Alibaba or Forty Th 00 Man Cial A

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FORTY THIEVES.

in a town of persia lived two brothers, sonsof a poor man ; one named Cassim, the otherAll Baba, Cassim, the elder., married a wifewith a considerable fortune, and lived at hiscase ; but the wife of Ali Baba, was as poor ashimself; they dwelt in a mean cottage in thesuburbs, and he maintained his family bycutting wood. Ali Baba, was in the forest pre-paring to load his asses, with the faggots he hadcut, when he saw a troop of horsemen ap-


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tree, and hid himself among the branches. AHBaba counted forty of them: each took a load-ed portmanteau from his horse, and turning tothe rock, said 'Open Sesame];' immediately adoor opened, the robbers passed in when thedoor shut of itself. In a short time the dooropened again, and the robbers came out, whosaid, Shut Sesame.' The door instantly closed;AH Baba ventured down and approaching therock said, ' Open Sesame.' Immediately thedoor flew open. He brought his asses, took asmany bags of gold coin as they could carry.AH Baba, told his brother, the secret of the


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out with ten mules loaded with great chests.He fou.nd the rock and having said, Open Se-same,* gained admission, where he found moretreasures than he expected. Which made himforget the word that caused the door to open.Presently he heard the sound of horse's feet,which he concluded to he the robbers; who in-stantly put him to death. Ali Baba drove tothe forest and on entering the cave, he foundthe body of his brother cut into quarters. Hetook the quarters, and put them upon one ofhis asses. And delivered the body to Cassim'swife. Morgiana a female slave in his brother'shouse, was sent next to a


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cobbler, and gave him two pieces of gold to gowith her blindfolded, taking him into tlte roomwhere the body was lying, bade him sew themangled limbs together. Mustapha obeyed,having received two pieces of gold, and wasled blindfolded the same way back.Cassim was buried with all due solemnity;and Ali Baba removed to the house of his de-ceased*brother, of which he took possession.The captain of the troop resolved to find outwho possessed the secret of entrance into hiscave, anchtlisguising himself went to the city^arly one morning, when accosting the cobbler,


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pieces of gold, allowed himself to be blindfold-ed, and traced out the house of Cassim whichthe robber marketl with chalk.Buying nineteen mules and thirty-nine large

jars, one full of oil, and the rest empty. Thecaptain put a man into each jar, properly arm-ed, he then proceeded to the street where AliBaba dwelt, Sir said he, I have brought thisoil a great way to sell, as I am quite a strangerwill you let me put my mules into your courtyard, and direct me where I may lodge to-night?'7 Ali Baba welcomed the pretenrde


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Morgiana sitting up later that night than u-sual, her lamp went out; she took her oil potin her hand, and approaching the first jar, therobber within said, Is it time, captain? shereplied, t( No., not yet; so she ran back to thekitchen, and brought out a large kettle, whichshe filled with oil, set it on a great wood fire,and as soon as it boiled, she went and pouredinto the jars sufficient of the boiling oil to killevery man within.The captain of the robbers, arose to assem-ble his men. Coining to the first jar, he feltthe steam of the boiled oil? he ran hastily to


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to death. Full of rage, he forced the lock ofthe door and made his escape over the walls.Without letting any one into the secret, AHBaba, and Morgiana the next night buried thethirty-nine thieves at the bottom of the garden.The captain at length, however determinedto adopt a new scheme for the destruction ofAli Baba. He removed all the valuable mer-chandise from the cave to the city, and took ashop exactly opposite to Ali Baba's house. AliBaba's son went every day to his shop. Thepretended Cogia Hassan, soon appeaerd to bevery fond of Ali Baba's son, offered him many


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AH Baba thought it was necessary to makesome return to these civilities, and he invitedCogia Hassan to supper; Morgiana carried inthe first dish herself. The moment she lookedat Cogia Hassan, she knew it was the pretend-ed oil-merchant. She sent the other slaves intothe kitchen, and waited at table herself; andwlnJe Cogia Hassan was drinking, she perceiv-ed he had a dagger hid under his coat. Shewent away, and dressed herself in the habit ofa dancing-girl. As soon as she appeared atthe parlour door, her master, ordered her tooome in to entertain his guest with some of


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