Part 19 (1/2)
He whispered and whispered, until at last the king up and spoke ”Tell et all these fine things?”
”It all coood luck,” said Jacob Stuck
”That is what I told you,” said the pri ”Where did you coood luck?”
”I found it,” said Jacob Stuck
”Found it!” said the king; ”and have you got it with you now?”
”Yes, I have,” said Jacob Stuck; ”I always carry it about with ht out his piece of blue crystal
”That!” said the king ”Why, that is nothing but a piece of blue glass!”
”That,” said Jacob Stuck, ”is just what I thought till I found out better It is no colass, I can tell you You just breathe upon it so, and rub your thumb upon it thus, and instantly a Genie dressed in red comes to do all that he is bidden That is how it is”
”I should like to see it,” said the king
”So you shall,” said Jacob Stuck; ”here it is,” said he; and he reached it across the table to the pri
Yes, that hat he did; he gave it to the pri The pri to all that had been said, and he knehat he was about He took what Jacob Stuck gave him, and he had never had such a piece of luck coive it to the king, as Jacob Stuck had intended? Not a bit of it No sooner had he got it safe in his hand, than he blew his breath upon it and rubbed it with his thu! boom! crash!+
There stood the Genie, like a flash and as red as fire The princess screa sat tre like a rabbit
”Whosoever possesses that piece of blue crystal,” said the Genie, in a terrible voice, ”hi,” cried the prime-minister, ”and take Jacob Stuck, and carry them both away into the farthest part of the desert whence the fellow came”
”To hear is to obey,” said the Genie; and instantly he seized the king in one hand and Jacob Stuck in the other, and fleith them swifter than the wind On and on he flew, and the earth seemed to slide away beneath them like a cloud On and on he flew until he had come to the farthest part of the desert There he sat the or Jacob Stuck had been in, in all of their lives Then the Genie flew back again whence he had co, and there sat the pri to comfort her ”Why do you cry?” said he; ”why are you afraid of me? I will do you no harood luck in a way that Jacob Stuck would never have thought of I willI will conquer the world, and make myself emperor over all the earth Then I will make you my queen”
But the poor princess cried and cried
”Hast thou any further commands?” said the Genie
”Not now,” said the prio now;” and the Genie vanished like a puff of smoke
But the princess cried and cried
The prime-minister sat down beside her ”Why do you cry?” said he
”Because I am afraid of you,” said she