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74 this faithfully, and I will freely forgive you."

The men readily promised to do all that Massang had bidden them, and in a few days he saw for himself the three starting forth at the head of a great train of mules laden with wealth and treasure of every sort.

"And did they find the poor man with the one cow?" asked the Khan's son. "Go on! You haven't finished!"

"Yes, they found him," said the Siddhi-kur, with a laugh. "And they poured out their wealth before him, and when Massang came shortly afterwards, you may be sure the old man received him and kept him as a well loved son.

"But you, O Prince, you have forgotten the words of the wise Nagarguna! You have broken silence on the homeward way, and so now you have no further power over me." With a shout of joy, the Siddhi-kur leaped from the bag on the