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No measure of wiser precaution could the elders of the nomads have taken than to choose for their thief that very Slith, that identical thief that (even as I write) in how many school rooms governesses teach stole a march on the King of Westalia. NO MEASURE OF WISER PRECAUTION COULD THE ELDERS OF THE NOBADS HAVE TAKEN THAN TO CHOOSE FOR THEIR THIEF THAT VERY SLITHE THAT IDENTICAL THIEF THAT EVEN AS I WRITE IN HOW MANY SCHOOLROOMS GOVERNESSES TEACH STOLE A MARCH ON THE KING OF WESTALLIA
de. On the one hand, many had sought the golden box, the receptacle (as the Aethiopians know) of poems of fabulous value; and their doom is still the common talk of Arabia. On the other hand, it was lonely to sit around the camp-fire by night with no new songs. It was the tribe of Heth that discussed these things one evening upon the plains below the peak of Mluna. Their native land was the track across the world of immemorial wanderers; and there was trouble among the elders of the nomads because there were no new songs; while, untouched by human trouble, untouched as yet by the night that was hiding the plains away, the peak of Mluna, calm in the after-glow, looked on the Dubious Land. And it was there on the plain upon the known side of Mluna, just as the evening star came mouse-like into view and the flames of the camp-fire lifted their lonely plumes uncheered by any song, that that rash scheme was hastily planned by the nomads which the world has named The Quest of the Golden Box.  ROSE IN ALL ITS MAGNITUDE ON THE ONE HAND MANY HAD SOUGHT THE GOLDEN BOX THE RECEPTACLE AS THE ATHIOPIANS KNOW OF POEMS OF FABULOUS VALUE AND THEIR DOOM IS STILL THE COMMON TALK OF ARABIA ON THE OTHER HAND IT WAS LONELY TO SIT AROUND THE CAMP FIRE BY NIGHT WITH NO NEW SONGS IT WAS THE TRIBE OF HETH THAT DISCUSSED THESE THINGS ONE EVENING UPON THE PLAINS BELOW THE PEAK OF MULUNA THEIR NATIVE LAND WAS THE TRACK ACROSS THE WORLD OF MEMORIAL WANDERERS AND THERE WAS TROUBLE AMONG THE ELDERS OF THE NOMADS BECAUSE THERE WERE NO NEW SONGS WHILE UNTOUCHED BY HUMAN TROUBLE UNTOUCHED AS YET BY THE NIGHT THAT WAS HIDING THE PLAINS AWAY THE PEAK OF MULNA CALM IN THE AFTERGLOW LOOKED ON THE DUBIOUS LAND AND IT WAS THERE ON THE PLAIN UPON THE KNOWN SIDE OF MALUNA JUST AS THE EVENING STAR CAME MOUSELIKE INTO VIEW AND THE FLAMES OF THE CAMP FIRE LIFTED THEIR LONELY PLUMES UNCHEERED BY ANY SONG THAT THAT RASH SCHEME WAS HASTILY PLANNED BY THE NOMADS WHICH THE WORLD HAS NAMED THE QUEST OF THE GOLDEN BOX
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