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 of many sorts, bales and bundles of silks and rich cloths, with handsome caskets, and many other articles of value.

'What kind of a place is this?' exclaimed the Stranger, in great surprise.

'Don't you know?' cried the Pupil, his eyes fairly sparkling with delight. 'It is a robber's den! Isn't it a great thing to find a place like this? '

'A robber's den!' exclaimed the Stranger in alarm; 'let us get out of it as quickly as we can, or the robbers will return, and we shall be cut to pieces.'

'I don't believe they are coming back very soon,' said the Pupil, 'and we ought to stop and take a look at some of these things.'

'Fly, you foolish youth!' cried the Stranger; 'you do not know what danger you are in.' And, so saying, he turned to hasten away from the place.