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90 uresque or romantic in ancient or modern times. A lad in his father's house, he goes one day to bring provisions to his brethren who were serving in King Saul's army. There was no commissariat, as we know the word, in those days. King Saul and his Captain of the host, Abner, would never have dreamed of the huge supply trains which nowadays accompany an army. The soldiers were left largely to shift for themselves, and if they had friends within reach, these were expected to feed them—if they could. And so David goes to the Valley of Elah, where King Saul was encamped with his army. The shepherd-boy has with him an “ephah of parched corn” and ten loaves, and with these he went to find his brethren. The battle had been set in array, and the Israelites waited for a champion who would face the Philistine giant. They found him, but not where they looked for him, and David found that which, unlike a great many people, he had the vision to see and the courage to