THE TALISMAN OF SOLOMON

gone: “My son, my son,” they said, “thou hast been
warned once ; be warned again. The gold money in this
vessel has been brought from the treasure-house of the

 

ancient kings of Egypt. Take it; be advised by the
Talisman of Solomon; be wise and prosper.”

“And to think that if I had listened to the Talisman, I
would never have found this,” said the young man.

The gold in the vessel lasted maybe for a month of
jollity and merrymaking, but at the end of that time there
was nothing left—not a copper farthing,

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