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and was seen to be full of silver and gold, &c. The Kaid then 

 had the box covered up, and the false friend took his departure. 

 After he went away, the Kaid returned with his slaves and had 

 the money, but not the box, removed to a really secure place, 

 and had the box filled with bits of stones and broken pottery 

 and recovered over in the same manner as it was before, when 

 seen by the Kaid's false confidant ; he then had his slaves car- 

 ried off to prison and put to death on some pretext or other. 

 The next day when the Kaid's confidant heard of the slaves 

 being dead, he knew it was to prevent their telling, and con- 

 cluded that it was the secret which he possessed which the Kaid 

 wanted to guard, and that he alone knew of the secret of the 

 Kaid's wealth and its hiding place. In some short time after- 

 wards, an order came from the Sultan ordering Abd el Saddock 

 up to Marocco ; upon which the Ka,id told his confidant of his 

 trouble and begged him to be true to his oath, blessed him, 

 kissed him, and then went to wait upon the Sultan. The 

 Sultan upon seeiug him ordered his arrest and torture, accusing 

 him of robbiug him and his people, &c. ; upon which the Kaid 

 was carried off to the torture, when he kept denying having 

 any money, and being guilty of the charges brought against 

 him. At last the Sultan, losing all patience, sent him word 

 that he had received information, so the Kaid had better speak 

 the truth at once, for such a one (the false friend) had declared 

 that he had a large box full of treasure, but was sworn not to 

 tell of its whereabouts. The Kaid, therefore, must either tell 

 or suffer death by torture. At this the Kaid pretended to be 

 much alarmed, and declared that nothing could be concealed 

 from Seedna, so he would confess the whole truth, and that 

 what such a one said was true and that it was concealed in such 

 a place, and put there in presence of such a one (the informer, 

 the Kaid's confidant), and that if the Sultan sent for it he 

 would have it all. The Kaid was then put in prison, and 

 notaries and soldiers sent for the money under the guidance of 

 the informer who was in great glee, thinking that now his 

 fortune was made and his favour with the Sultan secure; but 

 upon arriving at the cellar and the box being opened, nothing 

 but stones and broken potteiy was found where there had been 

 gold and silver. Imagine the wretch's horror as the notaries 

 he himself must inform the Sultan, as they dare not 



