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# ESTHER AND AHASUERUS  HE story of Esther, as given in the biblical book which bears her name, is interesting to young and old alike. Its literature fills no small place in various languages and in widely separated centuries. It is impossible to read the story without being to a greater or less degree under its spell. The name of Esther, the heroine of the story, has become immortal, and whatever is connected therewith shares to some degree in the interest and fame attaching to herself. After Ahasuerus was settled in peaceable possession of the whole Persian Empire, he appointed a time of great rejoicing because of his prosperity. In the city of Shushan feastings were to continue for one hundred and eighty days. At the expiration of this time a still great-

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