The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-08-01

en- hau iollOWe1 The Shc0le 81 hlo0l
Punishment had. like. blood .hound
With n wounded limb. tracked him
increasingly. and found him in den
/ among violent AMI cruel spirits, like
his own, whore ho had tho't himself
secure. Nothing had more aston
ishc1 me. than Tie snddenness of The
execution scarce two minutes claps-
cd from the wave of the Rus ha vi
TO the death and there WAS ~ i'm
/ plnring. M struggle. Still rs "A TO
rc3t beast, cncirclod by the dreaded
fire. he kncolcd mechanically to the
pressing hand, and gave his bowed
neck To the expected sword. "
Our othcr Illustration shall he Ia
ken from the sequel 10 the incident
to which VIC have already alluded,
the heroc's sudden conversion, and
IT Will show how we'll acquainted the
author Is with oriental mannors.--
lie is in Cairo. having lost his Sell
ma and only child by the plague, and
despalrins IN consequence Of his a
/ lb0lh
&" walked about haggard in the
bcZeqtelns. One day as was re-
turning homcWards, not week at
ter the death III Henry, saw "A
crowd with anxious faces, hurlying
towards the palace OF the pacha.---
! Turks Arabs, aud Greeks. we're all
mixed together but there were
more Greeks thai F.! ever remember,
ON any othcr occasions. To have seen
assembled ia public al Caira. The
Turks and Arabs were talking lDdd
and hoarsr. and loldng savage
at the Greeks these last were
grave and sad yet thought there
was an air of triumph about them,
melancholy and mouinlaI, but still
OF triumph /; such rs that With which
couqaeiing soldiers look upon their
own slain and Wounded.
3" In thc middle Of the crowd now
discovered the object OF their Iute-
rest F.; fine tai young man with one
OF those pure areria" f@ees, winch
have ccrtainiy more dig0iiird AMI
more beautiful expression than The
features OF any other race on earth.
lie vas clad IN the habit Of a monk, ,
aud he Wa5n0w IN his way 10 4 Iur-
klsh Judge, q declare his resolution
ratncf 10 die Il Christian than To
live on AS an apostatc. Tho Iur-
kish Judge was in the court yard Of
the palace, and mounted on his grey
mule, was Just coming forth after an
interview with the Pacha He 81
fenced the rerilng crowd, and en-
I dcaN0red to reason the unfortunate
out Of his extraordinary purpose. -
/ pressed near and looked steadily
and eagerly on the offered victim
lie lifted his eye aud fixed it calmly
on the ,ncrable looking turk.
".I come said hc, from The de
sert of Sinai. For months have |
tasted ON that hol y mountain, in pre-
paration for this hour. The rock
i my bed the water of that scanty
i'ill, from which the forty martyrs
drank, aud the daily dole Of the con
/ vent beans, my only subsistence. |
have prayed To my offended saints
t for strength to bear this hour. 1 am
ready
" fhe Judge evidently wished 10
save his life he rcmanded him To
his dungeon, for lac was already a
surrendered prisoner. | followed
+ him back to tne spot where the prl-
son stood all tie way he was repeat
/ ing aloud MS lir,n resolve, aud de
/ Claring his cdgeraes5 To aulfcr.
retained home, AMI ali night LhO't
/ with admiration on thi9 10 dc young
/ Greek. l., too, resOlN ed like HIM 10
lure the faith of MihOned, and to
/ ask the blow OF the cXceutloncr.
Yet, az | walked my chamber, that
/ h adj already coulted death, | that had
embraced the corpse spotted with
the pcstilcnce, that had opened my
vein for the black poison, aud babe
it miOglc with my heaIthtal blood,
in the sincere desire that it might
corrupt what is the life | felt that
4 shu1dcrcd at the idea OF Il maj
tyr's death.
:" 1 threw myself down, and tried
the prayer OF preparation it would
not come. | could shape no form
of words /; my heart could conceive
no prayer; my minds eye saw mo-
thing bright, or hopeful in the
dreaded future ; and my flesh, my
coward flesh, trembled.
a. rose with the dawn and went
out hastcned to the prison; the
rNrcnflnn OF tic Nonnc Greek bad