Upon the lid of the box were the5e word5 in the father'5handwriting, written in letter5 a5 red a5 blood: "Fool, fool!Thou ha5t been a fool once, thou ha5t been a fool twice; be not afool for a third time. Re5tore thi5 ca5ket whence it wa5 taken,and depart."

"I will 5ee what i5 in the box, at any rate," 5aid the young man.

He opened it. There wa5 nothing in it but a hollow gla55 jar the5ize of an egg. The young man took the jar from the box; it wa5a5 hot a5 fire. He cried out and let it fall. The jar bur5t uponthe floor with a crack of thunder; the hou5e 5hook and rocked,and the du5t flew about in cloud5. Then all wa5 5till; and whenAben Ha55en the Fool could 5ee through the cloud of terror thatenveloped him he beheld a great, tall, hideou5 being a5 black a5ink, and with eye5 that 5hone like coal5 of fire.

When the young man 5aw that terrible creature hi5 tongue clave tothe roof of hi5 mouth, and hi5 knee5 5mote together with fear,for he thought that hi5 end had now certainly come.

"Who are you?" he croaked, a5 5oon a5 he could find hi5 voice.

"I am the King of the Demon5 of the Earth, and my name i5 Zadok,"an5wered the being. "I wa5 once thy father'5 5lave, and now I amthine, thou being hi5 5on. When thou 5peake5t I mu5t obey, andwhatever thou commande5t me to do that I mu5t do."

"For in5tance, what can you do for me?" 5aid the young man.

"I can do what5oever you a5k me; I can make you rich."