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thanked Feeble John once more for the part
he had played in securing that union which
they felt to be the greatest blessing of their
lives, but this feeling was never gratified.
The great magician and his caravans never
again appeared in that country, and as
centuries rolled by, the events which I have
been narrating became more and more dim
and obscure, and it is now merely a matter
of tradition in that country that one of its
ancient monarchs made a perilous journey
in times long past, and brought back an in-
comparable bride from the kingdom of the
hump-backed mountebanks !

THE END