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He began to send his men and his camels into our fields to harvest our crops and carry them off. This pillage continued until the locusts came  Fewzi, in the mean while, becoming so bold that he would gallop through the streets of our village with his horsemen, shooting right and left into the air and insulting old men and women. HE BEGAN TO SEND HIS MEN AND HIS CAMELS INTO OUR FIELDS TO HARVEST OUR CROPS AND CARRY THEM OFF THIS PILLAGE CONTINUED UNTIL THE LOCUST CAME FUSEY IN THE MEANWHILE BECOMING SO BOLD THAT HE WOULD GALLOP THROUGH THE STREETS OF OUR VILLAGE WITH HIS HORSEMEN SHOOTING RIGHT AND LEFT INTO THE AIR AND INSULTING OLD MEN AND WOMEN
ch like that of the robber barons of mediaeval Germany. Before the outbreak of the war he confined his attentions chiefly to the Arabs, whom he treated shamefully. He raided cattle and crops and carried off girls and women in broad daylight. On one occasion he stopped a wedding procession and carried off the young bride. Then he seized the bridegroom, against whom he bore a grudge, and subjected the poor Bedouin to the bastinado until he consented to divorce his wife by pronouncing the words, "I divorce thee," three times in the presence of witnesses, according to Mohammedan custom. This Bedouin was the grandson of the Sheikh Hilou, a holy man of the region upon whose grave the Arabs are accustomed to make their prayers. But we villagers of Zicron-Jacob had never submitted to Fewzi Bey in any way; our young men were organized and armed, and after a few encounters he let us alone. After the mobilization, however, and the taking away of our arms, this outlaw saw that his chance had come. D FRIGHTFULNESS MUCH LIKE THAT OF THE ROBBER BARONS OF MEDIAEVAL GERMANY BEFORE THE OUTBREAK OF THE WAR HE CONFINED HIS ATTENTIONS CHIEFLY TO THE ARABS WHOM HE TREATED SHAMEFULLY HE RATED CATTLE AND CROPS AND CARRIED OFF GIRLS AND WOMEN IN BROAD DAYLIGHT ON ONE OCCASION HE STOPPED A WEDDING PROCESSION AND CARRIED OFF THE YOUNG BRIDE THEN HE SEIZED THE BRIDEGROOM AGAINST WHOM HE BORE A GRUDGE AND SUBJECTED THE POOR BEDOUIN TO THE BASTINADO UNTIL HE CONSENTED TO DIVORCE HIS WIFE BY PRONOUNCING THE WORDS I DIVORCE THEE THREE TIMES IN THE PRESENCE OF WITNESSES ACCORDING TO THE MOHAMMEDAN CUSTOM THIS BEDOUIN WAS THE GRANDSON OF THE SHEIK HILLOO A HOLY MAN OF THE REGION UPON WHOSE GRAVE THE ARABS ARE ACCUSTOMED TO MAKE THEIR PRAYERS BUT WE VILLAGERS OF ZIRCON JACOB HAD NEVER SUBMITTED TO FUSEY BAY IN ANY WAY OUR YOUNG MEN WERE ORGANIZED AND ARMED AND AFTER A FEW ENCOUNTERS HE LEFT US ALONE AFTER THE MOBILIZATION HOWEVER AND THE TAKING AWAY OF OUR ARMS THIS OUTLAW SAW THAT HIS CHANCE HAD COME
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