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scrimed, till he was ready to drop with fi- tigue and vexation, Presently he hear the sound of horses' feet, which he right! concluded to be the robbers, and he trem- bled lest he should now fall a victim to hi (illegible text) thrist in riches, He resolved however to make some effort to escape ; and when he heard Sesame pro- nounced, he saw the door open, he sprung out; but was instantly put to death by the sword of the robbers. The thieves now held a council, but not one of them could possibly guess by wha means Cassim had got into the cave. They saw the heaps of treasure he had piled rea dy to take away, but they did not miss what Ali Baba had secured before AI length they agreed to cut Cussim's body in "to four quarters, and bang the pieces with in the cave, that it might terrify any one from further attempts; and also detera ined not to return themselves for some time to the cave, for fear of being watched and dis- covered. When Cassim's wiſe saw night come on, and her husband not returned, she became greatly terrified. She watched at her win- dow till day-break, and then went to tell Ali Baba of her fears, Cassim had not in- formed him of his design of going to the cave, but Ali Baba, now hearing of his jour- ney thither, did not wait to be desired to go in search of him.
