Short Stories Old and New

sk in which two had failed. Like the others, he went to Baba Mustapha, and was shown the house. Unlike them

oop, who were waiting for

certain of the house. As I returned I thought of a way to do

empty. Within two or three days they returned with the mules and the jars, and as the mouths of the jars were rather too narrow for the captain's purpose, he caused them to be widened. Having pu

s, and the jar of oil, with the captain as their driver. When he reached Ali Baba's door, he found Ali

arket; and it is now so late that I do not know where to lodg

welcome. He opened his gates for the mules to go into the yard, and ordered a slave to put them in a stable and feed them when they were unloaded,

my bathing linen ready; give it to Abdalla" (which was his slave's name),

the yard, and took off the lid of each jar, and told h

e chamber window where I lie, do not fail

wed him his chamber, where he soon put out th

out, and there was no more oil in the house, nor any candles. She knew not what to do, till the slave reminded her of the oil-jars in the yard.

, as Ali Baba, his family, and she herself were in great danger. Therefore she answered, without showing any fear: "Not

e made what haste she could to fill her oil-pot, and returned to her kitchen, lighted her lamp, and taking a great kettle went back to the oil-jar and fill

kitchen with the empty kettle, put out the lamp, and left just enough of the fire to make the broth. Then she sat silen

signal by throwing little stones, some of which hit the jars, as he doubted not by the sound they gave. As there was

e jar. From this he suspected that his plot was found out, and, looking into the jars one by one, he found that all his gang were dead. Enraged to despair, he forced the lo

what had happened in the night. When he returned he was very much s

na when she was asked what it meant; "you will know

sked him to see if there was any oil. When he

neither you nor anybody else the least harm.

n and the sunken oil-jar at the end. He stood looking from the jars to M

ed she; "he is as

noticing of the chalk-mark to the death of the robbers and the flight of their capt

first token of what I owe you, I give you your liberty f

the bodies of the robbers. When they were buried there, Ali Baba hid the jars and weapons; and as th