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THE MAGIC LEGACY. 
 
 " Know, that I have long possessed a 
 treasure which enchantment has pre- 
 vented me from enjoying; but nothing 
 restricts thee from the use of it. Take 
 this key, and open a chest that thou 
 wilt find buried beneath the fountain 
 before the eastern front of thy palace/' 
 
 Page 3. 
 
THE MAGIC LEGACY. 
 
 A KING had a son, named Alindor, whom he 
 had made an accomphshed prince. A few- 
 minutes before his death, he addressed Jjiim 
 in the following words : — 
 
 " Son, it is time I should make room for 
 thee. The crown has been a burden to my 
 head. Thou wilt wear it with honour. I 
 have long possessed a treasure which enchant- 
 ment has prevented me from enjoying : but 
 nothing restricts thee from the use of it. 
 Open a chest that thou wilt find buried be- 
 neath the fountain. Possess thyself of this 
 prize, and let justice guide thee in the appli- 
 cation of it. Receive the last breath of thy 
 expiring father in a prayer for thy prosperity." 
 
 W ith these words the old king breathed 
 
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 his last. Alindor hung long sorrowing over 
 the lifeless corpse. 
 
 He caused his father to be interred, and 
 then set fifty labourers to dig under the foun- 
 tain, and a vault was discovered many feet 
 under the earth. 
 
 The prince was present when it was found. 
 All that it contained was a chest of ebony, 
 which Alindor could carry without difficulty. 
 
 On opening the chest, he found an empty 
 purse, a horn of metal, and a girdle of coarse 
 hair ! His disappointment was so great, that 
 he stood motionless. 
 
 Alindor examined the chest with more 
 attention, and in one corner discovered a 
 parchment, on which he read these words : 
 
 " When thou hast need of gold, open the 
 purtse, and thou wilt find whatever thou hast 
 
 occasion for. 
 
 " If soldiers be necessary to thee, blow the 
 horn three times, and an army will stand at 
 thy command, whom thou mayest dismiss with 
 a word. 
 
 " Wouldst thou be transported trom one 
 place to another, gird thyself with the belt, 
 and it will convey thee instantly to the place 
 where thou wishest. 
 
 " These, wisely employed, may make thee 
 the most powerful of monarchs ; but be care- 
 ful to preserve them, for they will possess the 
 same virtues in the hands of another ; and 
 
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 what may conduce to thy prosperity may also 
 be employed for thy destruction." 
 
 The purse was required to do its office, and 
 it swelled to such a weight, that he let it fall 
 to the floor, which was covered with gold. 
 
 He then blowed the horn, and was sur- 
 rounded with soldiers. These proofs satisfied 
 him that his girdle would not fail when 
 brought to the trial. He languished for 
 Zenomia, the daughter of a cahf. Zenomia 
 was selfish and ambitious ; at the same time 
 an admirable creature. Her beauty held a 
 crowd of young princes in her chains. Alindor 
 sighed for her, while his richer rivals openly 
 contended for her favour. 
 
 The treasure he possessed furnished him 
 with the means of surpassing every compe- 
 titor. His appearance at court awakened the 
 jealousy of all the rival princes. 
 
 The calif and his consort encouraged the 
 addresses of so rich a monarch, and Zenomia 
 displayed a marked preference for him. 
 
 Th*e violence of his passion drew from him 
 a formal declaration. 
 
 " How canst thou expect acceptance of my 
 love ?" said the princess, " when thou hast 
 reposed no confidence in me. The petty 
 kingdom of which thou callest thyself the 
 ruler, could never suffice to thy profusion. 
 There is something mysterious in your ap- 
 pearance, which must be explained." 
 
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 Alindor protested that his name and title 
 were what he professed them ; but Zenomia 
 still persisting to maintain the contrary, he 
 revealed to his beloved fair the secret source 
 
 of his riches. 
 
 Zenomia was not content with this as- 
 surance ; she would see the purse, and make 
 experiment of its virtues. 
 
