Part 30 (1/2)

Thereupon he told Selim the Fisherman the story of what had happened to him with all its ins and outs, just as I have told it to you

”Well!” said Seliht of that island er, just letof the kind will happen to me”

”You may have it,” said Selim the Baker ”Yonder it is, and you are welco, and then went his way about his own business

That night, as he ca his nets over his shoulder, whoray, with the white beard and the black cap on his head and the long staff in his hand

”Is your name Selim?” said the little man, just as he had done to Selim the Baker

”Yes,” said Seli with a red stone?” said the little old man, just as he had said before

”Yes,” said Selim; ”I do”

”Then come with me,” said the little old man, ”and I will show you the wonder of the world”

Selim the Fisherman remembered all that Selihts as to what to do Down he tumbled his nets, and away he went after the other as fast as his legs could carry him

Here they went and there they went, up crooked streets and lanes and down by-ways and alley-ways, until at last they caht Then the old ate three times and cried out in a loud voice, ”Open! Open! Open to Seliate opened, and in they went Fine as it all was, Seliht nor to the left, but straight after the old man he went, until at last they came to the seaside and the boat and the four-and-twenty oarsmen dressed like princes and the black slaves with the perfumed torches

Here the old man entered the boat and Seli story short, everything happened to Selim the Fisherman just as it had happened to Selim the Baker At dawn of day they came to the island and the city built on the mountain And the palaces were just as white and beautiful, and the gardens and orchards just as fresh and blooh they had not all tumbled down and sunk under the water a week before, al poor Selim the Baker with them

There were the people dressed in silks and satins and jewels, just as Selim the Baker had found them, and they shouted and hurrahed for Selim the Fisherman just as they had shouted and hurrahed for the other

There were the princes and the nobles and the white horse, and Seli snohite palace, and they put a crown on his head andof Seliht, it happened just as it had happened before

Suddenly, as the hour struck, the lights all went out, and there was a h to make the heart curdle Then the door flew open, and in came the six terrible black h dae-ways until they came to the vaulted room of black marble, and there stood the beautiful statue on its black pedestal Then came the voice fro? To-day is feasting and drinking and , but beware of to-morrow!”

But Selim the Fisherman did not stand still and listen, as Selim the Baker had done He called out, ”I hear the words! I a! I will beware to-day for the sake of to-morrow!”

I do not knohat I should have done had I been king of that island and had I known that in a twelve- down aboutwith it This is what Seli of Wisdoer, and I never had that upon mine]:

First of all, he called the wisest men of the island to him, and found from them just where the other desert island lay upon which the boat with Selim the Baker in it had drifted

Then, when he had learned where it was to be found, he sent armies and armies of men and built on that island palaces and houses, and planted there orchards and gardens, just like the palaces and the orchards and the gardens about hireat deal finer Then he sent fleets and fleets of shi+ps, and carried everything away from the island where he lived to that other island--all the men and the women and the children; all the flocks and herds and every living thing; all the fowls and the birds and everything that wore feathers; all the gold and the silver and the jewels and the silks and the satins, and whatever was of any good or of any use; and when all these things were done, there were still two days left till the end of the year

Upon the first of these two days he sent over the beautiful statue and had it set up in the very midst of the splendid new palace he had built