St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-09-29
to us, and then closed the repast with il

Turkish friends did not seem inclined
to go; but still sat around on their
heels. some of them smoking their long
chIboques, some of them talking. while
some of them fell asleep. We did not
know but they had come in to make IA
night ofit. Ferguson did not seem incIin
ed to make much Use of his knowledge
of Turkish, and so there was no commu-
nicatiOn between us. We were FEELING
pretty well and did all sorts of things
to pass away the time among which
were two or three speeches made to ouI
guest>-one in French by Mr.. Trivier,
and one in English by myself, thanking
them for their kind hospitality and bid
ding them an atfectionate good night
as soon as they thought hest to go As
not Il man of them understood Il word
of French or English, and we appeared
To he talking To each other all the time,
the effect WAS lost upon them. and they
II" doubt wondered at the pcals of
laughter that arose from our side of
the cabin. 1t was getting borous
Things looked desperate. as by this
time about half of them were snoring.
Finally lIez. and got up and went ont
i'll front of the mosque, and tried to call
them ont hy singing college songs.
Was ever such Il sound heard before in
that quiet little Turkish town of Franli!
They rang ont as beautifully on the still
walls of old Dartmouth: but not Il Turk
made his appearance to listen. 1t WAS
Il failure.
About nine o'clock. however. we
heard the clear voice of the mucZzin
standing in the top of the mosque. ring
ing out in the night air: .IHah IL aha
il allan ALLAH il aha il aHah, No
hdmmcd rcsoM allah, 1t WAS the call to
evening prayer. and We took Il long
breath. thinking we were soon to he re-
lievrd. Not Il Turk stirred. At last
however. one of them got up with a
Nawm. moved slowly to the door. pmt
on his shoes and went ont After IL
moment or two. another. with Il grunt.
went through the same process and So
one after an"thertlIcN took their depart
nre. the old patriarch being the last one
To- leave us. He reused himself from
his SnonZc after the others were gone.
gruntiug ont the word Allah" with
Il strong accent on the last sNllahlc) rs
hr rose. and putting on his shoes. went
out and We we've left alone with Jones
".JnncS. said We. when the last one.
had gone, will they come back again ,"
kim bcIW," said Jones with Il shIu" ot
his shoulders. The expression .whn
knows" us used 10y an oriental. is very
expressive. We determined To make
the best of their absence. and So spread
down our blankets. covering them with
Il liberal allowance of flea powder. took
off our coats and shoes. placed our re
volvers within easy reach. and were
just in the act of going to bed. when
again. We made up "ur minds. how
ever. t" Z" T." bed anyway. and seeing
we were not anxious to have visitors
any longer. they soon went ont. except
one who Staid all night. So as soon aS
We had arranged our dorHy couclIcS we
resigned ourselves to the embraces of
Morpheus and the tlraS
Those tieaS, 1t is due To then for-
hcarancc, however. that there is enough
left of me t" tell the tale and on this
account | feel constrained to SAY a word
i'll their defense and although it inter
ruptS the thread of my story. to SAY Il
word in behalf of Turkish tlc:IS in gen
eral. Before coming To Turkey. had
seen il stated that if ''all the tlc:S in a
Turk : shirt should kick at once and in
the same direction. it would send him
ACROSS the B">phorus." | am convinced
both from observation and theory that
this is not only an cXag"cration. but Il
gross calunnN. invented to injurc the
reputation of my clients. 1t i pre-
missed that the author of the above cal
umnN meant when he said. '.would send
him across the Bo>ploruS." that this
would he the immediate result of the
combined kick and not that the luckIcss
Moslem, on whom the experiment was
tried, would he so much annoyed hv
their frantic cndeavors that he would
Immediately start across the BospIoruS
i'll Il cdiq"e. This being taken for grant
ed, | think | am able to prove the posi-
ton have assumed. have said that
| am convinced 10y observation, as well
as 10y theory. 1t must he admitted.
however, that this argument is il mega
tive one. have nerer seen it done. and
therefore conclude that it can not he.
| have now been nearly two wears i'm
Turkey, and IN that time my clients
have had an abundant opportunity to
do their worst ; and the argument that
they can never he induced to kick i'm
the same direction, has no weight with
me, from the fact that my study of flea
psychology has shown me that they
work with marvellous harmony and
unanimity of purpose. While writing
the above, one of my clients has twice
lcapcd upon my hand, as expressing his
gratitude for the efforts am making in
behalf of his race, and rs | endeavored
to caress his shining back, he immcdi-
atcly sprang down upon my paper as if