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8 great affliction, they were not surprised hear shorty that Cassim had died of his di order. The next difficulty was to bury him with out discovery; but Morgiana was ready contrive a plan for that also. She put of her veil, and went to a distant part of the city very early in the morning, where she found a poor cobler, just opening his stal She put a piece of gold into his hand; an told him he should have another, if I would suffer himself to be blindfolded, ar go with her, carrying his tools with him Mustapha the cobler hesitated at first; by the gold tempted him, and he consented when Morgiana, carefully covering his eye so that he could not see a step of the way led him to Cassim's house; and taking hill to the room where the body was lying, ri moved the bandage from his eyes, and bad him sew the mangled limbs together. Mustapha obeyed her order; and having received two pieces of gold, was led blind folded the same way back to his own stall. Morgiana then covering the body with winding sheet, sent for the undertaker make preparations for the funeral; and Cas- sim was buried with all due solemnity the very day. Ali Baba now removed his few goods and all his gold coin that he had brought from the cavern, to the house of his di- ceased brother, of which he took posse