The endless story, and other Oriental tales retold; (1916)
Higgins, Violet Moore · Racine, Wis., Whitman Pub. Co · leaf 36
gether sharply,and a servant answered his summons. Go thou to the tower on yonderbattlement, the King commanded, andcause to be brought hither, unto thevery gate of my palace, the great brasstemple gong. Chain it there to thewall, with a beater beside it. Then letit be known throughout my realm,… … DAY AFTER DAY THE GONG WAS HEARD 30 ORIENTAL TALES councilor gently laid his hands on Ada-bahs head in Messing. God will re-ward you some day, he said. The years rolled on. Never a daypassed, and indeed scarcely an hourwent by between sunrise and sunset,without the gong being heard. And dayby day…
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