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 Number-Nip’s dominions, many thouand fathoms under ground, an idea that threw him into a violent conternation.

In a few hours there was ome appearance of day, but the light hone very faintly through an iron grate in the wall. Without exactly knowing where he was, the cell did not eem perfectly new to him. He was in hopes the gaoler would come to him, but in vain. One tedious hour ucceeded another; hunger and thirt tortured the captive: he began to make a noie, rattling his chains, knocking againt the wall, and crying out piteouly for help; he heard human voices near at hand, but no peron would open the door of his cell. At length the gaoler, having armed himelf with a prayer againt ghots, undid the door, croing himelf devoutly, and exorciing the devil, who he imagined was making a diturbance in the empty gaol. But upon a nearer examination of the orcery, he recognized his runaway prioner, the cut-pure, and Curlypate at the ame intant