 No sooner was it in her power, than she 
 flew out of the apartment. 
 
 After some time a slave came to thank him 
 for his present, and announce to him, that 
 Zenomia, in company of the cahf and her 
 mother, was about to set off for one of their 
 country palaces. 
 
 The plot now stood revealed to the prince, 
 and he saw, that the father, mother, and 
 daughter, had been engaged in a conspiracy 
 
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 to plunder him. He had no resource but to 
 return to his kingdom for the most potent of 
 his father's gifts, to revenge the injury. In 
 two months he appeared before the capital of 
 the cahf provided with his horn and girdle. 
 No sooner had he given three blasts, than an 
 army of fifty thousand men stood at each of 
 the four gates of the city, while a large body 
 of horsemen scoured the country. The calif 
 sought to save himself and. his family by 
 flight. 
 
 The fugitives 'were intercepted by the 
 •prince''s cavalry, and brought captives into 
 the tent of Ahndor. 
 
 Zenomia wiped away her tears. " Scarcely 
 can I trust my eyes,'' said she, "when I 
 behold in thee, prince, the ravager of our 
 city and empire. Alas ! I see, that thy vows 
 were words devoid of sentiment ! Shame, who, 
 
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 to avenge a woman's frolic, wastes kingdoms, 
 and assails his mistress/' 
 
 Zenomia concluded her address with such 
 tenderness, that Alindor cast himself at her 
 feet, and swore to disband his troops as soon 
 as his purse was restored to him. 
 
 " Here, take it, and know that I feel no 
 more pain in parting with it, than I do in 
 flying a lover so impetuous and fatal !" 
 
 Alindor now turned to the calif, and con- 
 jured him to reconcile him with the princess. 
 He dismissed his army. The cahf besought 
 hmi to accompany him to the city, where a 
 banquet should consign all enmity to oblivion. 
 
 He now renewed his wish to possess the 
 heart of the princess. 
 
 ''Willingly would I obey a voice that 
 speaks too eloquently for thee in my heart, 
 were not thy powers too tremendous. Dis- 
 close to me the means by which thou hast 
 brought so innumerable a host before our 
 gates. Speak, prove thyself of a mortal 
 nature like myself, and all within me shall be 
 Alindor's." 
 
 He produced the magic horn, and informed 
 Zenomia of the effect of its operation. The 
 artful beauty soon found means to gain this 
 instrument ; and as soon as it was in her 
 hands, she gave three blasts, and in an instant 
 an army attended her orders. He requested 
 her to dismiss the magic host into the air, 
 
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 when to his amazement^ the princess, instead 
 of listening to his words, turned to the nearest 
 soldiers, and bade them seize the prince and 
 convey him to her father. 
 
 Fortunately Alindor had girded himself 
 with the magic belt ; and this with his first 
 wish transported him instantly to his own 
 kingdom. But what words can speak his 
 frenzy, when, recurring to his purse to re- 
 plenish his coffers, it remained empty ! when, 
 on inspection, he found it totally different 
 from his own, and perceived the black fraud 
 of Zenomia ! 
 
 He was not long in inventing a plan of his 
 revenge, and the means of executing it were 
 found in the magic girdle. On this he re- 
 posed all his hopes of vengeance ; and, waiting 
 for midnight, he bound the girdle about his 
 waist, and wished himself in the princess"* 
 apartment. 
 
 The belt fulfilled its office in an instant, 
 and placed him beside the couch of his false 
 mistress, who, sunk in sound sleep, appre- 
 hended nothing from her enraged lover. 
 
 The charms of his false Zenomia reclined 
 before him, more enchanting than ever, he 
 forgot his wrongs, and had no care but to 
 excuse his temerity. A sigh disturbed her ; 
 she leaped from the sofa, and cried for help. 
 Alindor embraced her, and besought her to 
 be tranquil. 
 
