, 1874-05-03
SLlNG-ST0NES.


|
| Of G1osswardein the good city Of Debreczin, the
headquarters OF the real Magyar race, suffered
| many trials. That mad Turk became enraged ut
the meyesk trifle and then he at once threatened
| to destroy the city with fire and sword, to
slaughter its men. to drag its women into slave
~, to give up it's treasures to plage, and to SOW
| With eAlt the place where 1t had stood.
The mild and wise magistrates Of Debreczin
used to try with prayers and presents to soothe
the anger OF this crazy Turk But one day Mein
Herr Stefan Dobosv, the great grandson OF
Michael Dobosy, the immortal hero Of 1926, be-
came magistrate.
He was au obstinate and fiery man; and when
Pacha Kuzuk, for somo foolish reason, again
threatened to attack tho city, Mein Herr Stefan
Dobosy sent word to him:
'coME oS!"
Thereupon pacha Kuzul fell into terrible
rage; and, commanding his troops to mount, he
set out that same night, and the next morning
he stood before Debreczin.
s'Wel. then, I am here!"
Now, the city had by no means anything like
strong walls, neither moats nor drnw-bridpes.
It stood, indeed, on b vide and very fertile>p1ain
of black soil Its sole defenses consisted Of
twelve crumbling towers, from which the cii-
zons used to defend themselves against the
rowing bands Of thieves These we're Of
brick, upholstered, and were rooted with
reeds. They would have fallen to pieces at the
first shot. Each ono OF them had been provided
on the back With q stairway Of rotten planks,
which led up from without to 4 nding
wooden landing, which gave ACCESS to the tower;
and eo if this stairway had been removed no
one who WAS in the tower could leave it.
Each OF these ninepin-Bhaped towers guarded
ono of the gates OF Debreczin, but at q respect--
ful distance, go that it should not be DESTROYED
by an enemy attacking the city,-thereby
Of building new one~ When you
saw the towers, oil that you thought Of was,
that the roof of each WAS gooa for nothing but
for tho storks to build their nests on for these
and chartered for hours long, as ii they pro-
tcctea the city in the securest manner.
Pacha Kuzuk had 80 arranged his arrival as to
bring his troops before
ALL TIE TWELVE GATES AT oScE;
and directed against each OF the red brick towers
one OF the great round cannon. loaded to the
muzzle, desiring to speak to the Debreczlners in
this fashion.
named Panajoti, Who although native OF
Stamboul, was established in Debreczin- he
WAS an old acquaintance OF Pacha kuzuk. 3d.
when the city had any nice affair to settle, they
! regularly sent this Greek with the same to the
Pacha, believing he would not be Immediately
| impaled.
"Wen, what do the magistrates in Debreczin
Your Exce!lency. the truth i, that this Ste
fan Dobosy is q drunken dog. When your threat
came to US, he Immediately put all tbs young
girls women anc children into wagons, and sant
them away to Tokaj. Then he had the order
criod through tho town, that whosoever had any
valuable property should tear it to pieces, hev it
down, or throw it into tho wells; and. as coon as
the enemy should seize the city, that they should
at once set it on fire in forty places, throw fire
into every church. into every tower; and thon
that every one should seize his spear, or mount
he hes ioois DoSosy, y tell T them from which eate
they should rush out; and truly should
they SO retreat from here that never-
more should any ono OF them 30 much as
Herr Kuzuk, how would your Hlghness be jueti-
| fed should the Sultan inquire what has become
| Of the great City Of Dehreczin, which has so
| Loyalty paid to the Porto 30 many taxes, which
has furnished such distinguished advisers, and
! has so nchly furnished the army with flour and
forage? viii he, then, be pleased that your
| Hignnees has
BURNT THIS CITY TO ASHES,
and sowed the place With salt, where it stood in
righteous anger, because your Ie waIeF,p,pe no
All this Mein Herr Stefan Dobosy had in
rtructed Panajoti to say and he repeated it
word for word.
- You conloundea, thick SKILLED calvnst -
CrlEu LDG dCua aurAAJ A4o - 30os eo2s4AeH~
and crazy enough to do what ho eays." kuzuk
wished, in fact not to be answerable for de-
etroying 30 fine city as Dehreczln merely IN
order to appease his own ill-humor for st that
time there was in the Hungarian lowlands no
other city so thickly settled and we'll provisioned
in DAVIS journey. The city Was so necessary
in that place, that, had it not boen standing, the
Turks would have thought it necessary to build
oue there.
1.-THE vagabond dog" growled the Pachs
acaip. "knows very well that do not wish to
destrov his city; and therefore he dares to ad-
dress me- in this lofty tone. Yet, should re-
celye him out hero upon the open, kno"
should make him, in that case, travel snch
road that his footprints WOULD Do ma1Reo Win
blood"
pnpajoti declared, earnestly, that the resi-
dents OF Dehreczin we're IeBolute to tho highest
degree, and just as soon as the Pacha should
have trumpet sounded, or cannon fired,
tho whole city would at once burst
into flames, and everything would bo lost; for
iii the treasures had been buried, and the women
and children we're already far on the other side
Of the Thesis; the men would be enrsgea; one
would seize ecythe, another sabeF; and even
then they could hardly do sufficient execution to
satisfy themselves, 60 highly e1asperated would
they Le.
Uebrecznera had for once
rRIuMrHED OVER HIM.
He called back the troops he had deployed before
the gates; he had the cannon turned about and
ssid he would show mercy to the Debreczlrers;
that they might be tranquil. he would do them
no harm; thst in the future he would treat them
gr.ciously. He specially praised Mein Herr
Stefan Dobosy for: his resolute snd couEa-
eeous conduct, and said he would bear him no
itl-vill on account OF this skillful triumph.
"Nay. more should hs ever be in trouble, let
him come to me, he can rely upon my protection;
and, should Mein Herr Stefan Dobosy ever come
to Gro.svardein, he must certainly nn1 tho
Pacha's house: the Pacha would certainly re-
ce;ya him more cordially than he had been re-
ceived by Dobosy."
So the Pacha turned back, with all his army
and all his baggage, to Grosswardein, which was
then tue central post Of the Turkish power in
Lower Hungary.
The Debrecziners drew long breath after bis
departure; and everybody praised the magis-
trate. who had shown ill his ten claws 30
plainly, that the Turk had beaten his re-
treat 60 quickly. But Kuzuk Pacha
had hardly come back to Grossvardeiu.
when he sent to Badrul Bey, the chief OF his
black cavalry, and
GAVE HIN THIS ORDER:
"To-morrow evening, as soon as It Is dark,
start with 500 horBemen. and ride at your quick
est IN DinaZer Whoever yQu meet going out or