Palisadian., 1920-06-26


pf the terrible Old Man of the Sea who
sat upon Sinbad's shoulders and could
not be shaken off until he was intoxi-
Gated with wine and Sinbad slew him.
Tho Story of the Forty Thieves.
OF Ali Baba and his discovery of the
stone that swung wide when a voice
cried open, Sesame !" In the cave
was the booty of forty thieves and Ali
Baba took home sacks bulging with
gold and silver. The robbers traced
him and in the guise of a merchant the
captain lodged with him. In the yard
were stored great jars, one filled with
Oil and the others concealing the
thieves. III would it have Jared with
Ali Baba had not Morgiana, a cunning
slave, detected the trick and with boil
Ing oil scalded to death the wicked
miscreants. The captain escaped, but
returned in new disguise and again
did Morgiana save her master by stab
bing his enemy. So Ali Baba married
her to his son and he lived joyously
upon treasures from the cave.
Many Other Fascinating Stories.
OF the Magic Horse of ebony and
ivory, 80 fashioned that its rider, by
pressing divers buttons, could fly
whittier he willed. 1t bore Persian
prince to great palace in metropolis
gfrt about with greenery. There he
looked into the eyes of princess and
they were enraptured. 1t befell that
they rode away on the Magic Horse
but before they were wed an evil man
abducted the princess. The disconso-
late prince wandered far and at last
he found her whom he loved and again
they journeyed through the air to his
home, where they were married with
exceeding pomp and lived happily.
Of poor fisherman who drew his
net from the sea and found therein but
a brass bottle. He cut open the top
and there streamed forth a cloud of
smoke. 1t collected and, behold! it
was genie, SO huge that his head was
In the clouds. He would have killed
his rescuer had not the willy fisherman
insisted that never could he have come
from the bottle. The silly genie
Squeezed himself inside, whereupon
the fisherman clapped on the top, nor
would he remove it until the genie
swore to serve him faithfully. This
oath it was that led to the finding of
the, ensorcelled prince with legs turned
to stone and the lake wherein swan
fish Of four colors that had once been
men. After marvellous happenings the
prince was made as other men and the
fish were men and women. And the
fisherman was so rewarded that he
was the wealthiest man Of his time.
OF Prince Camaralzaman and the
Princess Badoura, beautiful beyond
compare, and Of how each saw the
other in sleep and was smitten with
great love. But when they awakened
they saw not one another for they had
been brought together by genii who
had carried Badoura out of China to
the confines of Persia. Grief so af-
flicted both that they sickened and
were insane from sorrow. Then a mes
senger from Eadoura journeyed Tar
over land and sea until he found
Camaralzaman and returned with him
to China, where the lovers were we'd
ded. But while they were travelling to
Camaralzaman's land he wandered
away. Badoura dressed herself in his
raiment and passed herself for man.
1t befell that she found favor in the
eyes of king and was married to
princess. And Camaralzaman too came
to this land and knew not his wife,
who heaped honors upon him. At last
she revealed herself and was known
ais woman and Camaralzaman took
also to wife the princess whom Badou
ra had married and they were happy
together.
OF merchant who, awaiting death
at the hands Of a cruel genie, was
Joined by three old men, one leading
gazelle, another two black hounds. and
the third mule. Now it is related
that the gazelle and the mule had been
wicked wives transformed by magic
and likewise had the hounds been evil
brothers. When the genie was told
these stories Of enchantment, he was
so diverted that he spared the mer-
chants life.
About I-RashId.
And of many tales concerning the
Caliph Harun-alRashid and his going
disguised into the lanes and bazaars of
Bagdad, where he CHANGED upon
strange people who told him strange
stories of magic. Once he supped with
three ladies Of dazzling beauty and
with him were porter dazed with the
magnificence he saw and three mendi-
cants, sons of kings. all blind in the
left eye. Not knowing the Caliph they
told of their fantastic adventures and
sufferings and he rewarded them. And
again he encountered beggar who i'm
plored him to strike him, youth who
spurred cruelty mare upon which he
rode and a rope-maker who had risen