The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1851-10-15

kept my arms about him, TO which he
made no opposition, relying, | suppose,
on his personal strength, and on the
sharpness Of his sabre, OF perhaps from
some slight degree of pity, not sufii
cientIy powerful, however, to counter
balance the prospect Of making ducal.
As he was unpinuing my collar fel,
something hard al his side, which found
to be an iron hammer Keep yourself
quiet, once more said the Arnaut: and
these would no doubt have beeu the
last words | ever should have heard,
had not the idea occurred that | might
Ipossibly get possession Of his hammer,
which he seemed to have forgotten.
While he took hold Of my head by the
hair in one hand, and was raising his
drawn sabre in the other, disepgaging
myself from his grasp by sudden ei1
fort, snatched the iron hammer from
his side, and struck him violent blow
on the face with it; the hammer was
heavy and the blow well applied. and as
he staggered backwards gave him ans
other and another, till his sabre dropt
from his hand. aud he fell PROSTATE. I
now plunged the wretchs own weapon
into his body, and made the best of my
way to our lines, guided by the glitter
ing of the soldiers mus1uets, which /
could plainly discern.
As entered the camp every one was
ready TO run from me as from a ghost.
aud | made the best Of my way to my
quarters. Here was soon seized with
a violent fever, nor was it ill at the end
Of six weeks, aud by all the care and
skill of the hospital surgeons, that |
was restored 10 health. l had no sCon4
er joined the regiment again than the
Bohemian appeared aud brought me the
basket of tokay; and | learned, In
speaking Of her with different individu-
ais, that during my absence. several Of
her predictions had been fulfilled, that
she was now more consulted than ever,
and that she had been enriched by sev,
eral legacie,.
About ihi, time, two christians from
, Servia, who had been employed in trans
, porting the baggage Of the Turkish
h army. having committed some offence,
for which they had reason TO think they
, would be severely punished, deserted
e and came over to US. They had nj
sooner seen onr prophecies than they
d recognised her as having gone lreqrent'
@ ly in The night 10 the Turkish head quar-
I ter, with an account, as it was supposed,
Il Of all our motions. But this appeared
d the more improbable, as this very wo-
IA man had frequently rendered us similar
services, aud we had frequently admir-
y ed the address with which she had ac>
+. quilted herself of the most perilous OF
| uC WV h'R
,e ever. persisted in their assertion. aud
10 even declared that they had been pres-
/, ent when she was describing to the en-
,e emy our position, and encouraging them
81 on to the attack. A Turkish cypher
~ they said, served her as passport. The
cypher wa. found on her, and being {
-, sufficient proof Of her guilt, she wa:
r condemned to death as a spy. ques.
toned her before she was carried 10 ex
- ecuton on her prediction Of the 20Ii
n. Of August. and she confessed to me
that 10y acting on both sides The part o
Nc a SPY, which procured her double profit
n that she had frequently learnt what wa
'J to be attempted by either party, an'
- that persons who had consulted her OF
,y their horoscope, had frequently discoV
=, cred to her what she would olherwis
.. have been ignorant Of sometimes, sh
- said, she owed to chance.
m As to what regarded ME particularly
- she confessed, that she had marked IN
ha out 10 make an example Of, in proof {
~, her skill in dsvinaIion by fixing so Ion
,s, hefure hand upon the fatal day, she ha
-. gained time TO inspire the Turks wli
30. confidence in her intelligence, and cas-
y prevailed upon them 10 make an al
tack on the Goth Of August her inie
course with the officers, 10 whom 81
:, made herself useful in various way
rendered il easy for her to know wht
It would be my tour of duty, nor was
difficult for her to contriye that
should be on that particula. night, a
~ though there were Two officers of 4
regiment, whose tour Of duty preced'
H. mine. To the FIRST Of these she toe
III. care 10 sell on the very day few b'
- lies Of wine, drugged in such mann
as To occasion immediate illness aud
- the second was mounting his hor
ro she had approached as if to furnish h
Dro with some little article. he might hs
occasion Tor, aud had conuiyed unp
I ceved to thrust up the noslrlls OF
ana, horse ball Of lighted Iouchwood. ii
east ing by these means occasioned the co