He woke very early , and as he saw Omar sleeping quietly , with a happy smile on his face , a wish arose in his mind to take by force or by cunning the things which an unkind fate had denied him . The dagger which was to act as a passport was sticking in Omar 's girdle . Labakan drew it gently out , and hesitated for a moment whether or not to plunge it into the heart of the sleeping prince . However , he shrank from the idea of murder , so he contented himself with placing the dagger in his own belt , and , saddling Omar 's swift horse for himself , was many miles away before the prince woke up to realise his losses . For two days Labakan rode on steadily , fearing lest , after all , Omar might reach the meeting place before him . At the end of the second day he saw the great pillar at a distance . It stood on a little hill in the middle of a plain , and could be seen a very long way off . Labakan 's heart beat fast at the sight . Though he had had some time in which to think over the part he meant to play his conscience made him rather uneasy . However , the thought that he must certainly have been born to be a king supported him , and he bravely rode on . The neighbourhood was quite bare and desert , and it was a good thing that the new prince had brought food for some time with him , as two days were still wanting till the appointed time . Towards the middle of the next day he saw a long procession of horses and camels coming towards him . It halted at the bottom of the hill , and some splendid tents were pitched . Everything looked like the escort of some great man . Labakan made a shrewd guess that all these people had come here on his account ; but he checked his impatience , knowing that only on the fourth day could his wishes be fulfilled . The first rays of the rising sun woke the happy tailor . As he began to saddle his horse and prepare to ride to the pillar , he could not help having some remorseful thoughts of the trick he had played and the blighted hopes of the real prince . But the die was cast , and his vanity whispered that he was as fine looking a young man as the proudest king might wish his son to be , and that , moreover , what had happened had happened . With these thoughts he summoned up all his courage sprang on his horse , and in less than a quarter of an hour was at the foot of the hill . Here he dismounted , tied the horse to a bush , and , drawing out Prince Omar 's dagger climbed up the hill .
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