The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1867-03-21

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how long they remained, but
heard no more. l tainted from tn,
loss of blood, and continued insensi
BILE for several hours and when
recovered my faculties, the sui
was already high.
| was immersed in mud to my
hips. My hair stood on end wher
recollected the occurrence of the
night, and the goth of August wa,
one of my first thoughts. count
ed eight sabre cuts on my arms
breast, and back, none of which
were dangerous AS the nights in
summer are cool in that country,
Wore a very thick pelisSe, which
deadened the blows; nevertheless
| was very weak. The Turks had
long since departed. l heard from
time to time the groans of the
wounded horses. As to the men,
the Turks had disposed of them.
{ In an hour | succeeded in extri-
eating myself. The track | had
made served to direct me. AL
though a war against the Turks
blunts all sensibility, felt an emo
ton of horror, all alone as l was,
when | looked out from among the
reeds. | advanced, the field of car.
mage met my eye; but how can |
describe my terror on feeling my.
self suddenly seized by the arm |!
| beheld an Arnaut, six feet high,
who, doubtless, had returned to see
if there was not something worth
picking up. Was ever hope more
cruelty disappointed?
addressed him IN the Turkish
language: "Take my money, my
watch, my uniform, but do not kill
me-" "All those things belong to
me-" he said; "and your head in
therTbargain." In vain supplica.
ted for my life, but he persistently
refused. AS he was preparing to
cut off my head, felt something
hard in his girdle, which proved to
be an iron hammer. He told me
to "Be quietp' and these probably
would have been the last words |
should have ever heard, had not
the horror of such a death impell-
ed me to snatch the hammer, which
he did not observe. He already
held my head with one hand, and
his cutlass was in the other, when,
by a sudden motion, | disengaged
myself, and, without losing an in
stant, struck at his face with the
hammer, with all my force. The
Arnaut staggered. repeated the
blow, and he fell, at the same time
dropping his weapon. 1 need not
observe that Immediately seized
it and plunged deep into his body.
l now fastened towards our ad-
vanced posts, whose arms l could
see glittering in the sun. The men
fled before me as from a spectre.-
The same day l was seized with a
violent fever, and was taken to the
hospital. In six weeks recover
ed, and returned to the army. On
my arrival, the old Gipsy woman
brought me the Tokay wine; and |
learned from Others that, during
my absence, several precise pre-
dictions hAd been verified, which
procured her consultations and leg
acies. This seemed to be very ex-
traordinary.
A short time afterwards, two de.
serters from the Turks joined us,
and when they saw the Gipsy wo-
man they recognized her, and, in
formed us that she was a spy, and
that it was through her the Turks
were enabled to inflict so much
damage upon our pickets. She was
tried, found guilty, and executed
as a spy.
Previous to her execution she
that she had selected me
for her victim on the Goth of Au-
gust in order to establish her repu-
tation as a fortnne-teller. She also
confessed that, from conversation
with our officers, she ascertained
that two were to precede me. She
gave the first adulterated wine,
which made him sick; and as to
the other officer, she contrived, just
as he was about to set out, to in
troduce a piece of burning sponge
INTO one of the nostrils of his horse.
A Coon CoMpANIoN.-A CON-
panion that is cheerful, and free
rom swearing and scurrilous dis
,Oursa is worth ro1d lova tbat