St Nicholas [serial] . ste, he was wicked at heart; and one day, whenyou were eating some sweetmeats which he hadgiven you, you found yourself seized and thrustinto a bag, all in darkness; and after that youwere carried to Cairo, and put into a basket whichhad air-holes in it. Yes, you need nt go to sleep,little rogue, as if you were tired of listening tome. The monkey had yawned, and now sat withshut eyes, the picture of sleepiness, although oneseconds time was always enough, as Ted andAchmed knew, to transform him from such apassive state to the wildest activity. You stayed in that box, most
St Nicholas [serial] . ste, he was wicked at heart; and one day, whenyou were eating some sweetmeats which he hadgiven you, you found yourself seized and thrustinto a bag, all in darkness; and after that youwere carried to Cairo, and put into a basket whichhad air-holes in it. Yes, you need nt go to sleep,little rogue, as if you were tired of listening tome. The monkey had yawned, and now sat withshut eyes, the picture of sleepiness, although oneseconds time was always enough, as Ted andAchmed knew, to transform him from such apassive state to the wildest activity. You stayed in that box, most of the time, forseveral days, continued Ted; and the wickedman told people lies about you, when you criedand wished to be let out, and people heard youand asked about the cries. He said you were 1910.] THE YOUNG WIZARD OF MOROCCO 42 7 a pet cat which he was taking to his wife anddaughter in Gibraltar. So here you came, andone day, being left alone, you found the basket-lidloosely fastened, and you leaped out. The win-. HE SPRANG UPON TED S BREAST AND THREW HIS TINYARMS ABOUT HIS FRIENDS NECK. dow was open, and then—then the rest was easy;and you scampered over the roofs and among thechimney-pots, for a day or two; then, one night,you made your way up the mountain, and finallythought you were safe and in good company whenyou discovered those apes. Here Mr. Malloly opened one eye, and thenopened his mouth, not making a sound; a sort ofsilent assent it was. Then he closed mouth andeye again, wearily. But you had a hard time with those bad, badapes, my little one, continued Ted. You foundthem stronger than you were, and I fear if Ach-med and I had not come along as we did— At this moment a knock sounded upon the went to open it, and was met by theclerk of the hotel, a dull-looking, fishy-eyed in-dividual, who, seeing Achmed, appeared a littleill at ease. I—I wished to speak—to speak withMr. Leslie—er—er—alone, please, said theclerk. Very good, was Teds re
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