Part 3 (1/2)

This son was the pride of his father's heart; but he was as vain and foolish as his father ise, so that all men called him Aben Hassen the Fool, as they called the father Aben Hassen the Wise

Then one day death caed to hi Aben Hassen the Fool had never seen so ed to hi in the world he could not enjoy He found friends by the dozens and scores, and everybody seemed to be very fond of him

He asked no questions of the Talis both wise and rich So he began enjoying hi and drinking and singing and dancing and ; and thepoured out like water through a sieve

Then, one day ca re spend-thrift of all the wealth that his father had left him

Then the officers of the law came down upon his, and his fair-weather friends fleay froan to think of the Talisman of Wisdom For it ith him as it is with so many of us: When folly has emptied the platter, wisdom is called in to pick the bones

”Tellman to the Talisone?”

”Go,” said the Talisman of Solomon, ”and work as thy father has worked before thee Advise withunder the cherry-tree in the garden”

”Why should I not dig under the cherry-tree in the garden?” says the young man; ”I will see what is there, at any rate”

So he straightway took a spade and went out into the garden, where the Talis under the cherry-tree, and by-and-by his spade struck so hard It was a vessel of brass, and it was full of silver raved in the handwriting of the old man who had died:

”My son, this vessel full of silver has been brought froypt Take this, then, that thou findest; advise with the talisman; be wise and prosper”

”And they call that the Talis man ”If I had listened to it I never would have found this treasure”

The next day he began to spend the athered around hiain

The vessel of silver le piece was left

Then the young ain of the Talisman of Solomon

”What shall I do now,” said he, ”to save myself from ruin?”

”Earn thy bread with honest labor,” said the Talis beneath the fig-tree that stands by the fountain in the garden”

The youngafter he heard what the Talis-tree in the garden as fast as he could run He dug and dug, and by-and-by his spade struck soold raved these words in the handwriting of the old one: ”My son, ain The gold ht froypt Take it; be advised by the Talisman of Solomon; be wise and prosper”

”And to think that if I had listened to the Talis old in the vessel lasted , but at the end of that ti

”Tellman to the Talisman, ”what shall I do now?”

”Thou fool,” said the Taliso down into the vault beneath this house There in the vault is a red stone built into the wall The red stone turns upon a pivot Behind the stone is a hollow space As thou wouldst save thy life froo not near it!”

”Hear that now,” says the young o, and I found silver Then it told o--perhaps I shall find precious stones enough for a king's ransom”

He lit a lantern and went down into the vault beneath the house There, as the Talisman had said, was the red stone built into the wall He pressed the stone, and it turned upon its pivot as the Talisman had said it would turn Within was a hollow space, as the Talisman said there would be In the hollow space there was a casket of silver The young man snatched it up, and his hands trembled for joy