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' The Two Jews Of Meshid.
in action before . They advanced ivell until the enemy , from the crags above , poured in such a tremendous hail of bullets , that the men , dismayed at the rapid succession of vacancies in their ranks , came to a full stop , and then fled . Their commandant Avas left alone , exposed to this deadly shower : not a bullet hit himand his mentouched ivith a noble emulation at seeing
, , him rush fonvard , cheering , SAVord in hand , rallied and followed him . They Avon the pass ; ancl when Dawes came up with his guns , he greeted his friend ivith as calm a smile as if they had been in a drawing-room . Miisa aud Ibrahim little knew hoiv much their fate depended on the issue of that day ' s strife . Had one of those two officers fallentheir ivhole after-history would
, probably have been different . However , both were spared ; Dawes went on to Jellalabad ; Mackenzie was recalled to Kabul , to his political duties . During the next month , Musa and Ibrahim improved their acquaintance with him , till at the beginning of November came that tornado of insurrection which tore up the very foundations
of the British poiver in Afghanistan . The Jews still stuck by their friend , although being then in command of a body of Jezailchis , who were employed in skirmishing almost every day
of the siege , Capt . Mackenzie naturally had but little time for intercourse with them , yet they never failed to communicate to him whatever intelligence they could glean in the city relating to the doings and designs of the enemy . They cashed Sir William MacNaghten ' s bills , procured supplies for the officers , ancl rendered invaluable service in every way , at
the peril of their lives . At last came the dreadful retreat . Mulla and Ibrahim saw their friends depart , ancl soon ascertained that Mackenzie was in the hands of Akbar , as a hostage , ancl Eyre as a wounded prisoner . Honour to their gallant friendship . They supplied the British officers in then hour of adversity with foodivith clotheswith moneywith
, , , intelligence , & c . ; but this generous fidelity could not escape unobserved , and they were seized and thrown into prison . An English prison implies light and pure air , good food , cleanliness , ancl safety . An Eastern dungeon implies the reverse of all these , —scanty provisions , and often none , the extremity of misery and dirtwith constant anxiety lest you should be cut to pieces
, or blown from the mouth of a gun . The brothers had but one comfort—a Persian New Testament , which , as we say , in oiu ' mundane form of speech , they had , by the merest chance , with them in prison ; the others hacl all been scattered to the winds , when Mackenzie evacuated his fort . But was it not worth while to send up a whole boxful for the sake of that one copy
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
' The Two Jews Of Meshid.
in action before . They advanced ivell until the enemy , from the crags above , poured in such a tremendous hail of bullets , that the men , dismayed at the rapid succession of vacancies in their ranks , came to a full stop , and then fled . Their commandant Avas left alone , exposed to this deadly shower : not a bullet hit himand his mentouched ivith a noble emulation at seeing
, , him rush fonvard , cheering , SAVord in hand , rallied and followed him . They Avon the pass ; ancl when Dawes came up with his guns , he greeted his friend ivith as calm a smile as if they had been in a drawing-room . Miisa aud Ibrahim little knew hoiv much their fate depended on the issue of that day ' s strife . Had one of those two officers fallentheir ivhole after-history would
, probably have been different . However , both were spared ; Dawes went on to Jellalabad ; Mackenzie was recalled to Kabul , to his political duties . During the next month , Musa and Ibrahim improved their acquaintance with him , till at the beginning of November came that tornado of insurrection which tore up the very foundations
of the British poiver in Afghanistan . The Jews still stuck by their friend , although being then in command of a body of Jezailchis , who were employed in skirmishing almost every day
of the siege , Capt . Mackenzie naturally had but little time for intercourse with them , yet they never failed to communicate to him whatever intelligence they could glean in the city relating to the doings and designs of the enemy . They cashed Sir William MacNaghten ' s bills , procured supplies for the officers , ancl rendered invaluable service in every way , at
the peril of their lives . At last came the dreadful retreat . Mulla and Ibrahim saw their friends depart , ancl soon ascertained that Mackenzie was in the hands of Akbar , as a hostage , ancl Eyre as a wounded prisoner . Honour to their gallant friendship . They supplied the British officers in then hour of adversity with foodivith clotheswith moneywith
, , , intelligence , & c . ; but this generous fidelity could not escape unobserved , and they were seized and thrown into prison . An English prison implies light and pure air , good food , cleanliness , ancl safety . An Eastern dungeon implies the reverse of all these , —scanty provisions , and often none , the extremity of misery and dirtwith constant anxiety lest you should be cut to pieces
, or blown from the mouth of a gun . The brothers had but one comfort—a Persian New Testament , which , as we say , in oiu ' mundane form of speech , they had , by the merest chance , with them in prison ; the others hacl all been scattered to the winds , when Mackenzie evacuated his fort . But was it not worth while to send up a whole boxful for the sake of that one copy