humbler than when she came, thenshe was taken down a peg and did get a flea in her ear, as you say,remarked Grandpa, smiling; but a little boy should hardly talk soabout a queen. Oh ! well, shes dead now, and she was a foreigner anyhow ; soits all right. Solomon was much pleased with her visit, and when she was aboutto leave they exchanged splendid presents and parted good became richer and richer. .
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