On one occasion they entered the village of Khosrowa to
purchase fuel, and were quietly passing along the street, when a mob
stoned them out of the village. Shortly after, Deacon Siyad was
expelled from the district so suddenly that he had to leave his
wife, Merganeeta: she, too, was driven away alone; but Holmar, a
pious woman residing there, went with her. The first night they
spent in a field, and the next day they sought refuge in an Armenian
village; but, driven from thence, the persecuted wife fled to
Oroomiah. After long effort, an officer was sent from Tabreez to
Salmas, and ample promises of full redress were given, ending, as
usual, in nothing. A mob, headed by a French Lazarist and native
bishop, rescued the offender, and the officer desisted from further
procedure.
The reader will be interested in the following extract, from a
letter of Hoimar to Miss Fiske, in 1859:--
"I cannot tell you how glad I am to hear that your health is better.
O that quickly you might meet us, if the Lord will! Till death I can
never forget your love, nor your reminding your pupils to ask the
Lord to support a poor, ignorant one like me.
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