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believe in magic carpets and flying horses. in terrific genii corked up in bottles, and in men transformed into animals. Here is a veracious and very ancient tale from the Sanskrit, which does credit to it's original narrator, whoever he may have been.
 The great king Nihla-Keton lived and ruled wisely in his beautiful city of BartyPoura, which was the capital Of his hourshing kingdom of Anga Dessa. You must not ask any ques- tions about these proper names, for one cannot in this day turn to books of geography and history and put his finger upon the persons and places of five or six thousand years ago; and this story is one of the oldest.
 The kings premier, the great Lord Nahaca, was a man of wonderful re- sources, who was equal to every emer- gency in statecraft. The queen and her three daughters were as beauti- ful as Dahana, the Dawn. But for one thing, the kings happiness would have been complete. Like Napoleon, century ago, he lacked an heir; and jusi as Napoleon was led to divorce tbe de,Cted Josephine for purely dy- nastc reasons, King Nihla-Keton was considering the matter of separation from the queen
 The ladies of the palace were over whelmed with sorrow and dread. Just then another child was born. 1t was a girl. In her desperation, the queen appealed to the great Lord Vahaca to save her; and this he undertook to do at great risk to himself. He an nOunced to the king that at last a son was bJrn--a son, the very image of his sire, evidently favored of heaven, and giving every promise of glori GUS Ca ger. The king was mad with delight; but according to the eti uette of the time, he must not be permitted to see the child until the twelfth day after it's birth. Then he must solemn y greet it and bestow upon it it's ,..1c at great mama-carma, or christening feast.
 For l2 days he tumbled over in his mind the Sanskrit roots, in search for a combination which should be arand and inspiring, as becoming the title of such a prince; and for 12 days the premier planned how he might carry on the deception upon which he had entered. The pahorita, or royal astrologer, was appealed to, and-for consideration, doubtless gave the king the horoscope of the child. The stars, he declared, forbade the formalities of the nama-carma, and would prevent the king from sec ing the baby. In fact, he continued, the brilliant career of the prince was strictly conditional. The stars decreed that the king was not to see his son until the latter should be grown and married-which would be about 16 years later, according to Hindu cus- tom. The king was deeply disappoint- ed but was pacified by the promise of life and health and honor for the prnce and so bowed to the will of heaven. He was at liberty to arrange for his sons ducation-through the premier, or cOufSG-tO build palace for him, and to inquire about him from day to day; but to see the child was out of the question.
 Fifteen years passed rapidly away. The great Lord Vahaca was still in his prime, the queen and her daugh- ters were still beautiful. The sup posed prince was grown to woman hood. And now, more than ever be- fore, all, the parties to the scheme of deception were filled with apprehen- sion for the king was bent on having his heir married as soon as possible.