The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-02-07

child that VAS unborn. Upwards u
eighteen thousand persons w4sHs--.+nas
sacred in cold blood and the blackenet
ruins of Scin became habitation 70
bats and dragons, howling dogs, an,
wheeling birds of prey.
Some few miserable souls escaped the
vengeance of Karali Pacha. There is .
Greek cccesiastic now in London. whc
was hidden by his mother in n cave dur
ing the massacre, and brought away I'm
hurt. When tEc fury of the invader
began, through lnssitude, to cool, they SC
locted such boys and girls as they coull
find alive, and sent them to he sold in tn,
slave market at Constantinople Then
when they had left the wrctchcd island
to itself half famished wrctches began tc
crawl out of holes and thickcts aud ditch
cs. whcrt they had hidden themselves
They saw the charred aud smouldcrine
remnants of what had been Scio but
they abode not by them In an agony
of fear lest the murdercrs should return
they made the hest Of their way across
the sea to other islands-to imacccssi
bic haunts on the mainland Those who
na1 VIC means tooE refuge on the French
ana i'a''a'i shores o' TIC Mediterranean
There is sultry city which, if you
were minded to 20 to it over land. Won
could have reached in those days by dill
gcncc, as you can reach it in these by a
commodious railway from Paris; but to
attain which bv sea YOU must cross the
stormy Bay of Biscay and pass the rocky
Straits Of Gibraltar. and coast along the
tilcless sea in sisht Of fhe shores of A.
frca. To this great mart of southern
commerce, with its deep blue sky. its
slack baked houscs.its orange trees black.
eyed, brown-skinncd children, and crowd
ed port where floats tho stronocs, mc1Io,
VI H"'pS' '"'i Oh ,nc IuayS OF Wi''ch walk
','o ''os' astonishing variety oI costumes
'.uC oN'' you s'"-'hcc Guy OF MarscIl!es
:" ,'"oo' came many OF theSe refugee
,'eeh'' W 'o'''c from oc'o. some from the
;, 'Jr'' i'o'n Ca"o''' "'a''y rom !he
','"t or r"ncar OIL Oohs'aht'noplc'which
.'"u a'So '',.' /. 'nhSsacrc' some from the
~, r'e'i'r Vi Ana'oi'a ana houmeHa
nerc Worf "rcck gentlemen anu thclr
,' ,,"''''cS WIN cou'u never congratulate
themselves Su'hcieh,'y on having saved
'"o'r h'"uS ana !he'r plasters there
were merchants quite stripped and bank
'"P'' VINO nevertheless, IN true Grccian
manner Degan "ircSh, trading and max.
ing money with admirable asslduity and
perseverance Ana above all there were
'por ray"ns' WHO haa oeen caikJeeS' coffee
mouse waters portc'a'x, at h"me-who
'au ioSt tnclr Ilttie all, and had nothing
ou, 'nc'r manual labor to depend upon.
ana VINO were glad to carry burdens and
VII messages ana hc'p TO ioai and un'
.onp ni '"o S"'ps upon the ports OF Mar
'''i'cS
Among these. was one Demctri ON.
eros. None knew much about him save
that he was a Sciote. and had csconed
after the massacre that he was ouite =.
lone and very poor. lie was fortunate
enough to posses, somewhat ror, on,
complishmsnt which m,do lis oorr;rns
although precarious. considerably rather
more rcmunora,ive thon thosc IL HE f,I.
low conutrymen ocounv;n, tLo stn,;on 70
which he apneored to boIorc Doma,r;
Omeros was a most cvncrt sw;r,mer,nd
diver Had Demctri Omoros l;rna ~
our DAYS he would have boon rrofe.sor
to a certainty the walls wonl1 hovo hoo,
covered with nostipp hills on5 wooJ.cu,s
portrayinr his achievements. and Lo
would have had a convcnicn. ovLih;,;on
room. and sliding scale or nricos cor
lis entertainment In c;aL,ood ,uon.n
three lie contcntcd l,im.cIf with thn oy
Eibition If his talents in ,Lo ona', " ,n ro., ~
Marseilles. and was sot;sGoJ r;,h ttn
stray francs conner cons onJ l;.rJs
flung to him when he omcrgoJ From ,Lo %
water. all soaked and Jr;nn;n', i;Lo w y
Newfoundland dor IIe manoaoa ,L,s
70 load euf;cio,& 49,, in"; III III
life. snIosLino sw;mm;na '' ~ E, j;n;nC. 'G'o
sometimes for Sheer nmusement. % NJ OH,
erS, baskipg in the genial sun with such
profound Incidence that had you not
known him to be Sciote you would
have taken him for genuine lazzarone
OF the Quai Santa Lucia. Dcmetri was
some thirty years old. tall magniliceatly
proportioned, with a bronzed counter.
ance,wavy black hair and sparkling black
eyes. His attire was exceedingly sim.
pie, being ordinarily limited to a shirt.
red and white striped trousers secured
round the waist by silkcn sash, and a
small Greek. Tarbouch on his head. or
namqntcd with a tarnishcd gold tassel
Shoes and stockings he despsed as eff
feminate luxuries lie was perfectly
contentcd with his modest fare of grapes.
melons, brown bread, garlic. and sour
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