standing in the same room where
years before he had told poor Ali Hafed how the world was 25
made and where diamonds were to be found.

"No, Ali Hafed has not returned," quietly answered his
successor. "Neither is that which you hold in your hand
a diamond. It is but a pretty black pebble I picked up
in my garden." 30

"I tell you," said the priest excitedly, "this is a genuine
diamond. I know one when I see it. Tell me how and
where you found it."

"One day," replied the farmer slowly, "having led my
camel into the garden to drink, I noticed, as he put his
nose into the water, a sparkle of light coming from the 5
white sand at the bottom of the clear stream. Stooping
down, I picked up the black pebble you now hold, guided
to it by that crystal eye in the center, from which the light
flashes so brilliantly."

"Why, thou simple one," cried the priest, "this is no 10
common stone, but a gem of the purest water. Come,
show me where thou didst find it."

Together they fled to the spot where the farmer had
found the "pebble," and turning over the white sands with
eager fingers, they found, to their great delight, other 15
stones even more valuable and beautiful than the first.
Then they extended their search, and, so the Oriental
story goes, "every shovelful of the old farm, as acre after
acre was sifted over, revealed gems with which to decorate
the crowns of emperors and moguls." 20

--_Stories from Life._

1. What is a legend? Distinguish between "legend"
and "story." In what country is the scene of this
legend laid?

2. What is your opinion of Ali Hafed? What happened
to his family?

3. Do we have any Ali Hafeds in this country
to-day? What do we mean by "Get-rich-quick"
schemes? Illustrate.

4. If you were writing this story in these days of
intensive farming, in what form would you have the
"diamonds" come to the farmer?

HOW KILHUGH RODE TO ARTHUR'S HALL

By JAMES BALDWIN

This is a British legend of the days "when good
King Arthur ruled the land." In his castle at
Caerleon, according to legend, Arthur had gathered
the most famo