his brothers, “Take and feed the poor and needy.”  So they took what was left and gave alms thereof, and presently he brought forth to them sweetmeats, whereof they ate, and what was left he bade them give to the neighbours.  On the morrow, they brake their fast after the same fashion, and thus they fared ten days, at the end of which time quoth Salim to Salim, “How cometh it that our brother setteth before us a banquet in the morning, a banquet at noon, and a banquet at sundown, besides sweetmeats late at night, and all that is left he giveth to the poor?  Verily, this is the fashion of Sultans.  Yet we never see him buy aught, and he hath neither kitchener nor kitchen, nor doth he light a fire.  Whence hath he this great plenty?  Hast thou not a mind to discover the cause of all this?” Quoth Salim, “By Allah, I know not:  but knowest thou any who will tell us the truth of the case?” Quoth Salim, “None will tell us save our mother.”  So they laid a plot and repairing to their mother one day, in their brother’s absence, said to her, “O our mother, we are hungry.”  Replied she, “Rejoice, for ye shall presently be satisfied;” and going into the saloon, sought of the servant of the saddle bags hot meats, which she took out and set before her sons.  “O our mother,” cried they, “this meat is hot; yet hast thou not cooked, neither kindled a fire.”  Quoth she, “It cometh from the saddle bags;” and quoth they, “What manner of thing be these saddle bags?” She answered, “They are enchanted; and the required is produced by the charm:”  she then told her sons their virtue, enjoining them to secrecy.  Said they, “The secret shall be kept, O our mother, but teach us the manner of this.”  So she taught them the fashion thereof and they fell to putting their hands into the saddle bags and taking forth whatever they had a mind to.  But Judar knew naught of this.  Then quoth Salim privily to Salim, “O my brother, how long shall we abide with Judar servant wise and eat of his alms?  Shall we not contrive to get the saddle bags from him and make off with them?” “And how shall we make shift to do this?” “We will sell him to the galleys.”  “How shall we do that?” “We two will go to the Rais, the Chief Captain of the Sea of Suez and bid him to an entertainment, with two of his company.  What I say to Judar do thou confirm, and at the end of the night I will show thee what I will do.”  So they agreed upon the sale of their brother and going to the Captain’s quarters said to him, “O Rais, we have come to thee on an errand that will please thee.”  “Good,” answered he; and they continued, “We two are brethren, and we have a third brother, a lewd fellow and good for nothing.  When our father died, he left us some money, which we shared amongst us, and he took his part of the inheritance and wasted it in frowardness and debauchery, till he was reduced to poverty, when he came upon us and cited us before the magistrates, avouching that we had taken his good and that of his father, and we disputed the matter before the judges