Short Stories Old and New

venge the fate of his comrades, and to bring about the death of Ali Baba. For this purpose he returned to the town, disguised as a merchant of silks. By degrees he brought from his

the new merchant was most friendly. Within two or three days Ali Baba came to see his son, and the captain of the robbers knew him at once, and soon learned

e, they should stop, and he should ask them both to sup with him. This plan was carried out, though at first the merchant, with whose own pla

honor of your company"; and he went to the kitchen and told Mo

it might be, and to this end, when she had finished what she had to do in the kitchen, she helped Abdalla carry up the dishes. Looking at Cogia Houssain, she k

master would eat no salt with him. He int

She dressed herself like a dancer, girded her waist with a silver-gilt girdle, from which hung a

ivert our master and his son's friend

t him in carrying out his wicked purpose, but he had to make the best of it, and to seem pleased with Morgiana's dancing. She was indeed a good dancer, and on th

ming to him, he pulled out his purse from his bosom to make her a present; but while he was putti

Ali Baba, "what have you do

id: "Look well at him, and you will see that he is both the pretended oil-merchant and the captain of the band of forty

you more in time; now I would make you my daughter-in-law. Consider," he said, turning

e and Morgiana were married, but before this, the captain of the robbers was buried with his comrades, and so secretly was it d

same." The door opened at once, and from the appearance of everything within the cavern, he judged that nobody had been there since the captain had fetched the goods for his shop. From this time forth, he took as much of