The scene had by this time begun to change its aspect. The vast concourse of people, seeing Sol's meek gentleness, could not but be moved; many wept, and all felt a degree of compassion for her faith. The executioner, then, seizing the arms of the victim, and twisting them behind her back, bound them with a rope, and whirling his sword in the air, laid hold of the long hair of Sol's head, and wounded her slightly, as he had been commanded, yet so that the blood flowed instantly from the wound, dyeing her breast and garments. But Sol, turning her face to the cruel executioner, replied-- "There is yet time," said they to her; "be converted, your life may yet be spared." "Slay me, and let me not linger in my sufferings; dying innocently, as I do, the God of Abraham will judge my cause." These were her last words, at the close of them the scimetar descended upon her fair neck, and the courageous maiden was no more. The Jews had paid six Moors to deliver to them the corpse with the blood-stained earth on which it lay, immediately after the execution of the sentence. This was accordingly done, and the remains, wrapped in a fine linen cloth, were deposited in a deep sepulchre of the Jewish cemetery by the side of those of a learned and honored sage of the law of Moses. Amidst tears and sighs was the Hebrew martyr buried. Even some of the Moors followed her, mourning to her grave, and still visit her tomb, and venerate her resting place as that of a true and faithful martyr to the creed she held. FOOTNOTES: [9] Or "captain of a hundred," centurion. From the Arabic _kaid_, a leader or chief, _mia_, a hundred. The Kaidmia is adjutant of the empire. [10] A kind of sweetmeat prepared for the emperor and persons of high rank, composed of milk, sugar, butter, and cinnamon. [11] A herb like sweet marjoram, usually accompanying tea in Morocco. [12] A learned professor of the law. It is the common practice in Arabia to have whispering-galleries and watch-rooms in most houses, so that what passes in one apartment may be overheard in another. [13] It may here be mentioned, that the Moorish law cannot _force_ a Jew to change his religion; this conversion must be voluntary. The cadi could not, therefore, condemn Sol to death, because she refused to become a Mahometan, unless she had made use of some expressions impugning the law of Mahomet. This will be seen by the sequel. [14] The Jajamins or Hajamins are Jews invested with certain dignities--_Anglicè_, "wise men," and respected as such. [15] On these words was the sentence of Sol framed, impeaching, as they did, the Mahometan creed. [16] The _haïque_, a sort of bonded cloak, is worn in Africa by the Jews as well as the Moors. [17] All Moorish executions are performed with a sword. From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal. ADVENTURES OF AN ARMY PHYSICIAN. A REMINISCENCE OF THE BRITISH RULE IN NEW-YORK.