ave been caused by the loss of the Magic Lamp, and
he determined to find out as soon as possible who had stolen it.

That same morning the Princess awoke feeling happier than she had felt
since she had been carried off. The sun was shining so brightly, and
the birds were singing so gaily, that she went to the window to greet
the opening day. And who should she see standing beneath her window
but Aladdin!

With a cry of joy she threw open the casement and the sound made
Aladdin look up. It was not long before he made his way through a
secret door and held her in his arms.

"Tell me, Princess," said Aladdin, when they had joyfully embraced
each other many times, "what has become of the old lamp which hung in
a niche of the great hall?"

"Alas! my husband," answered the Princess, "I fear my carelessness has
been the cause of all our misfortunes."

Then she told him how the wicked old Magician had pretended to be a
merchant, and had offered new lamps for old, and how he had thus
managed to secure the Magic Lamp.

"He has it still," she added, "for I know that he carries it always,
hidden in his robe."

"Princess," said Aladdin, "I must recover this lamp, and thou shalt
help me. To-night when the Magician dines with thee, dress thyself in
thy costliest robes, and be kind and gracious to him. Then bid him
fetch some of the wines of Africa, and when he is gone, I will tell
thee what thou shalt do."

So that night the Princess put on her most beautiful robes, and looked
so lovely and was so kind when the Magician came in, that he could
scarcely believe his eyes. For she had been sad and angry ever since
he had carried her off.

"I believe now that Aladdin must be dead," she said, "and I have made
up my mind to mourn no longer. Let us begin our feast. But see! I grow
weary of these wines of China, fetch me instead the wine of thy own
country."

Now Aladdin had meanwhile prepared a powder which he directed the
Princess to place in her own wine-cup. So when the Magician returned
with the African wine, she filled her cup and offered it to him in
token of friendship. The Magician drank it up eagerly, and scarcely
had he finished when he dropped down dead.

Then Aladdin came out of the next chamber where he had hidden himself,
and searched in the Magician's robe until he found the Magic Lamp. He
rubbed it joyfully, and when the Genie appeared, ordered that the
palace should be carried back to China, and set down in its