Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1855-03-24

trius the Divers; land moreover, if you give
me the lie again-hy st. Luke, | will breek
your unbeeving jaw"
AS the Effendi happened to be alone with
Demetrus, (for he had dismissed his sinterpreter,
and as there was something exceedingly men
acing in the stalwart frame and clenched teeth
of the Greek, his interlocutor judged it expe
dient to lower his tone.
"Can you remove the spells you have laid
on the ships ?" he asked
'Those that are launched are past praying
for"
"WiIl the next float ?"
If choose"
"And the next ?"
q" If choose"
Name your own reward then" said the
Effendi, immensely relieved How many
piastres do you require VIII ten thousand
do?"
a want much more than that" answered
Demetrus the Diver, with grim smile
More ! What rogues you Greeks are !
How much more ?"
a want" pursued the diver, my wife
Katinka back from Stamboul She was torn
away from Scio, and is in the harem of the
Captain Pacha. / want my three children,
my boy Andon, my boy Yoroth, and my girl
Eudocia. When | have all these, here at
Aassalian, (Marseilles,) and twenty thousand
piastres to boot, your frigates shall be launch
ed in safety"
"All well and good" said the Effendi Il
will write to Stamboul tonight, and You shall
have all your brood, and the piast res as well,
within two months. But what security have |
that you wilperform your part of the contract
The word of Greek is not worth para"
You shall have a bond for double the
amount which you will hand over to me, from
two merchants of Marseilles You cannot
give me ell | should like" concluded the Diver,
with a vengeful frown. " You cannot give me
back my aged fathers life, my sisters, my
youngest child's yon cannot give me the
hearts blood of the Albanian wolf, who slew
them" Within quarter of year. Demetrius
the dyer was restored to his family lie i'll
sisted upon receiving the stipulated reward in
advance, probably holding as poor an opinion
of the word of a Turk as the Effendi did of the
word of Greek. The momentous day arrived
when the third frigate was to be launched a
larger crowd than ever was collected every
body was on the tipto of expectation. Deme-
triuS the Diver, who, during the past three
months had had free access to the shp-bulders'
NdIu, was Ou DOdFu Inc uOTHOISeS were
knocked away, the frigate slid down her ways,
and took the water in splendid style. The
launch was completely successful The Effendi
was in raptures, and believed more firmly in
the power of the evil eye than ever. A few
days afterwards the fourth frigate was launch
cd with equal success.
Marvellous man :" cried the envoy of the
Sublime Porte, "by what potent spell vert
l1ol r,t,l 81, E,.A f,,
gates?"
Simply by these" answered Demetrius the
Diver, in presence of u large company assem-
bled at banquet in honor of the two success
ful launches, " five years ago nv father was
one of the most extensive ship-buiIdcrs at Scio,
and | was bred to the business from my youth
We were rich, we were prosperous, until we
were ruined by the Turkish atrocities at Sco
| arrived in MarSeilles alone beggared, my
father murdered, wife and children in captivity
How lived you all know. While the first
two frigates were being built, watched every
stage of their construction. detected several
points of detail which l was certain would pre-
vent their being successfully launched When
however, had entered my contract with this
noble Efendi, | conferred with the ship
wrghts pointed out to them what was
wrong | convinced them, by argument and
illustration, what was necessary to be DONE
They did it. They altered they improved :
Behold the ships are launched and the evil eye
had no more to do with the matter than the
amber mouthpece of his excecncy the Effendi'>
chiboqucl. have done"
The Efendi, it is said, looked rather foolisl
at the conclusion Of this explanation, and
waddled away, muttering that all the Greeks
were thieves. Demetrus, however, kept his
paStress, gave up diving for livelihood and
commencing business on his own account as
boat-builder, prospcred exceedingly with
katinka his wife, and Adon, Yorghi anC
Eudocia, his children. AS to the frgates, they
were equipped for sea in good time and were
| believe, Knocked to pieces by the allied fleet
at the battle of Navarino. Dicbcn'S Houshcl
Words.