mpted to allege reasons in his justification; the boy, however,
did not venture to pronounce sentence on him and send him to
execution. "Commander of the Faithful," said he, "this is not a game;
it is your majesty alone who can condemn to death seriously, and not
I; I did it yesterday only in play."

The caliph, fully persuaded of the treachery of the merchant, gave him
up to the ministers of justice to have him hung; and this sentence was
executed after he had confessed where the thousand pieces of gold were
concealed, which were then returned to Ali Cogia. This monarch, in
short, so celebrated for his justice and equity, after having advised
the cadi who had passed the first sentence, and who was present, to
learn from a child to be more exact in the performance of his office,
embraced the boy, and sent him home again with a purse containing a
hundred pieces of gold, which he ordered to be given him as a proof of
his liberality.

THE END

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