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She continued : " Two more wishes remain to you ; don't 

 waste them." 



"Ay, ay; but you may save them for poor folks," said 

 Jack ; " I want nothing more." 



Poor, foolish Jack ! With the world at his beck, Sol- 

 omon chose wisdom, and all things were given to him. 

 Jack asked for love, and was master of the world through 

 its potent influence. His way from that day was smooth to 

 the quarter-deck, and years after he told his grandchildren 

 of the good fairy who totters down Broadway to test the 

 hearts of the hurrying crowds. 



Another sailor, not so wise as the hei"0 of my last story, 

 was put to the ordeal of the three wishes. First he wished 

 that all the continents, and mountains, and islands, and little 

 rocks, and coral reefs were tobacco ; secondly, that all the 

 oceans and seas, the lakes, rivers, little creeks, water-spouts, 

 rains, and dews were grog. These two wishes were grant- 

 ed, and he tasted thereof and was glad ; but the third wish 

 bothered him. He cast about to see what more a jolly tar 

 could desire, and decided that he had all he wanted. 



So to our former store of potatoes and onions we added 

 potatoes and onions ; and, rich in all that heart could wish, 

 we made ready for an early departure from this miserable 

 place. 



