62 ALI BABA AND THE FORTY THIEVES.

oil-merchant and the Captain of the
forty thieves! Do you now see why
he refused to eat salt with you? Can
you require a stronger proof of his
treachery ?” a6

Ali Baba, who now saw all that he
owed to Morgiana for having thus saved
his life a second time, cried, ‘‘ Morgiana,
I gave you your liberty, and at the same
time promised to do more for you at.
some future time. ‘This period is now
arrived, and I present you to my son as
his wife.”

A few days after, Ali Baba had the
marriage ofhis son and Morgiana cele-
brated with great feasting.

After the marriage, Ali Baba decided
to again visit the cave of the forty thieves,
in the forest. On reaching it on horse-
back, he dismounted, and went up to the
door, and repeated the words, ‘‘ OPEN
sEsamé.” At once the door opened, and
he entered the cave, and found that no
one had been in it from the time that
Cogia Houssain had opened his shop
in the city. He therefore knew that
the whole troop of thieves. was. killed,
and that he was the only person in the
whole world who knew the secret of the
cave.