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MARK THE RICH
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seeing his new son-in-law, and said: "In the evening go to my distillery and look after the work"; whilst he secretly told the men to hunt him into the burning cauldron as soon as ever he appeared. So the boy made ready to go to the distillery; but a sudden sickness befell him, and he had to go back home. Mark the Rich waited his time, and went to see what had become of his son-in-law, and tumbled into his own distillers' clutches, into the burning cauldron!