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In that delightful book, "The Arabian Nights' Entertainood, and bad, and indifferent; of slaves of

las and amulets, and talismanic charms; and of the

marvels and wonders they perforreater miracles than steady-eyed, soft-voiced Peterby

For if the far away Orient has its potent charms and spells, so, in

this less ros

are possible, a chars

becos; and we call it Money

Aladdin had his wonderful La a palace, and the wilderness blosso purse, and behold! Peterby went forth, and the dull rooe" became a mansion in the midst of Vanity Fair

Thus, at precisely four o'clock on the afternoon of the third day,

Barnabas stood before a chevalhis reflection with a certain coh-waisted and cunningly rolled of

collar, was a sartorial triu from hip to ankle and there looped and buttoned,

accentuated h in a ; his snoaistcoat was of an original fashion and cut,

and his cravat, folded and caressed into being by Peterby's fingers,

was an elaborate masterpiece, a matchless creation never before seen

upon the town Barnabas had become a dandy, fros and polished shoes, and, upon the

whole, was not ill-pleased with hiht, aren't they, Peterby?" he inquired

suddenly, speaking his thought aloud