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Hassan And Zoolma;
could never have been committed by any but a stranger ; and all marvelled at the impudence of a man who could thus act , though all agreed that the prize was worthy of the attempt . Azim , who was a little annoyed at the event which had much marred the pleasure of his residence at Phoolwaree , departed towards his own home . In this journey , too , he was destined to meet with a further annoyance of a much more serious nature . On the second day of his departure from
Phoolwaree , while his tents were pitched on the north side of the Ganges , his camp was attacked by a band of armed men , which , from its numbers , he and his followers were unable to resist . The robbers made use of no unnecessary violence , and wounded no one who did not resist . They however bound Azim and his followers hand and foot , possessed themselves of the tents , and then retired . The ni ght was dark , and one torch only guided the robbers in their search their facestoo
; , , were disguised and muffled up , so that all recognition of the delinquents seemed next to impossible . In the morning , some villagers passing by beheld the piteous condition in which the unfortunate victims were lying , and released them from their situation . On examining the tents , it was found that not one article of value had been taken , and that plunder had not been the object of attack . Zoolma alone was missing , and to effect her abduction had been the of this violence
purpose . The effect of this incident on the mind of Hassan , then in his seventeenth year , was very great . He was at first affected with a species of melancholy mania , a deep despondency , from which nothing was able to move him . All attempts at diversion and amusement totall y failed ; and to all the blandishments of his father aud mother he turned a deaf ear . To this succeeded fits of reckless gaity and extravagance , which
brooked no control . All this proved his brain to be unsettled . Time produced a diminution of these symptoms , but with this appeared a new feature , which assumed a fixed and determined aspect . He loathed his home , and expressed a resolution to roam over the face of the earth , since all the efforts to recover his beloved had proved unsuccessful . It was in vain that his father begged of him to take one confidential servant to bear him company , and attend on him during his voluntary exile alone
. He departed , and without anything wherewith to defray his _ expenses . It is not our purpose to follow Hassan through the various paths which he trod in his wearisome progress through the country . As he went on , his mind assumed a more healthy tone , as respects plain sense , but with it came a fixed love of adventure , which induced him to refrain from returning to his paternal roof ! His fortunes were varied and remarkable , for in those unsettled times an adventurer
was no uncommon character , and the circumstances of the day afforded ample room and scope for such persons . Occasionally only he sent word home to his nearly distracted parent , that he was alive and tolerably well to do ; but he took especial care that his residence and employment should not be made known , lest he should be harassed by perpetual solicitation to return . Hassan ' s last and most prosperous step in life before the event which is about to be related , was that of high promotion in the of chieftain of
army , a some rank , with whom he had become a very great favourite for his bravery and general good conduct . H ith this Raja , as with many others , the wheel of fortune turned , and from the top he descended to the bottom . With his fortunes fell those of his retainers , and Hassan was obliged once more to seek his subsistence where he could find it . In times of good luck , and when , favored by fortune , he had opportunities of realizing some property , his
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Hassan And Zoolma;
could never have been committed by any but a stranger ; and all marvelled at the impudence of a man who could thus act , though all agreed that the prize was worthy of the attempt . Azim , who was a little annoyed at the event which had much marred the pleasure of his residence at Phoolwaree , departed towards his own home . In this journey , too , he was destined to meet with a further annoyance of a much more serious nature . On the second day of his departure from
Phoolwaree , while his tents were pitched on the north side of the Ganges , his camp was attacked by a band of armed men , which , from its numbers , he and his followers were unable to resist . The robbers made use of no unnecessary violence , and wounded no one who did not resist . They however bound Azim and his followers hand and foot , possessed themselves of the tents , and then retired . The ni ght was dark , and one torch only guided the robbers in their search their facestoo
; , , were disguised and muffled up , so that all recognition of the delinquents seemed next to impossible . In the morning , some villagers passing by beheld the piteous condition in which the unfortunate victims were lying , and released them from their situation . On examining the tents , it was found that not one article of value had been taken , and that plunder had not been the object of attack . Zoolma alone was missing , and to effect her abduction had been the of this violence
purpose . The effect of this incident on the mind of Hassan , then in his seventeenth year , was very great . He was at first affected with a species of melancholy mania , a deep despondency , from which nothing was able to move him . All attempts at diversion and amusement totall y failed ; and to all the blandishments of his father aud mother he turned a deaf ear . To this succeeded fits of reckless gaity and extravagance , which
brooked no control . All this proved his brain to be unsettled . Time produced a diminution of these symptoms , but with this appeared a new feature , which assumed a fixed and determined aspect . He loathed his home , and expressed a resolution to roam over the face of the earth , since all the efforts to recover his beloved had proved unsuccessful . It was in vain that his father begged of him to take one confidential servant to bear him company , and attend on him during his voluntary exile alone
. He departed , and without anything wherewith to defray his _ expenses . It is not our purpose to follow Hassan through the various paths which he trod in his wearisome progress through the country . As he went on , his mind assumed a more healthy tone , as respects plain sense , but with it came a fixed love of adventure , which induced him to refrain from returning to his paternal roof ! His fortunes were varied and remarkable , for in those unsettled times an adventurer
was no uncommon character , and the circumstances of the day afforded ample room and scope for such persons . Occasionally only he sent word home to his nearly distracted parent , that he was alive and tolerably well to do ; but he took especial care that his residence and employment should not be made known , lest he should be harassed by perpetual solicitation to return . Hassan ' s last and most prosperous step in life before the event which is about to be related , was that of high promotion in the of chieftain of
army , a some rank , with whom he had become a very great favourite for his bravery and general good conduct . H ith this Raja , as with many others , the wheel of fortune turned , and from the top he descended to the bottom . With his fortunes fell those of his retainers , and Hassan was obliged once more to seek his subsistence where he could find it . In times of good luck , and when , favored by fortune , he had opportunities of realizing some property , his