J. WRIGLEY,
PUBLISHER OF ALL KINDS OF COLORED TOY BOOKS
ALI BABA,
OR THE
FORTY THIEVES.
NEW YORK:
J. WRIGLEY, 394 GRAND STREET.
HISTORY OF THE
FORTY THIEVES.
In a town of Persia lived two brothers, sons ofa poor man; one named Cassim, the other AliBaba. Cassim, the elder, married a wife with aconsiderable fortune, and lived at his ease; but thewife of Ali Baba was as poor as himself: theydwelt in a mean cottage in the suburbs, and hemaintained his family by cutting wood. Ali Babawas in the forest preparing to load his asses withthe faggots he had cut, when he saw a troop ofhorsemen approaching. He hastily climbed a large [Pg 2]thick tree, and hid himself among the branches.Ali Baba counted forty of them; each took a loadedportmanteau from his horse, and turning to therock, said, "Open, Sesame;" immediately a dooropened, the robbers passed in, when the door shutof itself. In a short time the door opened again,and the robbers came out, who said, "Shut, Sesame."The door instantly closed. Ali Baba ventureddown, and approaching the rock, said, "Open,Sesame." Immediately the door flew open. Hebrought his asses, and took as many bags of goldcoin as they could carry.
Ali Baba told his brother the secret of the cave.Cassim rose early next morning, and set out with [Pg 3]ten mules loaded with great chests. He found therock, and having said, "Open Sesame," gained admission,where he found more treasures than he expected,which made him forget the word that causedthe door to open. Presently he heard the soundof horses' feet, which he concluded to be the robbers,who instantly put him to death. Ali Babadrove to the forest, and on entering the cave, hefound the body of his brother cut into quarters.He took the quarters, and put them upon one ofhis asses, and delivered the body to Cassim's wife.Morgiana, a female slave in his brother's house, wassent early next morning to a poor cobbler, and gavehim two pieces of gold to go with her blindfolded; [Pg 4]taking him into the room where the body was lying,bade him sew the mangled limbs together. Mustaphaobeyed, having received two pieces of gold,and was led blindfolded the same way back.
Cassim was buried with all