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THE . OREGON ; DAILY f; JOURNAL, - PORTLAND, SATURDAY . EVENING; MARCH J4, 1905 .... - m atones emm Groo Old . fol Lamp. vi- '-ti iv t ai N i. ALADDIN was Uie : son tof a poor "widow? who made her living, pinning cotton. When Aladdin . was li years old. heas playing;inTthe.atreet one;day,Twhenmitingerlookingmari stoppedtand looked Jat him. Helwaj'arwicked AfricanlmaglSan who needed boy.to help him.- andjje thought Aladdin waanioe; kking-little;feUowai( just itheboy;ha wanted. "nowwodd-you'likeltoiworkifownip.'iinyUtoy? I.wili pay yourwelL"'h aaid'toVUaddia. - Aladdinrsaid ,'notliingX would iplcaaelhjinmorcrif hia mother i would letElnv The'pooriwidow:was7overjoyedlto"hawAlaiJiki inakt;fome!moneyandrhe:started.nexdayitoiworl; fori the t magician,Twho treated AladdinXreryjkindly, giving him lots of fine clothes and paying him well z. EVERYTHING went -weil until, one day. the magician said to. Aladdin: "Come, my boy, 1 will take yon to walk and shoWyoii"aome '.very; fine! things. They went together into a great valley, with high mountains on all side. At last the magician 1 said: "Letus-rest here a while. Gt 'sonwsticks'arul liwilbnake'a fireT" Aladdin "gathefed'a" lot of ."sticks "anirthe'ningieiahi built a big fire. Heathen ithrew. a queer "kind of per fume'upon ' the namcs,and. spoke ; someJatrang6?wordju Ablack smoke "curled upwards andrth ground' sJwol and opened before them. Looking down. Aladdin aWaTsquarCLstone'with a brasscring fasteneditathe top'oflti Heiwaa. frightened and started to run away, whenfcthelmagician garelhiinaboxon the erOut nearly knocked his.teetb out; Herwu.ruoiffrifl,htened than'.evcr.nowrand said? in 'weak.'vbice a "W ril3VT,'!ooutwanfmto'.dof I ;am;mdy to obey." "Take the ringiand lift up the. stone," said the magician. Aladdin lifted the stone"witnout:any: trouble, and saw at the bottonfof. the opening a little door.with steps to .go down even 'lower. "Go djwn,"andwhen you get to 'the steps you will iaertadooriwhichkads:into.three"great halls. In each are4four bronxerasesffull'of'goldand silver. Walk ttraight'otvuntU.you'come to a'garden?, and .there you will see in a .niche in theiwall a lighted lamp. Put it out. and bring it to me. Touch nothing, else :on" your way, lor; you. will die." When the magician had said'this he'took-off a ring which be had on his finger and gave it to Aladdin. "As long as you -wear. this ring no.,eril.cancome to you," he said. 4-. AHADDIM Jttmped IAo the -opeiilngandwenl to. the bottomviVthe-ctepCand therCherfound everything ustaa:thefmagidan had : said jtlwould het Ilctook . the riamp'nd (walked bockTtotheIopening Give.lneour.haiodp'rnelup.heIledllO the!magician4 Give;me!tljlamp"sfrtheagimn'amwens(l. ICis;noCmtmyjway;Iwill'give.itoyou.wheni I.smelout!"" At thU'thc'taagician'flewjntoya'rage'and.'tunung, threwfa littleTperfume on the fire and a gainsaid some magicXwordi4 At that the. ground closed overt tha entrance Aladdin'called,"f''Iwul'give yau'.tbe'lampl Only let me outr But no, the micked magician' would'not. There Aladdin stayed for two days without food ors-drink. At last he thought , of the ring upon his finger. He rubbed iUnd al flnceragreat figure appearedt r' Mm ? MsjnMaMMWBMiaiBVlsW SBMMBBMiMiBiiiWMBiisMBsawaMaaaMtjaB)aBmMBMaaBW I z I iTTTl TTHfHSn I 5; HAT do jrou wisht T mftadyto'obe3r you as your slave.!' "Whoever you4are,,takeme-wtwf 'thisipJaceP .Aladdin cried. Scarcely hid he ' said 'tmV when he' found himself out'of the cave. He ran home quickly and. told, his mother what the wicked magician had done, Spme days after this Aladdin thought he; would sell the lamp, as they 'were in, need of money. He asked his mother to clean it up. She bad just begun to-mb the .lamp, when .ajudeons,. gigantic, geniua. rose out of thcround. "What do you:wish I. am r,eady:a?obey you, it; said. Aladdin seiaed the lamp and saidiT.am hungry; bring me something to eat" The genius disappeared and came back in a mo ment with a lot of the very best food, andJAkddin and his mother; were never, in want after ..this. NB day Aladdin, saw 'Jtbt 'princess irom hi windo'wwas she passed hji lie, thought her very 'beautiful 'and longed 'toa&nhar. XLr uid tv bisJUnotberj I want'Co'fnarrya pnhcess1 " Hisimother laughed. a him, sayuig '"Vouarei foolish boy; A.princesA'mumajry'atprmcel'' will 'marryTiert . mothejua-tJaaipwill.helpi jnerAJieranswered. And AUddin'rubbed the tamp. The gcaiuacfc , t once appeared and he, told him of his. wisL Tha genius, said i our"w:shaIfbeiTODeyed Tn a" very shorLtime .the. genius retunied'wtodfty blacklslaves.Teachrcarryingon hishead Urge golden basins full of pearls and diamonds and'rubies. HE TOLD: the. slaves, to take, all -this to tlic palace and give the gems to the sultan as. a present from Aladdin. The sultan was pleased. "Go," he. said, "and tell the young man .who sent all these riches that. I will welcome him as my son-in-law." For he thought Aladdin must be very; rich. So Aladdin and the. princess 'were married,! and Aladdin rubbed ..the lamp many times, and they were very happy. . One day Aladdin went on a hunting trip, and while be was gone the wicked magician came back, vowing to destroy Aladdin. He took a. lot of new lamps, -and, gping near Aladdin's palace, he called out: "Who will give old lamps for new?" The princess, hearing him, thoughthe-would give Aladdin' a surprise and get him a new lamp or his old one. So she gave Aladdin's lamp, to the old man, who no sooner got the lamp in his band than he rubbed it. and there stood the Genius toftheIjunp before -him. He onlcrtd hinv losnetthlakcf aand the princess. to Africa. a. - OOR Aladdin," when be came home, found his wife and home gone. He' was heartbroken,tbutat last' be thought of his 'ring. He. pressed , it and the Genius of the.Rjng 'appeared. "Take m.e.to,the princess T ' A lad din ordered ranot in a moment helwas beside the princess. She was very happy atthe;right of.him.' and iri'tears she told him iwhat she.had done with.the lamp.; Aladdin knew'that until hecould kfllithe magician the princess .would-be? in bia power. So he got.some poison powder jand gave Itto the princess to put' into the-wiekedlmagicjan'i wine;when became to see.her, The;maicp'drankemixtureaiioT less, Aladdm.tookHhenamp.from'hisTrosony'ancflias x rubbed iU HerderedthCgeniusltovtakethexoJback MUheificl6d,nvheith.l Jrears. 1 ' "1 -t t
