Part 24 (1/2)

Could he desire anything more?

Yes; he did! He desired to be rid of the Genie!

When he thought of how all that he was in power and ht--he, the Elory had coifts from a hideous black monster with only one eye, his heart was filled with bitterness ”I cannot forget,” said he to his, he ain

Suppose that I should loseand that soht beco, as I have stripped others Yes; I wish he was out of the way!”

Once, when such thoughts as these were passing through hisHe alking up and down the terrace of the gardenover a wall and looking down into the street, he saw a fagot-ot- an ass--just such an ass as he had one ti under his arm, and what should it be but the very casket in which the Genie had once been iot-maker--had seen the Genie kick over the tree-tops

The sight of the casket put a sudden thought into his mind He shouted to his attendants, and bade theot-ing the poor wretch, tre less than that his end had certainly come As soon as those who had seized hi himself prostrate at the feet of the Emperor Abdallah, and there lay like one dead

”Where didst thou get yonder casket?” asked the eot-maker, ”I found it out yonder in the woods”

”Give it to me,” said the emperor, ”and old in exchange”

So soon as he had the casket safe in his hands he hurried away to his privy cha ”In the name of the red Aldebaran, I command thee to appear!” said he, and in a moment the Genie stood before him

”What are my lord's comain,” said the Ehast

”Enter the casket”

”In what have I done anything to offend ,” said the eain as thou hen I first found thee”

It was in vain that the Genie begged and implored for mercy, it was in vain that he rereat emperor stood as hard as a rock--into the casket the Genie o So at last into the casket themost lamentably

The Emperor Abdallah shut the lid of the casket, and locked it and sealed it with his seal Then, hiding it under his cloak, he bore it out into the garden and to a deep well, and, firstsure that nobody was by to see, dropped casket and Genie and all into the water

Now had that wise hed so when the poor young fagot-ratitude of his friend--the wise ot-rateful to one who had benefited him--how that wise man would have roared when he heard the casket plump into the waters of the well! For, upon ot-maker and Abdallah the Emperor of the World there was not a pin to choose, except in degree

Old Ali Baba's pipe had nearly gone out, and he fell a puffing at it until the spark grew to life again, and until great clouds of sh the rafters above

”I liked thy story, friend,” said old Bidpai--”I liked it htily much

I liked ot rid of his de of ale ”I know not,” said he, ”about the demon, but there was one part that I liked old and the palace that the Genie built and all the fine things that the poor fagot-ic purse in his pocket fell a clattering with the bottom of his quart cup upon the table ”Hey! My pretty lass,”

cried he, ”come hither and fetch me another stoup of ale”

Little Brown Betty ca into the room, just as she had stumbled and tumbled in the Mother Goose book, only this tihing

”You e, ”for, bya story”