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

"" NV i'i uOSo' oPSh thS NinuoW du,
throw them out. If you want anything
with man who, in Frangstan is as
good as an Efiendi, state your wishes.
The ships, slave, the ships !"
The first two stuck in the mud" sale
the Greek and the third, with Tho
blessing of Heaven and St. George o
Cappadocia, will no more h5at than Q
cannon ball"
" You lie, dog, you lie !" said the Eff
fcndi
"'Tis you who lie, Efrcndi," answered
Dcmctrius the Divor; sand, moreover. il
you give me the lie again. by st. Luke
will break your unbclicvng jaw l'
As the Eilcndi happened To be alone
with Dcmetrius, for he had dismissed
his interprotcr) and as there was some
thing exceedingly mcnacing in the stal.
wart frame and clcnchcd teeth of the
Greek. his interlocutor judged it cxpcdi-
cnt to lower his tono.
Can you remove the spells you have
laid upon the ships2 ?" he asked.
Those that arc launched arc past
praying for"
win the next float ?"
If choose"
And the next ~
If choose"
Name you own reward, then. said
the Ellendi, immensely relieved. How
many piastrcs do you require? Will
ten thousand do ?"
| want much more than that" an.
swcrcd Dcmctrius the Diver, with grim
smile.
More ! What rogucs you Greeks
are How much more ?"
| want" pursued the diver, 'my wife
Katinka back from STEAMBOAT. She was
torn away from Scio, and is III the harcm
of the capitan-pacha / want my three
children,my boy Andon. my boy Yorghi.
and my girl Eudocia When | have all
these, here at Massalian ( (Marscillcs) land
twenty thousand piastrcs to boot your
frigatcs shall be launched in safety"
All well and good" said the ElTcnli;
" ! will write to Stanmbonl to night, and
you shall have all your brood, and the
piastcrs as well within two months. But
what security have | that you will per.
form your part of the contract ? The
word of Il Greek is not worth a para"
You shall have a bond for double
the amount which you will hand over to
me, from two merchants Of Marscllcs.
Y ou cannot give me aX | should like, u
continued the Diver, with vcnecrul
frown. " You cannot give inc back my
aged fathers life, my sisters, my Young.
est child's; you cannot give me the hearts
blood of the Albanian wolf who slew
them
Within quarter of year, Demctrius
the Diver, was restored to his family.
lie insisted upon receiving the stipulated
reward in advance, probably holding as
poor an opinion of the word Of Turk
as the Efiend did the word of the Greek
The momentous day arrived when tho
third frigate was to be launched; lars
CT crowd than ever was collected: every.
body was on the tiptoc of expectation
Demetrius tho Diver, who during three
months had had free access to the ship
builders yard. was on board. The dog
shores were knocked away, the frigate
slid down her ways, and took the water
in splendid style. The launch was com.
plctely successful. The Eifcndi was in
rapturcs, and believed more firmly in the
evil eye than ever. A few davs after.
wards, the fourth frigate was launched
with equal success.
Marvellous man ~ cried the envoy
Of the Sublime Porte; 'by what potent
spells vert thou enabled to bcwitch thc
first two frigatcs ?"
4" Simply by these" answered Demct-
rius tho Diver. in presence of Il large
company assembled at a banquet held in
honor Of two successful launches Give
years ago, my father was one Of the most
extensive shipbuildcrs 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
Scio, / arrived at Marscilcs alone beg
CARED, my father murdered, my wife and
childron in captivity. How lived you
all know. While the first two friga:es
were being built, | watched every stage
Of their construction detoct ted sever.
al points Of detail which | was certain
would prevent their being successfully
launched. When, however, | had Gu
tered into my contract with this noble
Effendi,I | conferred with the shipwrighis :;
| pointed out to them what was wrong !;
| convinced them, by argument and H.
lustration. what was necessary to be
done. They did il. They altered, they
improved Behold the ships are launched
and the evil eye had no more to do with
the matter than the amber mouthpicce
of his excelloncy the Eifen1i's chibOuquc.
| have done"
The Eircndi, it is said, looked rather
foolish at the conclusion Of this explana-
tion, and waddlcd away, muttering that
all Greeks were thieves. Demetrius
however, kept his piastres, gave up di
wing for livelihood, and, commencing
business on his own account as boat
builder prospercd exceedingly with Ka
iinka, his wife, and Andon, Yorghi aud
Eulocia, his chill drcn As to the two
frlgates, they were equipped for sea in
good time, aud were, believe, Knocked
to pieces by the allied fleets at the bat
tlo of Navarino.
pATnIoTIc OEEER -Thp pafri.