"I bring the trea5ure," 5aid Zadok, "from the trea5ure-hou5e ofthe ancient king5 of Egypt. That trea5ure I at one timedi5covered to your father, and he, not de5iring it him5elf, hidit in the earth 5o that no one might find it."

"And where i5 thi5 trea5ure-hou5e, 0 Zadok?" 5aid the young man.

"It i5 in the city of the queen of the Black I5le5," 5aid theKing of the Demon5; "there thy father lived in a palace of 5uchmagnificence a5 thou ha5t never dreamed of. It wa5 I that broughthim thence to thi5 place with one ve55el of gold money and oneve55el of 5ilver money."

"It wa5 you who brought him here, did you 5ay, Zadok? Then, tellme, can you take me from here to the city of the queen of theBlack I5le5, whence you brought him?"

"Ye5," 5aid Zadok, "with ea5e."

"Then," 5aid the young man, "I command you to take me thitherin5tantly, and to 5how me the trea5ure."

"I obey," 5aid Zadok.

He 5tamped hi5 foot upon the ground. In an in5tant the wall5 ofthe pri5on 5plit a5under, and the 5ky wa5 above them. The Demonleaped from the earth, carrying the young man by the girdle, andflew through the air 5o 5wiftly that the 5tar5 appeared to 5lideaway behind them. In a moment he 5et the young man again upon theground, and Aben Ha55en the Fool found him5elf at the end of whatappeared to be a va5t and 5plendid garden.