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ALGERINE NOTES. 95 '
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i him , and not his son and nephew , who are innocent of his deed , and who were thy fellows .
A . The chief is old now , he is no longer able to Ibeget children . By killing his only son and his nephew I destroy his whole family .
All the days of his life will be filled with sorrow . He Is much more punished than if I had killed him . He will die slowly with , grief .
Q . Hadst thou any animosity against the boys ? A . No , I loved them much .
Q . Did the boys cry and implore thy pity when they perceived thou didst wish to slay them ?
A . No , nobody could hear tliem ; and they perceived by ray face that I was determined to murder them .
Q . Hadst thou killed men before ? A . Yesseveral when I was a soldier in the Turcos , ( the native
, Algerian Infantry . ) Q . Hadst thou any pleasure in killing men ?
A . "When I killed them with a gun I had no pleasure ; but I was fond of killing them with a bayonet .
So speaking , he shook his hands , imitating the movements of a soldier with a bavonet .
Q . Hadst thou any remorse after killing the boys ? A . Some _Iiours after I had _arreat remorse . I could neither eat
nor drink . I thought that the devil soared over my head like a large vulture . Were I not arrested I should have surrendered
myself to be slain . At these words he bowed his head before me , and stood
motionless . He thought I was the executioner , and that I should cut off his head . The interpreter explained that I was only a physician .
This man was perfectly sane . He was only twenty-five years old . At the trial he avowed all his doings . He was condemned to death ,
and Unless beheaded the oxen at Alg had iers . witnessed against him , probably he would
have had time to escape into the mountains . THE WATER-DOG A _1 _STD ITS MASTER .
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Algerine Notes. 95 '
ALGERINE _NOTES . 95 '
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Oct. 1, 1861, page 95, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01101861/page/23/
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