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rich, lived in splendour. It came to the ears of 

 the latter, that a stranger, in poverty, who spoke 

 of his former, riches in Khorasan, was living 

 wretchedly in the town ; and suspecting that this 

 might be his old benefactor, he invited him to 

 his house ; and after feasting him superbly, in- 

 duced him to relate his history: when, in con- 

 cluding it, the unhappy Khorasanee described 

 his destitute condition, the other interrupted him, 

 saying, " How can you call yourself poor, when 

 you are, in reality, a man possessed of great 

 riches ?" " Ah ! no," replied the other ; " once 

 indeed, I had much wealth, but all is gone ; and 

 I am now a beggar!" On this his host carried 

 him to a secret chamber, which was full of money 

 " This," said he, " is all yours ; it is the price 

 of the saffron which you so liberally purchased 

 from me: I have traded upon it and become rich, 

 but the original sum I have always reserved as 

 belonging to you ; take it now, and live happily." 

 Grace is always encouraged to repeat to others 

 the little stories which are told to her : I wish 

 you could have heard her relating this to us 

 before tea. 



22d. Well, I am in actual possession of the 

 old quarry. Having settled all my plans, I at 

 once set to work, and my uncle was so good as to 

 let me have one of the workmen to help me, be- 

 cause he said my ideas were rational. The opening 



