THE CHRISTIAN LADY'S MAGAZINE. JANUARY 1843. JUDAH'S LION. CHAPTER XXII. THE charge brought against Alick was soon spoken: Abdalla's guilt being a notorious thing, it was only necessary to state that the Pasha's soldiers had unexpectedly fallen in with him and his gang, all of whom escaped, with the exception of two, who were captured, and conveyed to Jerusalem. One, it was mentioned, had been wounded, and him they had not brought up for examination; but the other now produced, though he made a desperate resistance, was captured unhurt. To this the officer added, that to avoid being questioned, the prisoners had denied all knowledge of Abdalla, pretending to be travellers under his guidance. Without raising his eyes to the prisoner, the governor asked whether he was known to have been a party to the robbery: to which the officer replied, there was no doubt of it. JANUARY, 1843. B |