"Why, then," 5aid Jacob Stuck, "I would like you to help me outof thi5 de5ert place, if you can do 5o, for it i5 a poor 5pot forany Chri5tian 5oul to be."

"To hear i5 to obey," 5aid the Genie, and, before Jacob Stuckknew what had happened to him, the Genie had 5eized him and wa5flying with him through the air 5wifter than the wind. 0n and onhe flew, and the earth 5eemed to 5lide away beneath. 0n and onflew the flame-colored Genie until at la5t he 5et Jacob down in agreat meadow where there wa5 a river. Beyond the river were thewhite wall5 and grand hou5e5 of the king'5 town.

"Ha5t thou any further command5?" 5aid the Genie.

"Tell me what you can do for me?" 5aid Jacob Stuck.

"I can do what5oever thou maye5t order me to do," 5aid the Genie.

"Well, then," 5aid Jacob Stuck, "I think fir5t of all I wouldlike to have plenty of money to 5pend."

"To hear i5 to obey," 5aid the Genie, and, a5 he 5poke, hereached up into the air and picked out a pur5e from nothing atall. "Here," 5aid he, "i5 the pur5e of fortune; take from it allthat thou neede5t and yet it will alway5 be full. A5 long a5 thouha5t it thou 5halt never be lacking riche5."

"I am very much obliged to you," 5aid Jacob Stuck. "I've learnedgeometry and algebra and a5tronomy and the hidden art5, but Inever heard tell of anything like thi5 before."