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Hassan And Zoolma;
made her way to the house of a Mallah , or boatman , who would have been inclined to obey the orders she brought , but the sight of a well filled purse and a promise that he should have a part of its contents , led him to be extremely active . He quickly summoned two or three hands to his assistance , and launched his boat . Hassan and Zoolma went on board , and the current speedily wafted them down to the eastward ; a course now bno means unwelcome to the formerthough it
y , was towards the quarter of his home . The feelings which now agitated his breast , we will not here descend to examine , more than to say , that former love and recent gratitude made him reverence Zoolma more than he had before ever done , and that he resolved to take her home as his wife to a father , who he well knew would welcome him , and her also , for his sake .
There was yet much that was mysterious in the history of Zoolma , which her lover could not comprehend . Her sudden disappearance , her situation in the house of Ghuffoor Khan ' s friend , her possession of the secrets of his house , her disposal of the chokedar , and her influence over the fakeer , by which they obtained their liberty . Of these particulars Hassaii begged to be informed . One day the boat was quietly gliding down the stream , and the sun had just set , both were sitting on the of the boat at the
top looking placid beauty of the scene , she took this opportunity of giving him this narrative . " Of my history up to the time of my sudden disappearance from your father ' s house , you are as well aware as I am . At the occurrence of that event I was as astounded as you could possibly be , but I was soon made acquainted with the state of the case . The leader of the band of robbers who captured me from father ' s tent was the fakeer
your who had so frightened me at Phoolwaree ; it was he , at whose house you put up in old Delhi , where your death was intended , and which would have as inevitably taken place as the day of judgment , had I not assisted you in escaping . My father , whom ' I soon found out to be , though of noble birth , reduced by misfortune to a professed dacoit , and the head of a gang of robbers , whose quarters were in the district of
Coel , told me my history . I , too , was an only child . My father had an accomplice in crime , who was his factotum in many desperate deeds . A dispute fell out between them respecting the division of some booty which had been acquired in a plundering expedition , and as my father held possession of the goods he got the better . A fierce quarrel ensued between the quondam friends , and they separated , not without many threats on the part of the other , that my father should some day or other of his conduct short time after
repent . A this the threat of vengeance fell on bis head . I was stolen from under the charge of my nurse , and all trace of me was lost . It was in vain that my father offered heavy rewards for my recovery , and sought out the person to whom he attributed my abduction ; he could neither find me nor his foe . About six months before 1 was taken away from your house the dacoit who had stolen meand who had been apprehended for a robbery
, attended with murder , was sentenced to death . Before his execution he found means to send word , by a criminal released from prison , of the district where I had been disposed of ; but he could neither furnish the name of the village nor of the person to whom I had been disposed of . My father forthwith left his home , came to the Tirhoot district and sought me in every quarter . Failing in his attempts , he sought the assembly at Phoolwaree , where , as he thought , he might perchance gain
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Hassan And Zoolma;
made her way to the house of a Mallah , or boatman , who would have been inclined to obey the orders she brought , but the sight of a well filled purse and a promise that he should have a part of its contents , led him to be extremely active . He quickly summoned two or three hands to his assistance , and launched his boat . Hassan and Zoolma went on board , and the current speedily wafted them down to the eastward ; a course now bno means unwelcome to the formerthough it
y , was towards the quarter of his home . The feelings which now agitated his breast , we will not here descend to examine , more than to say , that former love and recent gratitude made him reverence Zoolma more than he had before ever done , and that he resolved to take her home as his wife to a father , who he well knew would welcome him , and her also , for his sake .
There was yet much that was mysterious in the history of Zoolma , which her lover could not comprehend . Her sudden disappearance , her situation in the house of Ghuffoor Khan ' s friend , her possession of the secrets of his house , her disposal of the chokedar , and her influence over the fakeer , by which they obtained their liberty . Of these particulars Hassaii begged to be informed . One day the boat was quietly gliding down the stream , and the sun had just set , both were sitting on the of the boat at the
top looking placid beauty of the scene , she took this opportunity of giving him this narrative . " Of my history up to the time of my sudden disappearance from your father ' s house , you are as well aware as I am . At the occurrence of that event I was as astounded as you could possibly be , but I was soon made acquainted with the state of the case . The leader of the band of robbers who captured me from father ' s tent was the fakeer
your who had so frightened me at Phoolwaree ; it was he , at whose house you put up in old Delhi , where your death was intended , and which would have as inevitably taken place as the day of judgment , had I not assisted you in escaping . My father , whom ' I soon found out to be , though of noble birth , reduced by misfortune to a professed dacoit , and the head of a gang of robbers , whose quarters were in the district of
Coel , told me my history . I , too , was an only child . My father had an accomplice in crime , who was his factotum in many desperate deeds . A dispute fell out between them respecting the division of some booty which had been acquired in a plundering expedition , and as my father held possession of the goods he got the better . A fierce quarrel ensued between the quondam friends , and they separated , not without many threats on the part of the other , that my father should some day or other of his conduct short time after
repent . A this the threat of vengeance fell on bis head . I was stolen from under the charge of my nurse , and all trace of me was lost . It was in vain that my father offered heavy rewards for my recovery , and sought out the person to whom he attributed my abduction ; he could neither find me nor his foe . About six months before 1 was taken away from your house the dacoit who had stolen meand who had been apprehended for a robbery
, attended with murder , was sentenced to death . Before his execution he found means to send word , by a criminal released from prison , of the district where I had been disposed of ; but he could neither furnish the name of the village nor of the person to whom I had been disposed of . My father forthwith left his home , came to the Tirhoot district and sought me in every quarter . Failing in his attempts , he sought the assembly at Phoolwaree , where , as he thought , he might perchance gain