The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-11-29

The Forty Thieves lived q great
MANY yeafs ago, when thieves were
scarce. hence they were e,nbalmed In
story. Had they lived Ia our day,
when thieves are 50 numerals. they
would have been totally disrgarled
on acc,unt Of the insignlficailce Of
their number
The story IL simple. Casslm and
All BAHIA are brothers. Casslln is rich
ami Ali Ia poor. While the former
| leMls a life OF luxury aud easa
latter hauls wood lor a liylnR, D
often bemoans his fate.
one (lay when Ali Baba We to the
forests to ret i lag OF wood, he saw
Ilorsernen approaching. Fearing evil,
Inc climbed Into n tree aud concealed
himself. The troop halted under that
identical tree. ,lisn,0unted and took
| from tlmir horses several heavily load
cd c,rpet-bags.
The cautail, Of the bantl--tl,ere were
inst forty of them--apnroacfetl n rock
| hard by and uttered the words ..Open
Sesame ~ when. as All afterwards ex-
pressed to his wife. "You't orter have
see Sammy omen ~ Instantly on the
word a door concealed III the rock
opencd as If by magic. and tie cap
tain entered, followed by his band.
When they had all got In. the leader
shouted, .'Shut Sesame Z" when sam
my Immediately shut, that being ap-
parently what sammy was i0r. SNORT
~ after, the robbers (havlng stored
away their plunuer) T-appeared ; the
door closed after Them Ut tne WORD OF
command, and mounting their horses
they rode away. when they were
gone. All baDa. gettinS uoWn IRON
tue tree tFled the haglc Woro ninseil;
anu amer 2 httie iesitatloii te e'iteFeu
tie fooDer 3 cave.
On every manu- were neapS oi uiS-
monus' Dags OF gOlo' ana ucau l0aos
OF gfeehOacKs. here. ti'ell. was "i'eIe
the foDOeFs lived when tley Were AZ
nome' ana stored thelr pluIMer. ne
determined 70 have nis whacK AZ Y;
% Loading llls mule WIN AL u collu
carry, ne started iOr home. Imagine
tne deiight OF MIS-. baDa wnen Ier
husband arrived. Sle helped MN IN
LOAD tue gold and store u away III .ne
cellar with an aiacrity sile rarely us
played IN doing her h0tlsewOrK'
She was anxions 10 know Just how
much there was Of It. so as to make
out correct income return TO the
government, Accordingly, while her
husband was gone to put up the mule,
she tried to Conntit. Naturally weary
inC OF this employment after she had
gct up among the millions she con-
Guided to measure II, and for that pur-
pose slle ran across the street to her
sister-in-law's, Mrs. Cassiln's. and bor-
rowed her half-bushel measure, pre-
Tending that she wanted to measure
some potatoes. AS 1t was 30 unusual
a thing for All Baba's family 70 have
half a bushel Of potatoes at one time.
Mrs. Cassim's curiosity was excited,
90 she nut some Spaulling's glue OH
the bottom Of the measure TO Zee what
kind Of potatoes they were. which was
mighty small potatoes on the part of
Mrs.. Cassiln.
When the measure was returned,
Mrs. Cassim found 4 five cent liekle
adhering to the bottom. This was
yery s,lsDicioUs circumstance indeed.
..When.' . said slIe 10 Cassin,, IN relat-
inc the circumstance and showing the
niIkle, s'when did your brother ever
have five cents IN the house all at onces
OF a sudden he seems to have bushels
Of mo,,ey.D Cassim walked over to
his brother's l,ouse and questioned
him on Tie subject, when All, being
4 generous hearted fellow. told him
all abOut the cavern. Next slay Cas-
sim went 10 there TO get some himself.
but after loading himself down with
wealth. he forgot tl,c magic worvI
which opened the door. and 20 he
couldn't vet out. He tried various
words, cried "Open See-TOmmy ~
..Operl See-BillylH s4Open See.Polly-
Ann ~ but ali ID no purpose, because
hls memory couldn't see Sammy. The
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