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 THE MAGIC LEGACY. 
 
 Forgive my temerity, Zenomia, I conjure 
 thee to banish every fear^ and give me a 
 patient audience."*** 
 
 Zenomia now recollected the voice of her 
 injured lover, foreboded his design, by thus 
 addresshig him : I am culpable, prince, I 
 own. I urged too far the proud design of 
 robbing you of every thing. You have mis- 
 taken my sentiments : I will not inquire by 
 what new charm you have penetrated through 
 the guards of my palace : I revere the mys- 
 terious powers that obey you. Yet you need 
 not their assistance to recover your treasures ; 
 ere morning they shall be restored. But, 
 prince, there is a reparation owing me, which 
 thou wilt not scruple to acquit thyself of, thou 
 hast exposed my name to calumny by this 
 intrusion ; from this hour thou art my hus- 
 band." 
 
 Is it possible," cried Alindor, " that thou 
 canst return my rashness with such generosity ? 
 Yes, beloved Zenomia, I am thine, and 
 nothing shall disturb our harmony." 
 
 Zenomia observed his girdle, whose shaggy 
 texture rendered it perceptible on the robe 
 which the prince wore, and she thought that 
 some new magic was concerned with this un- 
 couth ornament. Hoping to win the secret 
 from her lover, she loosed the belt gradually, 
 and when she had so far effected her purpose, 
 that another touch would detach it> she drew 
 
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 back, in the midst of a tender address of the 
 prince, pretending to have been hurt by some 
 part of his apparel. She now feigned to 
 perceive the magic girdle, and ridiculing it 
 for its ungraceful appearance, begged him to 
 divest himself of so odious an ornament. 
 
 " Do not despise this belt ; of all the 
 wonders I possess, it is most precious. To it 
 I owe all the happiness of my future life.'' 
 
 To support his words, Ahndor related how 
 he had made a journey of many weeks in an 
 instant, and informed her it had the virtue of 
 transporting him whithersoever he would. 
 
 No sooner was Zenomia acquainted with 
 the secret, than she approached the prince, 
 threw him off his guard, and loosed from his 
 body the girdle, which now scarcely hung to 
 his side. Instantly binding it round her 
 waist, she wished herself in the califs apart- 
 ment. 
 
 Alindor's astonishment was so great that 
 he lost all consciousness, and was near falhng 
 into the hands of the guards, whom she had 
 despatched to seize him. Fortunately the 
 rattle of the gates awakened him from the 
 stupefaction in which the perfidy of the prin- 
 cess had left him, and he saved himself by a 
 staircase that led into the gardens. 
 
 For two days he wandered about a horrid 
 wilderness, to meet that death which he could 
 never find. Fatigued beyond sufferance, he 
 
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 THE MAGIC LEGACY. 
 
 resolved to terminate all his miseries, and 
 accordingly, mounting the steepest precipice, 
 he threw himself headlong down. The fall 
 must have proved death to him, had not his 
 robe caught the branch of a fig-tree. This 
 broke his fall, and let him down gently on a 
 bed of thick moss, that preserved him from 
 fracture ; but he lay some time motionless on 
 the ground. 
 
 When his reason returned, he found him- 
 self tormented by such a thirst, that he strove 
 to raise himself, tliat he might search for 
 some water; but his struggles were ineffectual, 
 and he seemed held to the ground by some 
 vast weiMit. Lookinc^ for what restrained 
 him, he perceived a vast branch, which he 
 had by the violence of his fall detached from 
 the tree, lay under him, and was entangled 
 with his garment. With joy he saw it covered 
 with ripe figs of extraordinary size and beauty. 
 Pie devoured them with avidity. 
 
 No sooner had the prince appeased his 
 thirst, than he was disturbed by a frightful 
 prodigy. 
 
 With every fig he had eaten, his nose ex- 
 tended itself the length of a thumb ; He 
 observed it with amazement, " Perhaps it is 
 a brand of ignominy for my folly in losing 
 the precious donations of my father."" 
 
