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532 The Seventh Domino falls!!

"Very well," remarked the emperor, "what is good enough for Adam is good enough for you." So he ordered the jailor to be executed, and made his daughter his 135th wife.

The Sixth Domino falls!!!

When the king had ended his story, some of the courtiers happened in the courtroom, recognized him, and rescued him. The king then commanded the unjust judge and the wicked woman to be tied together in a sack and pitched into the river.

The Fifth Domino falls!!!!

By this time Mrs. Fister had sufficiently recovered from her fright to look out of the window again. She recognized her husband, and let him in.

The Fourth Domino falls!!!!!

My uncle George slapped his knee and exclaimed that that recalled the counter-sign—"Let him in." The sentry laughed, and allowed him to go on to his tent.

The Third Domino falls!!!!!!

As he completed his tale, the supposed burglar, followed by Tompkins, ran across the Chief of Detectives himself, who knew the prisoner as an honest man and released him.

The Second Domino falls!!!!!!!

The policeman had become so interested in his own narrative that he was put off his guard, when suddenly the thief bolted with his ham into a dark passageway and escaped. He eluded the bullets fired after him, and was never discovered.

The First Domino falls!!!!!!!!

"Well," said the court, "I shall have