The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-06-26


 1 in like manner until she came to the jar which was full of oil. Morgiana de- termined that it was time for drastic measures-for immediate action and discussion. So she filled a pail full of oil from the last jar, went into the house and heated it until it boiled. With this boil- l ing oil she returned to the courtyard.
 In order to give his men more air the captain had partially raised every one of the jar covers. Going to the first jar Nor siana poured in her pail of boiling oil. anf so, quietly and expeditously, scalded the robber therein to death. This she re- peated until all 37 of the thieves had been killed. Then she sat down just inside the kitchen window to see what would hap pen.
 Scarcely a quarter of an hour had passed when the captain of the thieves opened his window and threw down on | the jars a handful of gravel. No re- sponse He threw some more Still no | response. Then down he came himself and, going to the jars, found all his men dead in them. Terrified at this he jumped over the garden gate, and, by scrambling
 
 sage and virtuous damsel, Morgiana, went to bed and slept the sleep of the tired and the just. Not liking to disturb | her master with business affairs before breakfast, Morglana waited until Ali had | returned from the baths before she told him what had taken place the night be- fore and showed him the jars with the boiled men in them. Ali at once com prehended that he had the night before | unwittingly taken into his house the cap tain of the 40 thieves and his band, | though how the band had been reduced | to s he was at a loss to conjecture. T will reward you as you deserve some day" he said to Morgiana; meantime. 1 give you your liberty and will soon do still more for you. To you I owe my life"
 But the captain of the forty thieves whose office through decapitation and boiling oil had now become purely titu- lar-resolved to have revenge upon All at all hazards. Disguised as merchant he mace back to the city after a while and took lodgings at a khan. Then he bought horse and conveyed from his cave to his lodgings many fine pieces of rich stuffs, embroideries and other splep- did fabrics. Then he hired a shop and established himself as a staid and re- spectable merchant, calling himself Cogia Houssain. Now Ali Baba had a son, a promising young man, and with this son Cogia soon managed to become great friends, often inviting him to sup with him. All was desirous of making some return for these kindnesses, so one day he sought Coga, whom he did not at all recognize in his new disguise, and asked him to supper. fT f4fsn Cogia replied that he was extremely obliged, but that as he never ate any dish with salt in it he would cut but d sorry figure at banquet. Was that all? Ali would have unsalted dishes for his guest. Cogia accepted with thanks, and All told Morgiana to prepare a saltless meal. When men eat salt together they are pledged not to harm each other-why should not this man eat salt? It was some design upon her master. When the guest came the sharp eyes of Morgiana of the 40 thieves and herself confronted by situation. When the supper was ended the captain thought his time was come. '"The cook and the slave" thought he, are at their supper In the kitchen. I will get the young man drunk and then plunge my dagger into the heart of the father"
 But Morgiana did not go to her supper. Instead sne came bounding into the room in the dress of dancing girl and began pirouetting and skipping and undulating and comforting and twisting in manner which the most expert and undraped con- tortionists among the ''classic dancerc" of the present day could not hope to equal. Nearer and nearer she came to the cap- tain in her wild dance, and he, delighted, was just taking out his purse to reward her efforts when she suddenly plunged dagger into his heart and he fell dead Then she took from his robes a long, murderous-looking knife and told the hor- rifed Ali and his son who their guest really was and why he would not eat salt at their table. Filled with gratitude, Ali gave Morgiana in marriage to his son, and. as the cave of the 40 thieves supplied them with untold wealth, all the characters in the story left alive lived happy ever after.
 Next weeks one-page classic will be Orlando Furioso," by Ludovico Ariosto. | so---
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