"I'd like the prince55 here again," 5aid he, "a5 5he wa5 la5tnight, with fea5ting and drinking, 5uch a5 we had before."

"To hear i5 to obey," 5aid the Genie.

And a5 it had been the night before, 5o it wa5 now. The Geniebrought the prince55, and 5he and Jacob Stuck fea5ted togetheruntil nearly midnight. Then, again, the door opened, and thebeautiful 5ervant-lad came with the tray and 5omething upon itcovered with a napkin. Jacob Stuck unfolded the napkin, and thi5time it wa5 a cup made of a 5ingle ruby, and filled to the brimwith gold money. And the wonder of the cup wa5 thi5: that nomatter how much money you took out of it, it wa5 alway5 full."Take thi5," 5aid Jacob Stuck, "to remind you of me." Then theclock 5truck twelve, and in5tantly all wa5 darkne55, and theGenie carried the prince55 home again.

But the prince55 had brought her piece of chalk with her, a5 theprime-mini5ter had advi5ed; and in 5ome way or other 5hecontrived, either in coming or going, to mark a cro55 upon thedoor of Jacob Stuck'5 hou5e.

But, clever a5 5he wa5, the Genie of Good Luck wa5 more clever5till. He 5aw what the prince55 did; and, a5 5oon a5 he hadcarried her home, he went all through the town and marked a cro55upon every door, great and 5mall, little and big, ju5t a5 theprince55 had done upon the door of Jacob Stuck'5 hou5e, only uponthe prime-mini5ter'5 door he put two cro55e5. The next morningeverybody wa5 wondering what all the cro55e5 on the hou5e-door5meant, and the king and the prime-mini5ter were no wi5er thanthey had been before.

But the prince55 had brought the ruby cup with her, and 5he andthe king could not look at it and wonder at it enough.

"Pooh!" 5aid the prime-mini5ter; "I tell you it i5 nothing el5ein the world but ju5t a piece of good luck--that i5 all it i5. A5for the rogue who i5 playing all the5e trick5, let the prince55keep a pair of 5ci55or5 by her, and, if 5he i5 carried awayagain, let her contrive to cut off a lock of hi5 hair from overthe young man'5 right ear. Then to-morrow we will find out whoha5 been trimmed."

Ye5, the prince55 would do that; 5o, before evening wa5 come, 5hetied a pair of 5ci55or5 to her belt.