The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1870-08-12

AOple, WHO Will Geu you mOTe WAen
you meet
"Bogle's heart beat faster as he
saw his way to regular out and
out adventure; and thanking the old
man warmly, said he would be off
the next day if he liked
But what will you get of it Ez-
rap he said.
30, my friend has settled all that
with the Pacha; and shonld 1 not
recover from this illness, what would
be the use of money to me? If you
get back safe, you can remember
me. No; we Jews love or hate,
quickly, strongly. 1 like you.-go; !;
it will make your fortune. But be
secret, or your life will be the forfeit.
There are men in Constantinople
about the court who would poison
or stab you as soon as they would
eat. Here is the letter to Benjamin
And one thing more; beware of the
Idragomans,-they are all rascals
and spies
young Boyle thanked the old
man; offered to send in a doctor of
his own persuasion, which he per-
mitted; and then hastened back to
tell his seniors something of what
he had heard. Determined not to
tell all for fear they might think the
risk to great, he braced his nerves
up to carry through the transaction.
"In due time he found himself in
Constantinople, went to the best ho-
! tel, gave himself out as an agent for
the purpose Of wheat, en- route to
Odessa, and began to make inquiries
for any freight that might be avail
able in the port. After a day or
two he asked his dragoman if he
knew the Jews quarter.
20 yes, the man replied, but there
is not so much to interest you
there
40, I dare say not; but I'm Eng
Ilish, you know, and must see every
thing. Take me there this evening
Very good, your excellency.
To night at 8P. N. we can 60
"Bogle only wished to gain, on
his first visit, a general knowledge
of the place; and at the time appoin-
ted strolled through the quarter,
taking mental notes as he went
along, and then, as unconcerndly as
he could, asked a few questions as
to where the Jew tobacco merchant
lived; was showed the place, and so
back to his hotel.
"The dragoman was that incarna-
tion of everything subtle, a Levan-
tine; but whether Greek or Mahome-
tan, the devil himself could not have
told. He passed as a Greek, with a
Greek name a foot long, and had re-
concentrations by the score; still,
for all that, he did not gain BogIes
confidence; and SO far he had fshed
out nothing from his master.
''Bogle, of course, had invested in
a Turkish dress the first time he
went to the bazaar; but he also
brought out perfectly natural red
beard and wig from England, dis
guised in which his own mother
would not have known him.
"Got up in these, and with a cloak |
on, he slipped out of his room next |
evening, and glided quickly away to |
the Jews quarter.
"Seeing a respectable looking old
man in his shop, he saluted him,
and asked if he understood French |
or English.
Not very much, he answered, II
enough to sell you some very good
tobacco
Thank you, I'll have some.
Give me a skin of Latakia. By the
by,' he said, this is all a JEWS quar-
Ter, is it not?'
"'Yes.'
"'You know most Of the merchants
I dare say?
I es, most OF them,
" DO you know Benjamin Bagda-
leep
"'Right we'll, we are related by
marriage. That is his house, inside
hat court pointing across the
street.
"Bogle thanked him, and walked
over to the place indicated. The
irst person he saw was an old wo-
nan, who was sweeping the steps
md doorway. He asked in French,
Is Benjamin Bagdadee at homer
at was evident she only under
itood part of what he said; but she
eplied in Hebrew, and pointed to a
loor to the left, just inside the main
,ntrance.
''BogIe knocked. A voice said
which he interpreted into
Come in"
"He entered; and bowing to an
Id man seated on some cushions,
aid in English, DO salute Benja-
min BagdadeeF
'''Yes,' said he gravity, but whyI' I
"Bogle quickly took the letter
rom his breast pocket, and showed
".Ah, you a~e from Jacob Ezra,
lit down, sit down. But no, not ]
ere. Come he said, come with ]
1e.' &
"He left the room, went up some I
tairs, along a passage, opened a t
eavy narrow door, up some steps, +
nd then entered a small room in a |
urret of the house He sat down g
18th Boyle on the carpet, and care t
ully read the letter.
"Has Ezra explained the risk of t
our mission? said he, after a while. c
yes, some of it t
&" you English are brave, but not '
unning. [
oHere Boyle quietly took off his S
x, wig and beard. I
& Ha. that is well! Beelzebub /
,ould not know you. Good,' he q
aid again, and laughed gently be- /
ind his bushy beard and mustache. /
Who is your dragomanY he asked. c
Nicholas Paleologos.' {
4 know him; he is spy, Take