Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 109 June to November 1904 . n unsheath it. The sword and thou! said Ahab. Me and the sword! answered Bertha. And then Ahab walked a little way,and he prayed: O Baal, I pray by thypower, and by the seven planets, and bythe sacred rivers, and by the hills of thelands I have found for thy people,—Baal,I ask thee for strength to draw this swordand to carry it and to wield it as thousendest me chance! Take down the sword and hand itme! cried Ahab. He swung back his red robe untilhis arms were naked to the gave him the sword, and he puthis left h
Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 109 June to November 1904 . n unsheath it. The sword and thou! said Ahab. Me and the sword! answered Bertha. And then Ahab walked a little way,and he prayed: O Baal, I pray by thypower, and by the seven planets, and bythe sacred rivers, and by the hills of thelands I have found for thy people,—Baal,I ask thee for strength to draw this swordand to carry it and to wield it as thousendest me chance! Take down the sword and hand itme! cried Ahab. He swung back his red robe untilhis arms were naked to the gave him the sword, and he puthis left hand on the sheath, and his righthand, fitted to the gripping of tillers andmuscled against the pitching of the seas,to the golden hilt, and the ivory ball juststruck his little finger. Baal! he cried. And, easily as a sunbeam slips throughdeepest shadows, the sword came out;and, as exultantly he swung it high abouthis head, its double edges flashed insplendid glory. Bertha ! he cried, see, I have drawnthe sword and it is mine! Yes, my lord, she answered him,. THE DRAWING OF THE SWORD THE SWORD OF AHAB. 335 uneasily, thou hast won the swordand me! The blade fell clattering on the stonyfloor, and the scabbard followed it. And thou! For Ahab had beenthinking of the pride of Ibrahimsdaughter. Elissa had seen the ships come in, andheard her father say how Ahab hadbrought another fortune home; so shewent down to the gardens end and waitedthere. But ere she went she said to hermaids, Send boys to tell my lovers Iam kind to-day, and they found themin the city drinking-places, where somemade wagers on their luck in love. Andthey were seven in all—Jethro of theBowmen, Ezra, Malachi, Bildad (son ofMicah), Thitmu the Egyptian, MarcusMarius, renegade from the Romanlegions, and Timon, the seventh,—all sol-diers of the King, wearing their broad-bladed swords with long, sharp points,and some of them had mail upon theirlegs and breasts. We will pay our stakes from Ibra-hims fortune, said
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