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

| OF SllDDullGlup. DaV nitpr day he wOul
come into the slim where tho fr;ca,o
were being constructed and sitt;no ,no,
pile of planks. would remain there fo
hours. Others would come occasionally
and launch forth into fierce invoctivos n
rainst the Turks and AGAINST ,be FrcncI
too. for lending their hands to tho con
struction of slips which were TO bc cm
ploycd bv infdels AGAINST Christians
In these Trades Demctrius the Dive,
seldom. if ever. Joined. He was ma,
of few words. and he sat unon tho nlapk,
and looked at the workmcn. their tool,
and their work. NOBODY took much no
ticc of him. cxcept to throw him n rov
sous OCCASIONALLY. or to saw what a law
skulking fellow he was
At length the day arrived which wa,
fixed for the launch Of the first fripatc
the Sultana Bahri Half Marseillos was
present. The sub prefcct was there
not officially, but oficicusly fwhatcvor
that subtitle distinction may bo) Crowds
Of beautiful ladies', as beautifully dress
cd, we're in the tribuncs round the sides
of the ship; the Sultana Bahri was dress.
ed out with flags, aud aboard her wore
the great Efcndi himself. with his sec.
retary his interpreter, his pipc-bcarcr
and the armateur, or shipbuilder.
The sight of Il shin launch is TO the
French full as exciting as any race. The
heart beats tino to the cliniinr of the
hammers that arc knocking the last i'm.
pedimcuts away, and when the mighty
mass begins to move, the spectator is in
'rcmor of doubt and hope and fear.
When the ship rights herself. and indeed
= walks the waters like thing of life II
the excitement is tremendous he must
shout, he must congratulate himself. his
next ncigabor. everybody. upon the sue.
cessful completion of the work.
Now, everything had been looked to.
thought Of prepared for. the ,riumnhant
launch of the Sultana l}ahri. The only
obstacles between her and the waters
were certain pieces of wood technically
called in English Il know not what their
French name may bcl dogshorcs. and
these were being Knocked away bv the
master shipwright. This opcration. T
may remark. was formerly considered so
dangerous that in the royal backwards
it was undertaken by conyieis who oh.
tanned their liberty if thew accomplishcl
the task without accident. Just as the
first stroke of the hammer became audi.
bic. Demctrius the Diver who had
hitherto lccn concealed amono the
crowd, plunged into the watcrani swan
right across the track that the friooto
would probably take on its release from
the slip. a cry of horror burst from the
crowd. rs he swan directly towards tho
ships stem; for tho vessel had bcrun to
move, and every one expected the rash
! diver to be either crushed or drowned
But, when he was within "A few feet of
the frigate. Demetrius the Diver tbrcw
up his arms. held them aloft for n mo.
ment in n incnacinr manner. then Quiet.
ly subsided on his back. and foatcd awav
with the tide. The Sultana Bahri slid
down her ways to a considerable extent
she was partially in the water bnt shc
walked it by no means like n thinr of
| life. for her stern began to settle down
and, if the truth must be told tho now
frigate Of his Imperial IIipbuess the
Sultan--stuck in the mud
They tried to screw her off to wcicI
her of. to float her Off but in vain When
slip sticks in launching there is frc.
uuentiy no resource Inf 70 rur Lor ~
pieces where she sticks. and This seemed
to be the most probablc fate in storc fo,
the Sultana Bahri The Effcndi was in
fury. The shipbuilder was de,ol,tcd.
but the Frencbmon only oscr;bcJ ,ho
misadycnturc TO the clumsincss of his
shpwright: whereas the Moslcm .nncr.
stitious like the majority of his co'rcli.
cionsts. vowed that thc failure was sole.
" owing TO tho evil eve Of the Gioonr
diver, Dcmctri Omcros Had tho Ef
fend been in his own land n vcrv short
and summary process would hayc nrc.
served all futnra shin lannchcs from ,ho
troublesome presence of Dcmctri Omoros
and his evil owe. but M M,rsoiI,o. IL
the dcnartmcnt of tLo RnroLos dn PHI -
the decapitatiop how str;noinc or Jrown,
inc of even n r,vob was no, 70 h.
tbouobt Of So ,bn Egend; was obI;ood
to be satisfied with oiy;nr ,Ia s,r;atos ~
nrIors tor nnu",sa. sI'e wy '.''o,I y, ''
shipbuilders yard in future and % .f,or ~" .
deiav of some months the second friCa,"
ube frs. w,s rotI;nn in n, mnM e. a''o
ready for Iauncj;ng ~ ' ""'
A1yicty was Ic9;c,cd m ,ho Egooa;,.
face as bc broko = hill, of shorho, M '''1' ola.
tho bows of ,ho fr;oa,o ond na,'o, "os oher ker
the Achmc1ie Im9edioteIv oS,orw.rja rj'
crv hnrst fran ,ho cro,rI ofanan. an We, uI u,
Dsmetri tbc D;ycr ru anJ ,U.h;no ."'I.' at','. !.
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