 During these reflections, he wandered about 
 the valley in search of an outlet. Noontide 
 
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 advanced, and Alindors thirst returned on 
 him with new fury. Happily, he heard the 
 gushing of water, and perceiving a spring, he 
 reclined beside it, to drink the clear hquid. 
 He drank the cool water out of his palms, 
 and observed that with every draught the 
 monstrous exuberance of his nose diminished. 
 
 Meditating on the possibility of regaining 
 all his treasures, the accident that had be- 
 fallen his countenance suggested to him a 
 stratagem which promised to restore his losses, 
 and effect revenge on his false mistress. 
 
 He broke off a branch of the finest figs, 
 and returning to the spring with an earthen 
 vessel, he fi lied it with the water. He entered 
 the city in the disguise of a peasant, and pro- 
 ceeded to the palace of the calif. 
 
 As the fruit was of uncommon beauty, 
 they were immediately purchased for the 
 table of the sultaness and her daughter. 
 
 Alindor retired from the palace, when the 
 bargain was concluded, and, disguising him- 
 self anew, he hired a house in the suburbs, 
 and assumed the character of a physician. 
 The mother and daughter, allured by the 
 delicious flavour of the fruit, devoured it 
 with eagerness. Each perceived the altera- 
 tion in herself and the other at the same 
 moment, and both burst into exclamations of 
 of surprise and horror. 
 
 Both mother and daughter ran to a mirror, 
 
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 THE MAGIC LEGACY. 
 
 and, seeing their faces thus hideously dis- 
 figured, brought all their attendants about 
 them. The rumour of this miraculous event 
 spread through the palace, and the calif came 
 to satisfy himself of the extraordinary incident. 
 
 The calif summoned the most celebrated 
 physicians, and promised a kingly recom- 
 pense to him who should relieve his wife and 
 daughter from their encumbrances. It was 
 agreed, that the misfortune was not to be 
 removed by medicine. 
 
 Alindor now thought it time to hasten the 
 progress of his stratagem. He accordingly 
 announced himself as a sage experienced in 
 all the mysteries of medicine, and was received 
 with every mark of respect. 
 
 The water from the fount effected on the 
 sultaness all she could wish. 
 
 Ahndor said to the princess: "Your aspect, 
 princess, moves me at once to mirth and 
 compassion." 
 
 Then, after pronouncing many strange 
 words, he administered to her a cup of 
 common water, which was without any con- 
 sequence but to irritate the hopes of the 
 princess. 
 
 The nose of the princess was not lessened 
 a hair's breadth by this tantalizing process. 
 
 Alindor repeated three days successively 
 this pantomime, till the anguish and tears of 
 the princess had become almost insupportable. 
 
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 He then appointed the hour of midnight for 
 a grand and final attempt. 
 
 " If the magnificent rewards promised by 
 my father be insufficient to excite your dih- 
 gence, know, that I possess treasures of in- 
 estimable value, and on the instant you effect 
 my cure, I will demonstrate to you my 
 gratitude.'^ 
 
 " I am too familiar with the promises of 
 the sick, and know how little sure they are 
 of performance/'' 
 
 Zenomia, without answering, stepped into 
 her closet, and returned with her magic 
 purse, together with the horn and girdle. 
 
 " These three insignificant utensils possess 
 such miraculous virtues, that it depends only 
 on my use of them to become the richest and 
 most powerful of mortals. From this instant 
 they are your own, and I will instruct you 
 how to employ them when you have restored 
 me to my proportion of feature.'"' 
 
 I need not thy directions ; I resume what 
 thou hast robbed me of, and leave thee thy 
 false heart and thy monstrous nose.'' 
 
 While he spoke these words, he girded 
 himself in his magic belt, and, wishing himself, 
 in his own kingdom, left the false fair one to 
 deplore the loss of her ill-gotten gains and 
 her beauty. 
 
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