American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-02-23

tured before. The sun Is Just rising
over the Anatolian Mountains, and in its
dazzling splendor the wood-crowned
islets, md rocky shores, and green slop-
ing hillsides stand forth in all their
beauty. All around, the blue sparkling
sea; all above, the rich summer sky.
To the west, the little purple island of
Tenedos stands watching their advance,
as it watched the coming of Agamem-
mons fleet against doomed Troy, 5000
years ago. Far to the northeast, hang
ing like snowy cloud upon the shy,
towers the great white dome of Mount
Olympus. On the right, beyond the
wide belt of level plain on which Greek
and Trojan battled in the old fighting
days, the distant mountains loom out,
blue and shadowy, along the eastern
horizonf while right in front, the deep
narrow channel of the famous strait
curves outward to the yea, between the
bold ridges that flank it on either side,
''We're lucky with thu wind, Mr.
Dugdale," say The Captain to his En-
glish second in command, as cheerily as
if he were going on a picnic, instead of
into the jaws of a naval Balaklava.
g This breeze is Just what we want, for
there'll be a pretty strong current
against us inside
MIR Turk seems to have taken the
alarm already" answers the Lieutenant
with chu ,kle, pointing to group of
hurrying figures just vanishing over the
hilltop on the right. EDO you think,
sir, they'll be able to hurt us mu6h?''
g Can't say replies the veteran,
coolly; but l should think not, myself
You see, when they made these batter
les, they didn't arm them with regular
guns, but tunneled holes in the rocks
themselves, and crammed them with
powder and bali, like pack of green
horns as they are; SO, if we don't come
right into the line of fire, they can't
alter the range to hit us-that's one
good job. It's only the movable guns
that we need be afraid Of Starboardl''
" StA~board it is! responds the deep
voice of the steersman; and the gallant
ship sweeps rejoicingly into the fatal
channel, whence, if the Turkish batter
I les be such as report speaks them,
neither ship nor crew will ever return.
Had the daring band any leisure to
take note of the surrounding landscape,
they would be well repaid, for every
mile of the beautiful scenery which they
traverse in this headlong race with
death, is rich in world-renowned memo
ries. ---.-
But both Captain and crew have 9TH
er things to think of, for the storm of
war which they have defed is now gath
ering around them in earnest. All along
the hills on either side red-capped SOL
diers are hurrying to and fro, bayonets
glittering, sabers flashing, artillery
wheels throwing up clouds of dust, while
cries of mingled rage and terror come
family to their ears as they sweep by.
But the crack of cannon-shot which
they momentarily expected never comes.
Turkish neglect has done its accustom-
ed work. Honeycombed guns, riekety
carriages, crumbling earthworks, sand
ed gunpowder, balls that will not fit the
bore of their pieces what can be done
with means like these? And if the
Turkish squadron be destroyed Gas it
must be, or the Russian flag would not
be flying here), what resistance can we
make to the enemy's whole feet?
So argue the faint-hearted among the
| defenders; but there are men there of
another cast-men for whom it suffices
that the enemy is before them, and that
they are Turkish soldiers. As the adj
venturous sweeps round the sharp curve
that hides Abydos from sight, Lieuten-
ant Dugdale, looking up in his leaders
face, sees it harden suddenly like con-
gealed metal, as the ready spy-glass
turns up huge gray mass of bare rock
that looms out some distance ahead of
them.
g See those red caps bobbing in and
out of the rocks like rabbits? They're
going to give us a shot in passing, sure
enough That's one of the tunnel-bat-
teries spoke of, and if one of those
3OO-pound shot hits us, to the bottom
we go, every man! Set the stunsails,
BOSWELL run past, and chance it,
Onward sweeps the noblevessel before
the freshening breeze but keen eyes are
watching her from behind those frown-
ing crags, and, just as she comes oppo-
site the fatal spot, the match is applied
to the powder. For one moment the
life of every man on board hangs by a
hair; but the discharge "baulks'' an
instant, and that instant is sufficient to
save them. The next moment comes a
crash as if the earth were rent asunder
"a sheet of flame spouts from the black
yawning mouth-then there is deaf
ening splash, and torrent of water
bursts over the stern, drenching all who
stand near it. The ball Ga huge mass
of stone weighing over 800 pounds has
fallen barely 10 feet behind them!
smear shave, that!'' says the Captain,
coolly; +" but a miss is as good as a
mile, anyhow!'' "
Away, away, past green, sunny
slopes chequered with massive buttress-
es of gray rock; past steep crumbling
ridges, on which tiny black goats are
hanging like flies; past cool sheltered
inlets sleeping in floating shadow; till
at length the struggling white streets
and tumble-down Notifications of CALI
poll start up suddenly along a grassy
headland in front of them, in the glory
of the evening sunlight.
A wild clamor of nlinoled outcrieS