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THE ORIENTAL ANNUAL. 
for whose capture he was set. But about an hour or 
two before daylight, he made a prize of another, 
whom he had already expected. Having sent his men 
below, he remained himself upon the look out, and at 
the time just mentioned, he saw a tall white figure 
approaching, who no sooner entered the building than 
he drew from his mantle a small lamp, which he 
forthwith lighted, and carefully gathered up every 
fraction of the silver from the floor. When he had 
completed his task, and was about to depart, the Ser- 
jeant stepped forth from his hiding place, and took 
him also prisoner. Then carrying him below, he 
confronted him with his dupes, and exposed him to 
them. 
In the morning, he was taken before the officer, 
with the rest of the captives, and after a strict exami- 
nation, during which he adhered to the most bare - 
faced untruths, and endeavoured, by all sorts of inven- 
tions, to deceive his hearers, he, at last, by dint of 
threats, and promises of security, was induced to con- 
fess the impositions which his colleagues had practised 
upon the multitude, when they pretended to consult 
with the saint, and their utter ignorance of any true 
system of magic. 
